By Nuria Barbosa León on June 16, 2020
Photo: Juvenal Balán
With another medical brigade departing, this time, to the Turks and Caicos, Cuba shares what we have, as a matter of principle. Without preaching, our actions speak for themselves and are (more…)
June 12, 2020
Ouro Preto Brazil, Photo: Bill Hackwell
In the past 24 hours, Brazil has recorded 909 new COVID-19 deaths, for an accumulated total of 41,828 people dead of the virus. This number places Brazil in second place in the world (more…)
By Margaret Kimberley on June 10, 2020
Everything has changed since the world witnessed George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police. Suddenly, workers are publicly criticizing their bosses. Politicians are backpedaling and (more…)
June 15, 2020
Photo: Bill Hackwell
The US campaign to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade will be launched on June 16th, 2020. The campaign has been (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on June 13, 2020
As the crisis in the U.S. deepens and the protests that have erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s murder take on a broader tone, old and new wounds of a society in need of profound change are dramatically coming to light. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 11, 2020
Photo: Kalia Venereo, Dominio
I am writing these lines from one of the isolation centers for those who have been in contact with Covid-19 cases that do not present symptoms of the disease. The rapid test is negative, (more…)
By Arnold August on Jun 10, 2020
There are three contenders in the upcoming election for a seat on the UN Security Council. Unlike the other two, Norway and Ireland, present-day Canada represents the epitome of modern (more…)
By Frei Betto on June 11, 2020
These were the last words of George Floyd: “I can’t breathe.” I cannot either. I can’t breathe in today’s Brazil, (mis)governed by military men who threaten democratic institutions and extol (more…)