In April, President Joe Biden stood before thousands of reporters at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and said, "Journalism is not a crime." But Julian Assange, award-winning journalist and the publisher of WikiLeaks, has been imprisoned in solitary confinement for the last four years for revealing the truth. The United Nations, religious leaders, and civil rights advocates all agree that solitary confinement for over two weeks is torture. Now the U.S. is trying to keep him in prison for the rest of his life.... More
Solidarity with the struggle waged by the Cuban people against the blockade imposed by the United States was evident in Brussels, where multiple voices were raised at the Peoples' Summit to condemn the genocidal measure, which was intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
After eight years without taking place, the participants in the Third Summit of CELAC, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, and the EU, European Union, gathered, although previous irregularities disturbed Cuba and other countries.... More
Brussels is the scene of a transcendental meeting, the Peoples' Summit, which over the years has been a space of struggle and resistance of the entire civil society in favor of a better world, distinguished by respect between States, cooperation and multilateralism.... More
Uruguayans breathed a sigh of relief at the recent downpour, but for many it was still insufficient to alleviate the acute drought, the worst in 70 years, causing a water crisis, the worst in local history.... More
With the satisfaction of being on the front line in the defense of the country and the achievements of the revolution, with the pen and the word as weapons in favor of the truth, the UPEC, Union of Journalists of Cuba, celebrates its sixty years of existence.... More
We can almost imagine the turmoil of a day like today, 60 years ago, on the eve of what was then recognized as the national assembly of constitution of the Union of Journalists of Cuba.... More
The persecution of Julian Assange, along with the climate of fear, wholesale government surveillance and use of the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers, has emasculated investigative journalism.... More
The presence of a U.S. nuclear submarine at the Guantanamo military base, in territory usurped from Cuba, reaffirms the reasons for the inhabitants of the Caribbean archipelago to demand its return.... More
The United States has not been able to find a solution to a problem that threatens the safety of its citizens, and that has become an epidemic, a health problem: gun violence.... More
The violent events of July 11, 2021, in which an attempt was made against the constitutional order and the stability of the socialist state, are part of the long list of actions developed by the United States against Cuba, since the revolutionary triumph of 1959.... More
Latin America and the Caribbean - and Cuba in that region - have prepared to make substantial contributions to the European Union-CELAC summit meeting, scheduled for July 17-18 in Belgium.... More
The Amazon is in danger. Without urgent action it could reach a point of no return, putting at risk the survival of the native peoples that inhabit it, 10% of the world's known biodiversity and aggravating the climate crisis, which affects everyone.... More
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) commemorated this week in Trinidad and Tobago its half-century of existence with the 45th meeting of heads of state and government of the bloc, who agreed on the need and importance of deepening the integration achieved to jointly overcome complex common challenges.... More
A lifesize bronze statue of him appeared in Parliament Square over the weekend but the real Julian Assange could very shortly be taken, handcuffed and protesting, from Belmarsh prison in London and flown off to a high security jail in the US.... More
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