By Alejandra Garcia on March 24, 2024
This week, a new march of indigenous and peasant movements went out from the plains to the cities to condemn the abuses of the government and call for the defense of democracy and food sovereignty. Under heavy rain and with indigenous people and women at the forefront, on March 20 and 21, thousands of compatriots carried out the traditional and thirtieth demonstration of the Peasant, Indigenous and Popular March, with the slogan “For land and production, against all injustices”. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 19, 2024 from Havana
My Country, Better Without the Blockade. Photo: Bill Hackwell
This past Sunday, a group of Cubans took to the streets of Santiago de Cuba, in the east of the island, to show their dissatisfaction with the economic situation in the country. In recent weeks, fuel shortages have caused long hours of scheduled blackouts, especially in that city, which, along with food shortages and salaries strongly affected by inflation, have turned the daily life of Cubans into an odyssey of frustration. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 10, 2024 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
The ousted Cuban Economy Minister, Alejandro Gil Fernandez, is under investigation by the island’s Interior Ministry for making serious mistakes in his previous position. In a statement issued on Friday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that, from now on, authorities will initiate corresponding actions for total clarification of these behaviors. The president assured that there would be zero tolerance for corruption on the island. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 7, 2024
Chavez – the heart of my country. Photo: Bill Hackwell
Venezuela is beginning the presidential election race as the country marks the passing of Comandante Hugo Chavez. The Venezuelan National Electoral Council issued the announcement on Tuesday, March 5, exactly 11 years after the Venezuelan leader’s death after losing his battle with cancer. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on February 29, 2024
46th meeting of CARICOM in Georgetown Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean is the most unequal region in the world. Access to healthy food is almost a luxury, droughts and migration are persistent trends, and climate change and rising sea levels threaten to swallow up large portions of land in the near future. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 25, 2024 from Havana
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez defending Palestine in the Hague
This week, Cuba once again raised its voice for Palestine, this time from The Hague, in the Netherlands, where the International Court of Justice is holding hearings on the genocide taking place in Gaza. Over 30,000 people make up the list of victims of the Israeli operation in Gaza since October 7, 2023, most of them children and women, and all this has happened before the gaze of the international community, which is just beginning to awaken from its lethargy, and seeks to put a stop to Israel’s brutality. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 20, 2024
Stella Assange calling for her husband’s freedom outside the High Court in London. photo: EPA
Australian journalist Julian Assange is living a decisive week in the United Kingdom as legal efforts are being exhausted to avoid his extradition to the United States, where he could face life imprisonment. The health of the Wikileaks founder, responsible for publishing war crimes perpetuated by Washington in Iraq and Afghanistan, has deteriorated to the extreme. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 15, 2024 from Havana
Today, the 32nd Havana International Book Fair, the island’s biggest festival and the most attended event in Cuba, opened its doors, attracting the gaze of literature lovers from the country and the world. From February 15 to 25, 2024, this Wonder City will welcome domestic and international readers, authors, publishers, librarians, and celebrities who seek to experience the unique identity of this fair, which has no comparison with events of this kind in other latitudes. (more…)