El 2 de diciembre de 2022, el Secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, promulgó una declaración designando a Cuba, entre otros países, como “País de Preocupación Particular” por “haber [...] Continue Reading
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Religious Freedom in Cuba
On Dec. 2, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a declaration designating Cuba, among other countries, as a “Country of Particular Concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly [...] Continue Reading
Brazil Is Back, Lula Is Back, Marina Is Back
“We are back. We are back to help build a peaceful world order based on dialogue and multilateralism.”—Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) The president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [...] Continue Reading
Vuelve Brasil, Vuelve Lula, Vuelve Marina
"Estamos de vuelta. Regresamos para ayudar a construir un orden mundial pacífico basado en el diálogo y el multilateralismo.”—Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) El presidente electo de Brasil, Luiz [...] Continue Reading
UN Says “the U.S. Blockade of Cuba Is a Crime That Has to End”
You might be saying, “Wait a minute; the UN General Assembly vote on the blockade this year takes place in early November, and the deadline for this issue of the Community Alliance was mid-October. [...] Continue Reading
Vivos Se Los Llevaron*
On Sept. 26, 2014, a group of almost 100 student activists from the Ayotzinapa Normal School (a teacher training school) near Tixtla, in the middle of the state of Guerrero, Mexico, headed to Mexico [...] Continue Reading
Brilliant African Diaspora Culture in Cuba
Creating universal literacy and an environment where education is universal and free and accessible at all levels leads to a cultural flowering so extensive and deep as to be perhaps better [...] Continue Reading
United States Rebuked for Violations of Women’s Human Rights
CEDAW is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. It is an international bill of human rights [...] Continue Reading
EE.UU Condenado por el Comité CEDAW por Violar los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres
Por Leni Villagomez Reeves y Nora Cuello CEDAW es la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer. Es un tratado internacional adoptado en 1979 por la [...] Continue Reading
Summit of the Américas: U.S. Rejection
While the U.S. government seeks to shape the world for its own financial and political benefit, the oppressed and struggling people within the United States and elsewhere know that they have the right [...] Continue Reading
As Cuba Moves Forward, the United States Moves Backward
In the United States, attacks on reproductive rights and freedoms and other aspects of healthcare for women are increasing sharply, and the courts, which for a brief period provided some protection [...] Continue Reading
Can the People and the Environment Win the Election in Colombia?
Unity on the Left The progressive forces in Colombia have come together on the Historic Pact ticket, with Gustavo Petro for president and Francia Márquez as vice president. Polling, and the results [...] Continue Reading