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Obama’s Handshake With Raúl Castro Shows the Way for Biden’s Summit of the Americas

Biden should invite all the nations of the region to the summit and shake the hands of every head of state to foster better dialogue and a brighter future for the hemisphere. By Medea Benjamin On May 16, the Biden…

Why Latin America Needs a New World Order

The world wants to see an end to the conflict in Ukraine. The NATO countries, however, want to prolong the conflict by increasing arms shipments to Ukraine and by declaring that they want to “weaken Russia.” The United States had…

Guatem-mata, a not so subliminal message

There are blunders and there are failed acts. Make no mistake. To explain the strange headline of this column, I must point out that it refers to the most recent action of the communication secretariat of the presidency of the…

Christiana Figueres global environmental leader receives British recognition

For her environmental leadership and contributions to the fight against climate change, Costa Rican Christiana Figueres received the honorary title of “Dame of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire” from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, according…

Costa Rica Is Not Real

“Birds Are Not Real” — the theory that all birds are drones — is a prank created for a laugh, supposedly with a few mentally disturbed people actually believing it. “Costa Rica Is Not Real” has never been spoken at…

Reporting despite exile: the struggle for freedom in Nicaraguan journalism

The repression exercised by the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship against the press has provoked a massive exodus of professionals who have reconfigured their newsrooms to continue reporting. By Sol Acuña via CTXT Every morning in this Spain of terraces in the sun,…

‘We Will Prevail’: A Conversation With Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel

In 1994, Miguel Díaz-Canel began a new position in Santa Clara, not far from his birthplace of Placetas, as the provincial secretary of the Cuban Communist Party. He set aside the air-conditioned car given to him and went to work…

The True Adventure of a 19-year-old North American Fighting in the Cuban Revolution with Fidel Castro

Book Review: Wild Green Oranges, by Bob Baldock. (Clapton Press, London, 2021, 238 pages) By Roger D. Harris Wild Green Oranges describes how author Bob Baldock dropped out of college and was at loose ends in 1958. Then he became…

A wide and foreign territory

Corporate voracity over dependent nations with corrupt governments. “You do what you want with the waters of my rivers, with the landscape of my land, with the air I breathe, with the health of my compatriots, with the honour of…

‘We Are Not Slaves!’: Haitian Garment Workers Strike For A Fair Wage

Buoyed by international union solidarity and hearkening to the revolutionary legacy of Jean-Jacque Dessalines, Haitian strikers facing state violence and lowball concessions remain undeterred. By Frances Madeson –  This story originally appeared in therealnews.com on March 4, 2022. It is…

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