By Pasqualina Curcio Curcio on March 23, 2020
Cuban doctors arriving in Italy to fight the Corona Virus
“The System Failed”, these were the words spoken on March 12 of this year by Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the country’s (more…)
By Luis Bruschtein on March 24, 2020
Photo: Bill Hackwell
White handkerchiefs are a reminder of the struggle of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, who continue demanding answers about the disappearance of their children during Argentina’s military (more…)
March 23, 2020
Santa Marta favela, Rio de Janeiro Photo: Bill Hackwell
Brazil’s favelas, informal self-built slums, are one of the most vulnerable areas to the arrival of the new coronavirus and their inhabitants are beginning to organize themselves and demand (more…)
By Carissa Brands on March 20, 2020
Photo: Friends of the ATC
In February, Friends of the Association of Peasant Workers (ATC) and the Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) organized an agroecology and Sandinismo solidarity delegation to (more…)
March 20, 2020
The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in Cuba is working on a vaccine that could be used against the new Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. (more…)
March 22, 2020
Amidst increasing concerns over coronavirus, which had led representatives of 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries to – unsuccessfully – request the deferment of the General (more…)
By Yaimy Ravelo on March 21, 2020
Cuban Doctors leave for Italy. Photo: Ismael Francisco Gonzalez
A new brigade of Cuban doctors departed on Saturday afternoon to Italy, one of the most affected countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
By Dipti S. Barot on March 20, 2020
I am a doctor. And I am immunocompromised. I am safe at home screening patients over the phone for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, while my colleagues are (more…)