First times

Tomorrow, Sunday, the second and final round of Colombia's presidential elections will be held, where two different projects and visions of the country face each other -- that of the progressive leader and former mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, and that of the right-wing millionaire, Rodolfo Hernandez.... More


Enhancing business ties

The convening in July of a forum between businessmen from Cuba and Mexico will allow boosting the commercial relationship between the two countries, with a long friendship based on respect and solidarity, which has been consolidated in recent times through a fluid political dialogue and visits at the highest level.... More


Until when?

Western powers are repeatedly demonstrating their willingness to maintain and deepen the armed conflict in Eastern Europe, where they are sending substantial financial and military resources with the aim of wearing down and diminishing Russia and eliminating its role in the international order.... More


A broader view of youth problems

Although in Cuba children and young people are guaranteed the most elementary human rights, it is necessary to have a broader and more comprehensive vision of the attention to this population segment that takes into account their needs and the context of the country, with a complex economic situation, after two years of the COVID 19 pandemic and the tightening of the U.S. blockade.... More


Amazing revelations

During the first hearings held by the Committee to Investigate the Assault on the U.S. Capitol, which occurred on January 6, 2021, important revelations began to come to light about one of the most shameful events in the recent history of that country.... More


Helping dreams come true

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has pointed out that "education saves lives" and Cuba, with its selfless collaboration, has made it possible for this to be a reality in many regions of the world.... More


Imperial cruelty

When the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, announced the project to deport undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda last April, I stated that it was a xenophobic delirium, a creation of perverse minds that know no limits.... More


Encouraging advancement in the provinces is a priority for Cuba, contained and endorsed by the Constitution approved in 2019 and in the National Economic and Social Development Plan until 2030.... More


Anonymous heroes

When the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel last May, which left 46 victims dead and dozens injured, Cubans did not think twice and voluntarily came to donate blood to help save the lives of their compatriots.... More


Winds of change

With the first round of the legislative elections in France over, the government of President Emmanuel Macron is in serious danger of losing the absolute majority in the National Assembly, which will make it much more difficult to move forward with his liberal work program.... More


A key week

A definitive week begins in Colombia to designate the future president of the Republic between a progressive candidate, the senator and former mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, and the conservative millionaire Rodolfo Hernandez, favorite of the local and regional right wing.... More


Solidarity cannot be blockaded

The United States excluded Cuba from the ill-fated Summit of the Americas in the city of Los Angeles, denying it the floor.  But if there is something that cannot be silenced, nor blockaded, it is the solidarity that grows every day towards the Cuban people -- for more than 60 years of a criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade.... More


The summit that was not to be

Nothing better illustrates the failure of the so-called Summit of the Americas, an absurd and inopportune meeting, than the images of the violent police aggression against a woman who protested as U.S. President Joseph Biden's motorcade passed by on its way to inaugurate the event.... More


New and hopeful perspectives are opened in Cuba for ataxia patients, who have lack of muscle control or coordination of involuntary movements and can create difficulties in speech, swallowing and eye movement.... More


Manichean world

It is striking how many politicians and officials, including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, blame the war in Eastern Europe for almost all the ills that today plague humanity, but blatantly ignore old tragedies.... More


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