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Cuba is Written with an S for Solidarity

By Katu Arkonada on April 25, 2020

Che Guevara said that solidarity is the tenderness of the people. This phrase could not be truer than in the case of Cuba, the tenderest people in the world. (more…)

The Pandemic and the Coming Battle

By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on April 23, 2020

A country with a formidable medical industry like the U.S. dominated to the extreme by capitalist profit, has proved incapable of dealing with the coronavirus. As much as Trump (more…)

Without Command, Brazil Is Losing the Fight against the Pandemic

By Emir Sader on April 22, 2020

The fight against the pandemic, like any great fight, is a political one. Not in the sense of a political, party or electoral dispute or a minor dispute between supposed political leaders. (more…)

We Should Applaud the Cuban Health System — and Learn From It

By Medea Benjamin on April 22, 2020

While Bernie Sanders paid a political price for uttering something positive about Cuba’s literacy program, the current pandemic has shown the whole world the heroic side of Cuba’s health care system. (more…)

China’s Detection and Reporting of the Covid-19 Outbreak

By Roger Stoll on April 22, 2020

While the US took two-and-a-half years to identify HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, China discovered, identified and contained COVID-19 within (more…)

Ecuador’s Coronavirus “Horror Story”

By Fiona Edwards on April 22, 2020

The rapid spread of coronavirus in Ecuador is having a devastating impact. According to the government’s official data Ecuador has 10,128 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 507 deaths, as of  April 21. (more…)

Donald Trump and the Politicization of Covid-19

By Raúl Antonio Capote, on April 21, 2020

“Free Minnesota!”, “Free Michigan!”, “Free Virginia!”, these unusual tweets, launched on Friday to the digital network, were not written by members of extreme right-wing groups, many of (more…)

House-to-House: How Venezuela, with the Help of Cuban Doctors, is Stopping the Coronavirus

By Marco Teruggi on April 20, 2020

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One of the strategies for dealing with the coronavirus in Venezuela is, in addition to quarantine, house-to-house visits that doctors make to detect cases of contagion and treat them (more…)

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