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US Targets Nicaraguan Presidential Election: Former Solidarity Activists Echo Imperial Talking Points

By Roger D. Harris on June 14, 2021

Before Henry Kissinger became a Clinton pal, liberals condemned him for saying: “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.” The 1973 US-backed coup and bloodbath in Chile followed. (more…)

Cuba: Unrest and Interference

La Jornada Editorial on July 13, 2021

Cubans defend their Revolution in the streets.

Thousands of Cubans demonstrated last Sunday against shortages of basic goods, shortages and intermittent power cuts, among other demands. (more…)

Cuba: Humanitarian Cynicism

By René González Sehwerert on July 13, 2021

Rene Gonzalez, photo: Bill Hackwell

In this article René González, one of the Cuban Five Heroes, reflects upon his time undercover in the 90s protecting his people, and draws parallels between the Special Period in the mid-1990s and the ‘Brothers to the Rescue’ group, and the current imperialist aggressions against Cuba using ‘humanitarianism’ as a hypocritical smokescreen for further, intensified oppression. René also has a final, clinching message for those naïve enough to believe that empires have people’s best interests at heart. (more…)

Imperial Dismay: Why Does the US Government Fear the Cuban Civilian Population?

By René Vázquez Díaz on July 12, 2021

photo: Bill Hackwell

Imagine, for a moment, the hive of U.S. government officials who have worked loyally, since 1960, to make Cuban children, the elderly and the sick of a tiny country suffer unspeakably, in order to punish with impunity and subdue its civilian population. (more…)

Cuba Wins and Will Continue to Win – with Truth, Peace and Social Justice

July 12, 2021

photo: Bill Hackwell

In absolute unison with the revolutionary Cuban people, the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) calls on the entire world to remain alert and oppose the interference that the U.S. government and its cronies intend to apply in Cuba. (more…)

Brazil Rallies against Bolsonaro as He Faces Criminal Probe in ‘CovaxinGate’

By Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa on July 6, 2021

Sao Paolo against Bolsonaro, photo: Cuca UNE

Sao Paulo: A day after a judge of the Supreme Federal Court ordered a criminal investigation against Jair Bolsonaro in the Covaxin scandal, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in 350 cities and towns to protest against the government and demand that the president be impeached. (more…)

Venezuela to COVAX: Send Vaccines or Return Payment

By Paul Dobson on July 5, 2021

Line for vaccinations Venezuela, photo: Carolina Alcalde

Venezuela has demanded that the United Nations’ COVAX program return its US $120 million payment or supply the 11 million Covid-19 vaccine doses purchased. (more…)

Cuba: The Dishonor of Forgetfulness

By Alberni Poulot Cumbá on July 5, 2021

A forgetful person is not an absentee of memories, he is a person who is ashamed of what he has lived, someone who renounces his ancestors.

Obama invited us to the concert of forgetfulness in 2016 and the Machiavellian media “over there” never stops insisting on it. (more…)

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