By John Pilger on December 10, 2021
“Let us look at ourselves, if we have the courage, to see what is happening to us”
– Jean-Paul Sartre (more…)
By David Brooks on December 10, 2021
image: Global Times
President Joe Biden yesterday opened a virtual meeting on democracy that brought together representatives of more than a hundred governments, some as questionably democratic as Pakistan, Brazil and Turkey; Taiwan, a legally non-existent country, plus Juan Guaidó, a Venezuelan gentleman who since 2019 has been stealing his country’s assets (more…)
By Luis Britto García on December 11, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
Two commonplaces overshadow our vision of the world’s former first power. One that their strength is due to the fact that they remained united. (more…)
By Marc Vanderpitte on December 9, 2021
photo: EPA
The Cold War was the greatest ideological propaganda campaign in modern world history. In that propaganda battle of more than 40 years, human rights and democracy were the two main battlefields. Now with the Summit for Democracy, President Biden is reverting to a new round of Cold War rhetoric. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 9, 2021, from Havana
The Yara Theater, photo: Bill Hackwell
December is the month of cinema for Havana residents. Everyone knows that during the first week of the last month of the year, the doors of movie theaters open 24 hours a day to screen first runs of films (more…)
By Mariana Álvarez Orellana on December 9, 2021
Supporters of Castillo protest coup attempt
The last right-wing intention to impeach the Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, was shipwrecked between the massive rejection in the streets and the decision of most of the parties to deny their support to the impeachment attempt, (more…)
By Gustavo A. Maranges on December 9, 2021 from Havana
A few days ago, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) approved the credentials of President Nicolas Maduro’s representatives to the international organization. Only 16 countries opposed the resolution, which means the lowest negative support since 2019. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on December 8, 2021
The resounding electoral victory of Xiomara Castro in the Honduran elections is a political feat and magnificent news. The standard bearer of the Libre Party and its allies did not merely defeat an ultra-liberal and surrenderist political party, it was much more than that. (more…)