The Soul of the Nation

October 20 is a date that summons all Cubans.  It marks the birth of a different, rebellious nation, determined to conquer its true independence and defend it at any cost.... More


Power and Loneliness

Since he took office less than a hundred days ago, Peru's President Pedro Castillo has felt in his own flesh that, under certain circumstances, coming to power means a very great loneliness, even with respect to those who contributed to put him at the top.... More


A timely call for an end to aggressions, blockades and sanctions was made in recent days by Pope Francis, when the world is witnessing increasingly selfish, destabilizing and hegemonic actions of some powerful nations against the most humble.... More


Expectations and realities 

With marches in the capital and several cities in the interior of Chile, tens of thousands of people remembered the second anniversary of the social uprising that began on October 18, 2019 -- the initial step of the urgent political and socioeconomic transformations needed in that country.... More


Cuba's battle for truth

Since the triumph of the Revolution in 1959, Cuba has been fighting a systematic battle for the truth and against lies, because its enemies, headed by the U.S. government, have always manipulated the Cuban reality in their efforts to regain their historical domination over the Caribbean island.... More


Cuban science has given Cuba multiple satisfactions.  The work of these men and women has made it possible over the decades to provide solutions to various problems of great interest for the socioeconomic advancement of the nation and the welfare of the population.... More


Gaps  

The failure of negotiations at the World Trade Organization, the WTO, to advance in the release of patents for vaccines against COVID-19 and thus achieve equitable access to these products, will maintain or widen the gaps between rich and poor countries in the fight against the pandemic.... More


Havana has been immersed for weeks in an intense transforming activity. To the usual noises of numerous communities have been added others to the satisfaction of its residents.... More


Old truths 

That public investment and primary health care form part of the pillars of the development of peoples, both in terms of the economy and in social welfare and tranquility, are well-known principles that bear fruit wherever they are put into practice.... More


Great options for cooperation

Concrete proposals to increase cooperation, in the face of an increasingly unfair International economic order and the adoption of coercive measures, brought Cuba to the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, made up of the heads of state and government of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan as members, and Moldova and Uzbekistan as observers.... More


Notes for an agenda (IX)

An endless period of wars throughout the 19th century allowed the United States to consolidate its power, expand its territory and dedicate the next century to imposing its hegemony on the continent and the world, with its army as its spearhead and a legion of unscrupulous traders.... More


The Colombian government's conspiracy to impede the progress of the peace agreement with one of the guerrilla movements and the violation of the human rights of protesters and social activists, didn't prevent the strengthening of the relationship with the United States.... More


Cuba and Russia reviewed in Havana the state of their economic, trade, financial and cooperation ties, which both sides describe as fruitful, excellent and strategic.... More


Europe: What's with the fences!

Europe is NOT abandoning the old habit of overprotection of borders, with all kinds of fences, in order to protect itself from the arrival of migrants from the impoverished South.... More


Permanece Kristalina

After several weeks of doubts, debates and speculations, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the permanence of the Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva, whose professional integrity was questioned, as head of that entity.... More


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