By Raúl Antonio Capote on February 8, 2025 from Havana
Mauricio Claver-Carone
Another of President Donald Trump’s “chosen ones” has just appeared on the scene, Mauricio Claver-Carone, the third member of the anti-Cuban quartet, also made up of Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bob Menéndez, the latter of whom will not be able to “sing” for a long time, as he is on “vacation” in a penitentiary for corruption. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 8, 2025
Immigrant workers protesting Trump’s deportation policy. Photos: Bill Hackwell
U.S. President Donald Trump rose to power by making mass deportations of undocumented immigrants a central promise of his campaign. Today, those promises have become a stark reality, one that the world is watching with growing concern. Jose Pertierra, one of the top immigration attorneys in Washington, D.C. shared with this reporter, during an interview for the multiplatform Telesur, that the consequences of this decision will be immeasurable for the U.S. society. (more…)
By Pablo Meriguet on February 6, 2025
ALBA-TCP leaders at the Heads of State summit in December 2024. Photo: ALBA-TCP
During the XII Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) on Monday, February 3, member countries met virtually to discuss several issues that have arisen from recent geopolitical developments. The meeting proposed a stronger defense of deported migrants, their reintegration to their countries of origin, and the expansion of joint strategies to face the onslaught from foreign powers. (more…)
By Raul Romero on February 6, 2025
Since the beginning of the process of colonization and conquest of the territories that are commonly called the United States (US), the idea of it being the land of abundance and opportunity has been promoted. Millions of people migrated to these lands with the dream of getting rich quickly. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on February 4, 2025.
Luisa González, progressive candidate who some polls predict will win.
Billionaire Daniel Noboa became president of Ecuador on November 23, 2023 with promising promises to curb violence, end blackouts and raise the purchasing power of the people through neoliberal measures, but they have all failed. (more…)
By Alexander Tuboltsev on February 5, 2025
General Sandino [center] and Entourage enroute to Mexico. Photo: US National Archives
By Frei Betto on February 2, 2025
Capitalism destroys nature. Image generated with AI
In 1974, Hans Magnus Enzensberger published an article entitled “Towards a critique of political ecology” in which he questioned the Marxist paradigm that the development of the productive forces would eradicate misery. Allied with Marcuse, the German intellectual emphasized that “the productive forces reveal themselves as destructive forces and threaten the entire natural basis of human life.” (more…)
February 4, 2025
Foto: Enrique González (Enro)
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said on Tuesday that the Cuban government, with the support of the people, will continue to defend the Revolution, independence and national sovereignty. (more…)