In the brewing New Cold War with China, among the voices emerging to cast China as an evil empire is Josh Hawley, Republican Senator from Missouri. He declares that “Chinese imperialism is the greatest threat to American security in the 21st century.” He maintains that the United States has to return to making reciprocal trade agreements with allied nations that are beneficial to U.S. national interests and the nation’s workers, resisting Chinese economic imperialism.... More
The United States, though being the world's sole superpower, has so far let the world down in the high-stake combat to terminate the novel coronavirus pandemic.... More
Cuba's Minister of Public Health, Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, took part in the 73rd World Health Assembly, which is held annually in Geneva.... More
The disorganized and incoherent response of the Trump administration to the COVID-19 pandemic, with tragic as well as politically disastrous consequences, has given rise to a strategy by Trump to blame China for the pandemic, deflecting blame away from himself. The Republican Party is joining the strategy of blaming China, although not necessarily defending Trump.... More
The United States Department of State has included Cuba on its list of states that are not cooperating fully with U.S. counterterrorism efforts.... More
Several international organizations and experts in the financial world are calculating the damage that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing to the world economy. And they have reached the conclusion -- not a difficult one to reach -- that it will have a severe impact and a substantial cost, especially on unemployment and poverty.... More
In an exclusive interview with Radio Havana Cuba's Roberto Bastidas, Washington D.C-based Cuban American attorney, Jose Pertierra, discusses Cuba´s inclusion on the U.S. State Department's list of countries that supposedly do not cooperate fully in the fight against terrorism.... More
The accusations by Donald Trump that China is to blame for the Covid-19 pandemic occurs in the context of an ongoing debate about China, which Trump’s protectionist policies had further stimulated.... More
I continue reflections on an article by Georgi Marinov, entitled “Coronavirus: Scientific Realities vs. Economic Fallacies,” published on May 5 in LeftEast... More
Cuban Minister of Foreign Relations Bruno Rodríguez, in a press conference on May 12, revealed details concerning the individual who fired thirty-two shots with a semi-automatic assault rifle at the Cuban embassy building in Washington, DC on April 30. ... More
An article by Georgi Marinov, entitled “Coronavirus: Scientific Realities vs. Economic Fallacies,” was published on May 5 in LeftEast. ... More
As the world's sole superpower, boasting massive economic strength, powerful research capacity and advanced medical resources, the United States should have taken more responsibility in this global fight.... More
Some Ecuadorians are still aware that the remains of a compatriot, journalist Carlos Bastidas Argüello, have been resting in the Cristobal Colon Cemetery in Havana for 62 years. Bastidas worked for two months as a reporter in the Sierra Maestra, located in the eastern region of Santiago de Cuba, and found admiration in the rebel guerrillas that fought the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship.... More
The COVID-19 pandemic will have a strong negative effect on the economies of the European Union member countries, which this year will suffer an unprecedented setback in their Gross Domestic Product, GDP -- the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s.... More
In an article in The New York Times, Michelle Cottle summarizes well Trump’s mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic: “Day after day, the president has come before the nation in news briefings and on Twitter, spreading not simply nonsense but dangerous nonsense... More
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