Everything indicates that the battle at the polls next October in Brazil will be between former president Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva and the current president, the ultra-right-wing Jair Bolsonaro. This is confirmed by the polls conducted so far in the run-up to the general elections.... More


A whole story has been woven in these months by relatives, defense attorneys and political opponents about the lack of attention to the health of the former de facto president Jeanine Añez, who is in preventive detention in the Miraflores prison, in La Paz, for the case of the 2019 coup d'état in Bolivia and its unconstitutional seizure of power. However, reports from different agencies have disproved the whole plot devised.... More


Avoidable tragedies

More than 175 dead, a hundred missing and around 200 injured is the provisional balance of the landslides that affected the mountainous city of Petrópolis, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to a count published on Monday by authorities.... More


Hit by the vicissitudes of the U.S. blockade and the impact of the pandemic on the public treasury, Cuban industry is nevertheless seeking to respond to a series of the country's requirements, such as high-voltage pylons.... More


In recent years illegal mining has expanded vertiginously throughout Latin America and has become another cause of the destruction of the Amazon.  Deforestation, loss of ecosystems and contamination of water, soil and atmosphere are some of the impacts of this phenomenon, which endangers the health of local populations, mainly indigenous.... More


The visit of a high-ranking Russian leader to Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed the cooperation ties, although the hegemonic press ignored it.... More


The chant

All the dates that U.S. President Joseph Biden and his highest officials announced as the starting point of an eventual military invasion by Russia against Ukraine expired, without a single soldier or tank from Moscow having crossed the demarcation line.... More


Risky elections

The most important electoral processes scheduled for this year in the United States will be strongly marked by the issue of migrants, especially on the side of the candidates and voters of the Republican party where the influence of Donald Trump is almost determinant.... More


In Cuba, biotechnology plays a strategic role in public health, as well as in the socioeconomic development plan outlined by the country. Its remarkable progress has been recognized by scientists from different latitudes and international organizations.... More


Channels for scorn

Social networks are amazing for their efficiency, usefulness and power, at the same time that they also shock us when they nestle hatred, intrigue, the attempt to subvert order or are monopolized to denigrate people, institutions and countries.... More


It is not a mere phrase that the Caribbean can always count on Cuba, which has worked at all times to strengthen ties with its neighbors, with whom we are united by history, culture, customs and challenges such as climate change.... More


From the chair to the bench

The former ruler of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, also known by his initials JOH, practically went from occupying the presidential chair to sitting in the dock after his arrest at the request of the United States, where he is accused of drug trafficking and other crimes.... More


A hopeful verdict

For the first time in history, a firm of the U.S. military industrial complex, Remington Arms, agreed to pay compensation to a group of families who lost some of their members in a shooting where an assault rifle of that brand was used.... More


Solidarity arrives from Europe

Europeans once again bring their solidarity and support to the struggle waged for sixty years by the Cuban people for the lifting of the genocidal U.S. blockade, which hinders their socioeconomic development and their efforts to build a better country. ... More


VOX threat in Spain

After the recent regional elections in the community of Castilla y Leon, the largest and most affected by depopulation in Spain, the far-right party VOX could for the first time in its history become part of a government in the European country.... More


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