The race for the vaccine

Almost everyone is convinced that social distancing and preventive measures are effective to stop the chain of infections and the expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic, however those measures are not a definitive remedy for the disease.... More


The Lone Ranger

At the end of May, U.S. President Donald Trump visited a ventilator factory in Michigan.  This was one of the few times he was seen wearing a mask, but only because it was a requirement imposed by the company management.... More


Bolsonaro ridiculed

More than a scandal, Carlos Dacotelli's departure before taking up his post as Brazilian Education Minister, appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro, is an absolute ridicule that once again shows the regrettable weakness of Brazil's cabinet.... More


The Lincoln Project

In recent days, several representatives of the U.S. Republican Party have expressed their discontent with President Donald Trump's management, which is a surprising move for some Americans, although it began long before the health and social crisis that is currently shaking the country.... More


There are deep concerns in certain political sectors of the United States for the reaction of President Donald Trump, who tries in every way to disqualify the elections next November, now that polls indicate that he could lose against his rival, Joe Biden.... More


The victory parade

Delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Square in Moscow was the scenario of the Victory Parade, organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and freeing the world from the living hell of the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler.... More


Once again, UNESCO -- the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -- has praised Cuba’s excellent contribution to education and places the island among the most developed nations, despite the U.S. blockade againsst the island.... More


Bolton, Trump, and Venezuela

There is between the global North and the global South a fundamental difference in world views. The view from the South is historical, and it is unable to set aside the historical facts of colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism, and more recently, neoliberalism; while the view of the North is ahistorical.... More


Radio Havana Cuba's Roberto Bastidas presents an exclusive interview with Cuban-American lawyer and political analyst José Pertierra.  They talk about the new book by John Bolton, former U.S. National Security Advisor to Donald Trump called "The Room Where It Happened."... More


Cuba has initiated the first phase of its recovery stage in 13 provinces.

Cuban containment of Covid-19

Cuba has been able to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has initiated the first phase of the stage of recuperation in thirteen of the nation’s fifteen provinces.... More


The Americas in turmoil

The future of our planet seems quite gloomy.  Worldwide, there are more than eight million 300 thousand people infected with COVID-19 -- almost half of them concentrated in The Americas... with several countries in our region still on the upward curve of the disease.... More


Mission accomplished: A Henry Reeve brigade arrives from Italy

An international campaign is underway in support of the nomination of the Cuban Henry Reeve medical brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize... More


Over 3 000 health professionals, members of Cuba's Henry Reeve International Brigade, are currently on the front lines against Covid-19 in 28 nations worldwide

Three US Senators, who have done little to advance the interests of the Caribbean and with whom requests for meetings by many Caribbean ambassadors are usually shunted to their staff, are now proposing US government punishment for Caribbean countries that request assistance from Cuba for medical personnel. By Sir Ronald Sanders... More


The headquarters of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City

Richard Haass recently published in Foreign Affairs an article entitled, “The Pandemic Will Accelerate History Rather Than Reshape It.” Haass is President of the Council on Foreign Relations; the article shows the limited understanding of the U.S. political establishment.... More


The youth of the late 1960s proclaimed “power to the people”

We need first to understand that the United States of America is not a democratic society. It is a political-economic-ideological system with a democratic façade, but not a democratic substance. It has been so since its proclamation in 1776 and its constitutional founding in 1787.... More


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