By Gustavo A. Maranges on December 21, 2021
graphic courtesy: UTOPIX
When we think about politics, the first thing that often comes to our minds is economy, geopolitics, or voters. However, we sometimes forget to think first in communications or images. (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on December 20, 2021
unity, firmness and victory. photo: Bill Hackwell
On July 11, 2021, a plan carefully conceived 17 years earlier by the U.S. government was defeated in Cuban neighborhoods and streets. (more…)
By Luis Hernandez Navarro on December 20, 2021
New progressive leaders in Latin America. From right to left: Andres Lopez Obrador, Gustavo Petro, Pedro Castillo, Xiomara Castro and Gabriel Boric. Photo: by Orinoco Tribune.
Interview with Álvaro García Linera former Vice President of Bolivia during the Evo Morales presidency and a leader of the Túpac Katari Guerrilla Army in the early 1990s. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 10, 2021
Cubans respond to N15 provocations. photo: Abel Padron Padilla
The November 15 provocation in Cuba failed. That is not coming from the communist newspaper Granma, but by the promoters and sponsors of the march that did not happen. (more…)
By Hedelberto Lopez Blanch on December 17, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
How can it be conceivable that the United States unilaterally and arbitrarily summoned chosen countries to a summit for democracy when it maintains in the Caribbean the oldest colony in the world: Puerto Rico? (more…)
By Madeleine Sautié on December 18, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
The great Cuban trova singer, songwriter and humanitarian Vicente Feliu died last night just as he was about to perform. Ironically his passing comes on the 7th anniversary of the return of the Cuban 5 that he worked hard on to help bring about. For those of us who were in the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 in the US we will always remember the concert tour we did with Vicente in 2012 to bring awareness to the case in Washington DC, New York and San Francisco. – Editorial (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 16, 2021
ESMAD, photo: Jim Glade
A quick internet search for the term “Colombia” returns some pretty grim results: Violence has no end and police brutality is responsible for the deaths of scores of protesters in the southern country. (more…)
By Gustavo A. Maranges on December 16, 2021 from Havana
Bolivian President Luis Arce and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel
The President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Luis Arce paid an official visit to Cuba last Wednesday after attending the XXth Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), which took place in Havana a day before. This visit to Cuba is a clear signal of the recovery of bilateral relations, (more…)