By Alejandra Garcia from Caracas on October 30, 2024
photos: Perfecto Romero
On Monday, Cuba marked the 65th anniversary of the disappearance of Commander Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán. On this occasion, Resumen Latinoamericano honors the figure of one of the bravest men of the Cuban revolutionary process through the story of a photographer who immortalized Camilo’s life with his camera.
Camilo Cienfuegos never arrived in Havana on October 28, 1959, as planned. The CESSNA 310 No. 53 plane he boarded in Camagüey lost its course halfway and disappeared into the sea, leaving no traces. Two days after the takeoff, there was no news of the commander’s whereabouts. “Camilo is Missing,” blared he headline of the Revolucion newspaper of October 30th. It was like a gunshot. (more…)
By Jose Ernesto Novaez Guerrero on October 29, 2024 from Havana
photos: Bill Hackwell
Cuba has experienced a very difficult time in recent days. The deterioration of electricity generation on the island, with aging plants and critical lack of spare parts, coupled with fuel shortages, has led to the disconnection of the National Electroenergy System. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on October 29, 2024
It’s been nearly three months since the Venezuelans went to the polls on July 28, and there is still contention domestically and abroad regarding the winner of the presidential election. This is not unexpected. (more…)
October 29, 2024
The Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) rejects the decision of the Government of Brazil to veto the incorporation of Venezuela as a partner country to the BRICS bloc. (more…)
By Syara Salado Massip on October 29, 2024 from Havana
Photo: Victor Villalba.
Yesterday afternoon, Havana’s Malecon was dressed in color. Thousands of children, students, workers and the people, together with the President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, paid tribute to Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán, Commander of the People. (more…)
By Andrew Korybko on October 26, 2024, edited by Ed Newman
Brazil could have let Venezuela join in order to maintain the PT’s farce about being a multipolar champion. photo: EFE
The Venezuelan question is a black and white issue: either you support Lula and Biden’s regime change efforts in Venezuela, each moving forward in their own way, but coordinated, or you support Maduro and Putin’s defense of Venezuela’s independence and sovereignty. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcon on October 26, 2024
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“Democracy” is for sale. It has been from the very moment capital turned it into a façade to adorn its might. Nowhere, though, has political buying and selling gone as far as in the modern mecca of capitalism, the United States. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on October 24, 2024
Atilio Baron, photo: Bill Hackwell
The leaders of the Global South and East are rising their voices for a common purpose: a multilateral, equitable and fairer world, in which the most vulnerable nations and the developing countries can unite and join forces to achieve a change. (more…)