Perfect storm

The World Food Program, WFP, increased its projections from 42 million to 45 million human beings suffering from hunger on the planet, which means that instead of decreasing, this scourge is increasing due to the coincidence of several factors.... More


Gradually Cuba resumes its daily life, after almost two years of pandemic. Six hundred and twelve thousand 800 students returned to the classrooms on Monday, in addition to the more than 84 thousand students who have been attending classes since the first day of school.... More


Merits and Demerits

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is once again at the center of a sharp controversy, this time with a part of the scientific community that reacted with justified anger against a new arbitrariness of the president, usually at odds with the world of ideas and thought.... More


An institution for all 

Almost a century ago, the Popular University 'José Martí' was born in Havana to bring education to the popular sectors, strengthening alliances between workers, students and the Cuban intelligentsia in favor of the people's culture.... More


The fourth wave 

The World Health Organization, WHO, warned that the European region of that entity is already under the effects of the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, due in particular to deficiencies in the vaccination process and the relaxation of sanitary measures.... More


The levels of violence against women and girls in the world are still worrying. According to international organizations, one out of every three women on the planet has been a victim of this phenomenon, which has worsened in the almost two years of the pandemic.... More


Notes for an agenda (XII)

After the Guatemalan democratic spring was liquidated in 1954, the United States seemed to take control of our region, destined to be a backyard and rearguard in the Cold War, bound by instruments such as the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance.... More


Tarea Vida arrived in Glasgow 

Tarea Vida, the Cuban government's plan to confront climate change, arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, where the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held until the 12th of November.... More


Firm correction

Tuesday's elections for governors and local authorities in some places in the United States, which could set a trend towards the 2022 mid-term elections, were a serious wake-up call for the Democratic Party and President Joseph Biden.... More


Historically, the United States has sheltered corrupt and coup-mongering elements from Latin America and ultra-right-wing elements of Cuban origin. The city of Miami, in the state of Florida, has been and continues to be the center of terrorist and regime change operations against other nations.... More


The street speaks

The opening of the high-level segment of the Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, United Kingdom, went as planned -- full of speeches ranging from paternalism to goodwill, without missing some paradoxes, lies and inaccuracies typical of these types of meetings.... More


Deadly failure

According to statistics published by John Hopkins University in the United States, the number of five million people dead as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been exceeded worldwide, a shocking figure that, nevertheless, some consider conservative.... More


Cooperation: The way forward 

Cuba has much to offer in terms of knowledge, research and medicines resulting from the development of biotechnology.  And there are millions around the world who benefit and improve their living conditions thanks to Cuban drugs.... More


The more than two decades that have passed since the signing of the Cuba-Venezuela Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement have not diminished in its vitality and in the benefits it brings to both peoples, in the midst of the difficulties they face due to the sanctions and financial persecution they are subject to by the United States.... More


Glasgow gets underway

The UN Summit on Climate Change in Glasgow, United Kingdom, also known as COP-26, began its work with the ambitious challenge of implementing the Paris Agreement and preventing the planet's average temperature from reaching a point of no return.... More


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