The world is burning

The past five years have been the hottest on the planet ever since specialists began to study this kind of information, a tendency that will remain unchanged for five years from 2020 to 2024, as warned by experts from the World Meteorological Organization.... More


Up to its knees?

U.S. leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has acknowledged that over the past week and a half, COVID-19 cases doubled due to the easing of protection measures -- overwhelming the country in the first wave of the pandemic.  He added that the U.S. is "up to its knees" in the coronavirus crisis.... More


Israeli threats of war

Many countries, including some Western powers, have warned Israel's Zionist regime about the consequences of carrying out the annexation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- a decision that can sweep away the little possibility of peace in the Middle East.... More


The race for the vaccine

Almost everyone is convinced that social distancing and preventive measures are effective to stop the chain of infections and the expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic, however those measures are not a definitive remedy for the disease.... More


The Lone Ranger

At the end of May, U.S. President Donald Trump visited a ventilator factory in Michigan.  This was one of the few times he was seen wearing a mask, but only because it was a requirement imposed by the company management.... More


Bolsonaro ridiculed

More than a scandal, Carlos Dacotelli's departure before taking up his post as Brazilian Education Minister, appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro, is an absolute ridicule that once again shows the regrettable weakness of Brazil's cabinet.... More


The Lincoln Project

In recent days, several representatives of the U.S. Republican Party have expressed their discontent with President Donald Trump's management, which is a surprising move for some Americans, although it began long before the health and social crisis that is currently shaking the country.... More


There are deep concerns in certain political sectors of the United States for the reaction of President Donald Trump, who tries in every way to disqualify the elections next November, now that polls indicate that he could lose against his rival, Joe Biden.... More


The victory parade

Delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Square in Moscow was the scenario of the Victory Parade, organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and freeing the world from the living hell of the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler.... More


Once again, UNESCO -- the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -- has praised Cuba’s excellent contribution to education and places the island among the most developed nations, despite the U.S. blockade againsst the island.... More


Bolton, Trump, and Venezuela

There is between the global North and the global South a fundamental difference in world views. The view from the South is historical, and it is unable to set aside the historical facts of colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism, and more recently, neoliberalism; while the view of the North is ahistorical.... More


Cuba has initiated the first phase of its recovery stage in 13 provinces.

Cuban containment of Covid-19

Cuba has been able to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has initiated the first phase of the stage of recuperation in thirteen of the nation’s fifteen provinces.... More


The Americas in turmoil

The future of our planet seems quite gloomy.  Worldwide, there are more than eight million 300 thousand people infected with COVID-19 -- almost half of them concentrated in The Americas... with several countries in our region still on the upward curve of the disease.... More


Mission accomplished: A Henry Reeve brigade arrives from Italy

An international campaign is underway in support of the nomination of the Cuban Henry Reeve medical brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize... More


Over 3 000 health professionals, members of Cuba's Henry Reeve International Brigade, are currently on the front lines against Covid-19 in 28 nations worldwide

Three US Senators, who have done little to advance the interests of the Caribbean and with whom requests for meetings by many Caribbean ambassadors are usually shunted to their staff, are now proposing US government punishment for Caribbean countries that request assistance from Cuba for medical personnel. By Sir Ronald Sanders... More


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