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…)
By John Perry on February 3, 2025
Marco Rubio meeting Sunday with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino in Panama City. Photo: Freddie Everett
After intense pressure by the U.S. on Panama to return possession of its canal to Washington because the Trump administration thinks China is threatening it, the Central American nation on Sunday sought a compromise by announcing it would study whether or not to renew contracts with a Chinese company managing two ports on the waterway and would withdraw from China’s Belt and Road Initiative. (more…)
By Juana Carrasco Martín on February 4, 2025 from Havana
The “gibberish” was formed in Washington. The couple of the moment, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, closed USAID — the United States Agency for International Development, (more…)