August 28, 2021
photo: Gustavo Torrijos Zuluaga/El Espectador
After over two months of national strike and nationwide mobilizations earlier this year, this Thursday, Colombians resumed their struggle against the far-right government of President Iván Duque and the glaring social inequalities in the country. (more…)
August 27, 2021
Peru’s Prime Minister Guido Bellido
After two days of great tension inside and outside Congress, the cabinet presented by Prime Minister Guido Bellido was finally approved by a significant difference of votes; 73 votes to 50. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on August 27, 2021
photo: biocubafarmer
Developing Cuba’s own vaccines against Covid-19 was an imperative need for Cuba, a matter of sovereignty and national security. This conclusion was derived from the high price of vaccines and the inequality between rich and poor countries, which was already visible in the unfair distribution of drugs and health supplies. (more…)
By Carlos Fazio on August 28, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
The media lies of Western propaganda about the fall of Kabul and the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, far from reflecting the definitive crumbling of the empire of chaos could mean a repositioning -with new elements of military privatization via sophisticated technologies, drones, long-range bombers, mercenaries and espionage networks- that obeys a geopolitical reconfiguration (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on August 26, 2021
Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the “crime” of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal US sanctions. To date, Saab’s legal appeals for freedom have been either denied, rejected, or ignored as his extradition to the US is becoming increasingly imminent. (more…)
By Miguel Febles Hernández on August 25, 2021
Jill Biden enjoying Cuban hospitality in Camagüey, photo: Miguel Febles Hernández
It will soon be five years ago, exactly on October 8 and 9, 2016, that as part of the process of normalization of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, which was taking place at the time, the academic Jill Biden, wife of the then vice president of that country, Joseph R. Biden, visited Camagüey. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 26, 2021
La Güinera Cuba, photo: Alejandro Azcuy
On July 11, Havana experienced one of the most violent episodes ever seen on the island in decades, after a series of riots disrupted the tranquility of the capital. While a small group of people took to the streets to urge a solution for the food and medicine shortages the country is facing amid the COVID-19 crisis, the rest of them -the vast majority- pursued the sole aim of overthrowing the government. (more…)
By Emir Sader on August 25, 2021
Out with Bolsonaro! photo: Elineudo Meira
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, rode the anti-politics wave, generated in the demonstrations of 2013 and reinforced in 2016, to take advantage of his situation as an outsider of traditional politics and become the supposed leader of anti-politics. This characteristic always accompanies him, becoming, however, an obstacle for him to govern. (more…)