By Tatiana Coll on December 4, 2021
Cuban and Angolan soldiers. courtesy of Gerardo Hernandez
“How far our intelligence services must have deteriorated that we did not find out that the Cubans were going to Angola, until they were already there!”, Kissinger commented to Carlos Andrés Pérez, president of Venezuela, after the official announcement of the news on November 24, 1975 (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 2, 2021
photo: Juvenal Balán
On December 2, 1956, the Granma yacht arrived in Cuba at Las Coloradas beach, in the eastern part of the island, after a seven-day voyage that began in Mexican waters. On more than one occasion during the trip, the 82 Cuban expedition members, led by Fidel Castro, believed that the small ship would not reach its final destination. (more…)
By Gustavo A. Maranges on December 2, 2021 from Havana
graphic: Lu Rui/GT
A huge event is about to happen in Washington on December 9th and 10th. The Summit for Democracy was announced in late August, and just a few days ago, the United States President Joe Biden announced the invitees to this virtual meeting. (more…)
By Dalia González Delgado on November 29, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse is the new hero of the radical right in the United States. The acquittal of the young man, accused of killing two people and wounding another during protests in Wisconsin, has provoked mixed reactions and fuels the long debate on racism, violence and gun ownership in this confused country. (more…)
By Eric Nepomuceno on November 28, 2021
photo: Bruno Kelly, Green Peace
New images released in the last few days reinforce what is already known; the total impunity with which illegal miners operate in the Amazon region, including in environmental reserve areas and demarcated territories of indigenous communities, and it is growing more and more. (more…)
By Ana Perdigón on November 29, 2021
On Sunday, November 28, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, stated that the November 21 elections demonstrated that Chavismo remains solid and united, while the opposition remains divided in the short and long term. (more…)
By Volker Hermsdorf on November 30, 2021
Yunior flies to Madrid to join the rest of the imperial wannabes and leaves his little group behind
Cuban opponent of the system, Yunior García Aguilera, has announced a “strategic alliance” of opposition forces in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. This “alliance” of activists “confronting the same dictatorship” could help “change the reality in Cuba” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on November 30, 2021
photo: Lucia Vijil S
Honduras went to the polls last Sunday amid a process of historic importance. People flocked to the polling stations, despite political violence and fears induced by the narco regime of outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH). (more…)