Havana’s International Book Fair Kicks Off in Cuba

By Alejandra Garcia on February 15, 2024 from Havana

Today, the 32nd Havana International Book Fair, the island’s biggest festival and the most attended event in Cuba, opened its doors, attracting the gaze of literature lovers from the country and the world. From February 15 to 25, 2024, this Wonder City will welcome domestic and international readers, authors, publishers, librarians, and celebrities who seek to experience the unique identity of this fair, which has no comparison with events of this kind in other latitudes. (more…)

El Salvador: Bukele Reelected Despite Irregularities and Violations to Democracy

By Alejandra Garcia on February 6, 2024

Bukele’s re election celebration

This Sunday, candidate for re-election Nayib Bukele proclaimed himself president of El Salvador with just 30 percent of the votes counted. “This has been an overwhelming victory, in which we have received more than 85% of the votes,” said the president, 42, amid claims of irregularities, violations of democracy, and problems with the vote count. (more…)

What 62 Years of the Blockade of Cuba Feels Like

By Alejandra Garcia on February 4, 2024 from Havana

photo: Bill Hackwell

The blockade against Cuba is real. It is palpable in the kilometer-long lines of cars that take hours or days in front of the gas stations nationwide, and in the lack of medicines in the national network of pharmacies,  the shortage of medical supplies in hospitals, and the obstacles the country faces to purchase food on the international market. (more…)

Cuban People Will Debate Measures to Boost the Economy

By Alejandra Garcia in Havana on January 30, 2024

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel,  photo: Bill Hackwell

Cuba needs development, even if it seems impossible amid increasingly adverse international conditions. And it needs to develop without trampling on the most vulnerable but also in being consistent with the world around us which is unstable, marked by inflation, and the exponential increase in essential goods. All of this in world of escalating tensions. (more…)

US Criminal Plans against Venezuela Fail Again

By Alejandra Garcia on January 25, 2024

Bolivarian National Armed Forces, photo: Bill Hackwell

The destabilization, invasions, coups, and assassinations in those Latin American countries that are inconvenient for the US hegemony have a common instigator: the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Agency’s interventions in Latin America in the past decades are well known. But what has happened in recent days? (more…)

The U.S. Military’s Real Intentions in Ecuador

By Alejandra Garcia on January 21, 2024

Galápagos Islands outcry after Ecuador allows US military to use airstrip

History repeats itself. For centuries, the United States has sought ways to intervene in Latin America to strengthen its military presence and dominance in the region whenever a country is in crisis. And it is happening again. The current security crisis in Ecuador is presented as an opportunity for the United States to deepen its military presence in the Andean country. (more…)

Highlights Behind Peru’s Political Chaos

By Alejandra Garcia on January 14, 2024

Freedom for President Castillo

Peru’s political life has always been intense, but rarely has it been as turbulent as in recent years. This Friday, the Peruvian Public Prosecutor’s Office requested a prison sentence of 34 years for former President Pedro Castillo for the alleged crimes of rebellion, abuse of authority, and serious disturbance of public tranquility. (more…)

Cuba Applies Measures to Boost Economy

By Alejandra Garcia on January 9, 2024 from Havana

Cuba is facing a war-like economic scenario, with the pressures of the intensified U.S. blockade, a complex international context, and growing inflation amid the constant search for self-sustainability… This reality hinders all the efforts being made for the country’s economic performance. (more…)

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