By Atilio Boron on March 20, 2020
Wars, economic crises, natural disasters, and pandemics are catastrophic events that bring out the worst and best in people – both leaders and ordinary people – and also in social actors (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on March 19, 2020
Passengers of MS Braemar express their gratitude to Cuba. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia
The cruise ship MS Braemar, with five confirmed cases of Covid-19 and a thousand people on board, docked shortly before dawn this Wednesday in the Port of Mariel, 40 kilometers from Havana. (more…)
By Nahir González on March 18, 2020
Yesterday afternoon the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela requested a loan of $5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
By Dario Pignotti on March 18, 2020
Bolsonaro defies the virus
By the attitude and statements made in recent days, Jair Bolsonaro shows that he has not taken note of the serious way the coronavirus is advancing in Brazil, where this Tuesday the (more…)
By Ben Norton on March 17, 2020
Cuban doctor in remote village in Brazil. Photo: Araquem Alcantara
The coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the health infrastructure of countries around the world. Desperate to contain the deadly virus, hard-hit countries, including even rich (more…)
By Bruce K. Gagnon on March 16, 2020
In the midst of a staggering virus epidemic that has shut much of Europe down, the insane and arrogant United States is presently sending 30,000 Army troops throughout Europe for war games. (more…)
By Carlos Aznarez on March 17, 2020
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuba is unique for a thousand reasons but especially because its people and that Revolution with 61 years of decent existence have turned solidarity into a way of living. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on March 17, 2020
Cuban medical brigade. Photo: Bill Hackwell
Some years ago I was talking to a Cuban doctor about what a remarkable achievement it was that Cuba was able to eliminate Malaria in 1973. (more…)