By Alejandra Garcia on June 21, 2023 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
Food production, marketing, and prices are some of the issues that most concern Cubans and is what most directly impacts our quality of life. Although this is a strategic and priority sector for Cuba, it is directly connected to the current economic situation of the country, aggravated by the impact of the US economic, commercial, and financial blockade. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on June 19, 2023
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi
The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions suffered by the four countries and the imperialist policy and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 13, 2023 from Havana
Heavy rains are leaving a desolate panorama in eastern Cuba. Entire communities are buried under thick mud and water due to the torrential and prolonged rains that have been lashing the country for the past weeks. So far, six people have lost their lives in the floods, and more than 39,000 are sheltered in the homes of neighbors, relatives, or state facilities, according to official reports from the government. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on June 9, 2023
Cuba President Dias Canel applauds Colombian President Petro and ELN leader Antonio Garcia
Today will be remembered as a historic day for Colombia, Cuba, and all of Latin America. After decades of continuous violence and internal conflict, the government of President Gustavo Petro and the National Liberation Army (ELN) agreed to a ceasefire during the closing of the third cycle of peace talks that had been taking place in Havana, Cuba, since early May. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 4, 2023
Last night the Cuban duo Buena Fe ended their tour of Spain, marked by love and the artists’ willingness to consistently ” offer their hearts” despite the fascist hatred and the cultural war they were targeted with. Against all odds, they offered their last concert in Madrid, where they received a standing ovation for several minutes to a full-house at the Marcelino Camacho Auditorium. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on May 30, 2023
photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil
Yesterday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shook hands again after eight years since they last met. Maduro traveled to Brasilia after almost a decade; the last time was to attend the inauguration of former President Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016). (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 25, 2023 from Havana
Anyone who has listened to the Cuban duo Buena Fe’s songs know they are not complacent. Although they defend Cuba in any trench, they do not remain silent in the face of injustice or what can be changed, and they speak in broad truths in the most poetic way possible, using a guitar with their voices as their weapon. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023, a new brigade of Cuban doctors arrive in Mexico.
The world is still suffering from the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Inflation, supply chain crises, and shortages of medicines and basic goods continue to affect most of the world’s countries, especially those less developed and besieged by the major powers, such as Cuba, but this is not news. What can governments do to counteract a future health crisis and can we overcome the dominate greed of the developed countries when it comes to public health? (more…)