On Nov. 6 (Wednesday), Hurricane Rafael hit central Cuba, and I was there. This is a contemporary account written from Marianao, Havana, four days later, while our electricity was still out. It’s [...] Continue Reading
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Why Isn’t an Armed Attack on the Cuban Embassy Called Terrorim?
On April 30, 2020, Alexander Alazo, a Texas resident and Trump supporter—he wrote Trump 2020 on a Cuban flag—took an AK-47 and fired 32 shots at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. He didn’t hit [...] Continue Reading
Mexico: Court Reform
Mexico has approved and initiated a process of court reform intended to fight corruption through participatory democracy. In Mexico, all judges will be democratically elected. It is the first country [...] Continue Reading
México: Profunda Reforma Judicial
En México todos los jueces serán electos de manera directa a través de votación popular. Será el primer país del mundo en que se decide elegir a todos los jueces de esta manera, aunque hay otros [...] Continue Reading
Federation of Cuban Women Celebrates 64 Years
The Federation of Cuban Women (Federación de Mujeres Cubanas, or FMC) was founded on Aug. 23, 1960, only eight months after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. The leader of the movement for women’s [...] Continue Reading
La Federación de Mujeres Cubanas Cumple 64 Años
La Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (FMC) se fundó el 23 de agosto de 1960, apenas ocho meses después del triunfo de la Revolución Cubana. Quien encabezó el movimiento por los derechos de las [...] Continue Reading
Looking for Every Opportunity to Do Evil: H.R. 8771
Something impressive about the U.S. ultra-right is the apparent ability to do a huge number of bad things simultaneously. An example is the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs [...] Continue Reading
Colombia Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
In May 2022, Colombia elected its first progressive center-left government with the ticket of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, of the Historic Pact Party. This ended a long period of right-wing [...] Continue Reading
Nuclear-Powered Submarines in Cuba
Is it the Cuban missile crisis all over again, when you thought they were calling that school assembly to announce the end of the world? Or is it just another manifestation of U.S. exceptionalism, [...] Continue Reading
What Did They Say About Palestine?
Nelson Mandela I have come to join you today to add our own voice to the universal call for Palestinian self-determination and statehood. We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without [...] Continue Reading
Cuba: Saving the Culture
Fidel Castro said, “Lo primero que hay que salvar es la cultura (The first thing to save is culture).” He was speaking at the beginning of the Special Period, the time when Cuba lost more than 80% of [...] Continue Reading
Cuba: Salvando la Cultura
POR LENI VILLAGOMEZ REEVES “Lo primero que hay que salvar es la cultura”, dijo Fidel, al comienzo del Período Especial, cuando, con la caída del bloque soviético, Cuba perdió más de 80% de sus [...] Continue Reading