By Jill Clark-Gollub (Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, Americas Without Sanctions Lobbying Committee) AFGJ is a founding organization of the Americas Without Sanctions campaign, which since last July has been organizing tirelessly against the most recent round of sanctions legislation proposed for Nicaragua. Read the report-back from one of our campaign volunteers and lobbying coordinators below. On Thursday, May 16, … Read More
By Omar Rafael García Lazo on May 20, 2024 US embassy in Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell The author unravels the true meaning of the recent U.S. announcement on the exclusion of Cuba from the unilateral list of countries “that do not collaborate” with its government in the “fight against terrorism”, while keeping it on another … Read More
Misinformation on Cuba, Again By John Kirk and Stephen Kimber on May 15, 2024 Margaret Trudeau smiles as Cuban leader Fidel Castro holds her youngest son Michel after the Trudeaus arrived in Havana on January 26, 1976. Photo by Fred Chartrand/CP. Havana syndrome’ and Trudeau-as-the-son-of-Fidel non-stories are only the latest erroneous claims promoted to discredit … Read More
By David Montgomery on May 16, 2024 May 1, Havana, Internationalists call for an end to the blockade of Cuba in front of the US embassy, photo: Bill Hackwell After campaigning on reversing Trump’s regressive policies in the region, Cuban Americans are frustrated by the president’s subsequent passivity. Last week, Cuban Americans fanned out on … Read More
By Alejandra Garcia on May 19, 2024 The common border between Mexico and Guatemala, with the Suchiate River as its natural boundary, is facing record migration flows, with an increase of almost 200 percent in irregular migrants intercepted in the first quarter of this year in the Aztec country. In a historic meeting held in … Read More