By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on February 20, 2020
Rep. Mickey Leland on a world hunger delegation to Africa, 1980
Cuba’s antiviral Recombinant Interferon Alpha 2B (IFNrec) is among the medicines chosen by China to treat the coronavirus, the disease that has already caused at least 1,800 deaths in that country. (more…)
By Ben Norton on February 19, 2020
A Michael Bloomberg surrogate pumping up the billionaire’s 2020 campaign for president also helped to elect Brazil’s extreme-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro, (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez on February 18, 2020
They have not been able to cope with this stubborn and brave people who for four months have not only gone out into the squares by the thousands but have also changed their names to (more…)
By Alan Macleod on February 14, 2020
The word “Kafkaesque” is thrown around liberally in the modern era, often without warrant. “The Trial,” a 1925 novel written by Bohemian writer Franz Kafka, tells the story of Josef K., (more…)
February 13, 2020
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, held a press conference from The Hague, Netherlands, after filing a complaint with the (more…)
By Angel Guerra Cabrera on February 13, 2020
The assault on El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly on February 9 by President Nayib Bukele, heading military troops, was an attempted self-coup, frustrated for now. (more…)
February 10, 2020
Photo: Carlos Barria
January 12 marked 10 years since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 300,000 people and left an estimated 1.3 million more homeless. (more…)
By Marco Teruggi on February 12, 2020
Guiado gets an unceremonious reception on his return to Caracas
Opposition leader Juan Guaido is back in Venezuela after a three-week international tour that took him to Colombia, Europe and the United States. (more…)