For the thirty-first time, Cuba has been forced to present to the UN General Assembly an initiative to reject the U.S. blockade, a genocidal policy that has caused great material deprivation.... More


The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala concluded this October 31 the electoral process, and although it ratified the results of the elections, alarms were once again raised in the country, for the future of the Semilla movement, of the elected president, Bernardo Arévalo, who won the ballot last August with almost 61% of the votes.... More


On November 7, the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, will be presented with the new Constitution project, considered retrograde and which is rejected, according to opinion polls, by more than half of the citizenship.  ... More


In the midst of a crusade by the Mexican government to attend to the devastation caused in the State of Guerrero by Hurricane Otis, Cuban doctors, out of the more than 700 working in 10 states of that country, emerge with their modesty and skills.... More


Protests in Panama do not let up

Panama experienced a week of intense protests that forced President Laurentino Cortizo to sign last Friday an executive decree prohibiting the granting of new mining concessions. However, the demonstrations did not let up and continued over the weekend.... More


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


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


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


Lewiston, the second largest city in the northeastern U.S. state of Maine, joined the macabre list of places in that country that have been the scene of spectacular mass shootings, such as Uvalde or Columbine.... More


"...A big smile and a big heart."  This is how intellectual Mirta Aguirre referred in her poem Portrait to Commander Camilo Cienfuegos, one of the most beloved personalities of our history for the Cuban people.... More


Cuba and China have taken a new step in strengthening their strategic alliance. The two friendly nations continue to explore various opportunities to deepen and expand the already fruitful ties of collaboration in various fields, for the welfare of their peoples and sustainable development.... More


Colombia could realize its ambitious railway development plans with investment from China, according to a successful visit to Beijing by President Gustavo Petro.... More


Seventy-five years after the adoption by the UN of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world is witnessing the maintenance by the United States for more than six decades of a genocidal economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, which violates the most elementary prerogatives of an entire people.... More


The demands of the international community for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in view of the escalation of violence in recent weeks, are multiplying, while the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is deteriorating more and more due to the constant Israeli attacks.... More


As part of his government's plans to improve health services, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is promoting a new stage of vaccination, using antigens from Cuba and Russia.... More


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