Auschwitz Museum decries Israeli mayor's sick call to empty Gaza

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland has decried what critics called genocidal remarks by the mayor of an Israeli town who said all of Gaza should be ethnically cleansed of Palestinians and turned into a museum like the notorious Nazi death camp.... More

Biden Is Overseeing the Silent Death of the First Amendment

In early 2024, a new, grim chapter may be written in the annals of journalistic history. Julian Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks, could board a plane for extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage charges for the crime of publishing newsworthy information.... More

For Thanksgiving, instead of pardoning a turkey, Biden should free Julian Assange

Julian Assange remains in Belmarsh prison in London as he fights a US attempt to extradite him to face charges – including under the Espionage Act. The charges are in connection with the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents about the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as diplomatic cables, in 2010 and 2011.... More

Speech by Fernando Gonzalez at Tribunal against the Blockade

Fernando González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power and president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), spoke on November 17, at the final session of the International Tribunal against the Blockade of the United States, which took place at the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.... More

Don’t Let Biden and Blinken Get Away With Aiding a Second Nakba

U.S. support for Israel’s attacks on Al-Shifa and the genocide in Gaza is a violation of international humanitarian law.... More

Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the presentation of Cuba's National Report to the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council (HRC).

I bring from Cuba a message of solidarity and support to the Palestinian people. The indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population and United Nations workers; the bombing of hospitals, ambulances and schools and the massive destruction of homes and vital infrastructure, constitute collective punishment and grave violations of International Humanitarian Law.... More

Australian prime minister talks with Biden about Julian Assange

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised the plight of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in talks this week with United States President Joe Biden, stepping up efforts to find a way to release the Australian from jail.... More

Australians Call to End Long Persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order, Australia has ramped up its advocacy on his behalf. Six Australian MPs held a press conference outside the US Department of Justice on September 20 to urge the Biden administration to halt its pursuit of Assange (Consortium News, 9/20/23).... More

The Final Solution for the Palestinian question

A week after the start of Hamas' insurrectional offensive, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that every Hamas member is a "dead man," as he announced a new national emergency government to fight the Palestinian organization. "Everyone in Hamas, they should be considered dead. Those above and below ground, inside and outside Gaza," the Israeli leader said... More

Speech by the President of Cuba at the Palenque Summit

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the Summit of Heads of State and Government on Migration, Palenque Meeting: for a fraternal neighborhood with well-being, in Chiapas, Mexico, October 22, 2023, "Year 65 of the Revolution".... More

New campaign demands Assata Shakur’s removal from FBI Most Wanted Terrorist List

Washington, October 13 (RHC)-- An international coalition of grassroots organizers and elected officials have launched a campaign demanding that the U.S. government lifts its embargo on Cuba and takes Assata Shakur off the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist Watch List.  ... More

Speech by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the Summit on Sustainable Development Goals     

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the Summit on Sustainable Development Goals, New York, September 18, 2023, "Year 65 of the Revolution."... More

Speech by Mr. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the inauguration of the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Group of 77 dedicated to development issues: role of science, technology and innovation, Havana, September 15, 2023.

Speech by Mr. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the inauguration of the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Group of 77 dedicated to development issues: role of science, technology and innovation, Havana, September 15, 2023.... More

Pinochet could not silence Prensa Latina

Santiago de Chile (Prensa Latina)-- Prensa Latina's bureau in Chile was assaulted by military coup leaders on September 11, 1973, 50 years ago, but its voice in the service of truth could never be silenced.... More

Speech delivered by the President of the Republic of Cuba at the Dialogues of the XV BRICS Summit

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the Dialogues of the XV BRICS Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 24, 2023, "Year 65 of the Revolution."... More

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