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What the New York Times left out of the Picture on Venezuela

By Michelle Ellner on December 30, 2020

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On December 8th, The New York Times published its celebrated “Year in Pictures” article.  It showed two pictures (more…)

In the Fabric of the Cuban Revolution

By Alicia Jrapko and Bill Hackwell

December 17, 2020

Photo: Bill Hackwell

Time is starting to distance itself from that dramatic moment, 6 years ago today, when the final 3 members of the Cuban Five (more…)

Bolivia: A Permanent Tax on Large Fortunes

By Natalí Risso on December 29, 2020

Photo: Colombia Informa

“For the redistribution of the wealth in Bolivia, we are proposing the Law of Tax on Large Fortunes, which will apply (more…)

Argentina: A Victory for a Woman’s Right to Choose

By María Torrellas on December 30, 2020 from Buenos Aires

Photo: María Torrellas

We were hundreds, thousands, millions, this December 29 and 30, and the years before, there were (more…)

Let’s Be Realistic, Let’s Dream the Impossible

January 1, 2021

Cuba, Photo: Abel Rojas Barallobre – JR

In the article below, that we just wrote to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, we talk about the strength and (more…)

The Moral Misery of “Independent Journalism”

By Atilio A. Boron on December 28, 2020

Looking through some old notes accumulated on my computer’s hard drive I found a series of statements from Argentina’s National (more…)

24 Years After the Peace Accords in Guatemala, and 4 Years After the Peace Accords in Colombia

By Ollantay Itzamná on December 29, 2020

Nebaj Guatemala, Photo: Bill Hackwell

In 1996, after 36 years of internal war, the Guatemalan guerrillas united in the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) (more…)

The Girls of Paraguay, A Crime Against Humanity

By Stella Calloni, December 28, 2020

Lilian Mariana and Maria Carmen Villalba

The shocking silence of the Paraguayan government on the disappearance of 14-year- (more…)

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