By Emir Sader on September 17, 2021 from Rio de Janeiro
Bolsonaro
Brazil is experiencing a profound crisis of political representation, in which the mass of the population does not feel represented by its parties, by the political system and by the State itself. It is a crisis of political and ideological hegemony. (more…)
Contact: Jemima Pierre 323-675-6890 on September 18, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
When a white Fox News reporter used a drone to film the thousands of Haitian and other Black asylum seekers camped beneath a bridge spanning the Rio Grande and linking Del Rio, Texas to Ciudad Acuña, in the Coahuila state of Mexico, he immediately (and deliberately) brought a stereotypical image of Black migration (more…)
By Miguel Angel Ferrer on September 18, 2021
photo: Netfa Freeman
The United States maintains severe economic, trade and financial sanctions against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea and Nicaragua. Previously it did so against Iraq, Libya and Syria. These fierce aggressions are fundamentally aimed at achieving regime change in those nations. Or, to put it more bluntly, the overthrow of those governments. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on September 17, 2021
all of us in defense of Cuba, photo: Prensa Latina
It would have to be a Mexican who explained to us in the most eloquent way what an island is. In La ruta de Hernán Cortés, Fernando Benítez says that “an island is a clearly delimited reality, an invitation to isolation and a way to escape from the known world. (more…)
By Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on September 16, 2021, Mexico City
Cuban President Diaz Canel, photo@GobiernoMx
Speech by President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at the civic-military parade on the occasion of the celebrations for the anniversary of the 211th anniversary of Grito de Dolores and the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s independence. (more…)
By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet on September 16, 2021
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta are greeted as special guests by Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his wife Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller. photo: @GobiernoMx
Mexico is a lot of Mexico. And it doesn’t mess around. Here, everything is big. If proof was missing, the celebration of the Grito de Dolores in the year of the Bicentennial provided it. A dazzling play of lights and fireworks illuminated the night of the eve, in the central plaza of the Zócalo, full of pre-Hispanic images and symbols, but also of figures of heroes animated by video mapping, while the most popular songs of the music that identifies the various regions of the country were heard through the local audio system. (more…)
By Adalberto Santana on September 15, 2021
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, foto: México Desconocido
September 15, 2021 is a very significant date for several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the case of Mexico, it celebrates the famous cry for independence that the father of the nation, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made in 1810. (more…)
By Pasqualina Curcio on September 13, 2021
art by Banksy
If the world is in recession as a consequence of the pandemic, that is, in 2020 3.5% less was produced compared to 2019 (the cake is smaller) but despite this, the rich became richer, then, without throwing many numbers around we can deduce that, the poor became poorer, which should not surprise us, (more…)