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
Along with the United States, Israel provided weapons and training to Guatemala’s military and their campaign against Indigenous Maya civilians from 1974-1996. Mary Jo McConahay Observers from the Ixil Triangle sit in the front row at the trial of Guatemalan General Benedicto Lucas Garcia at the Tribunals Tower in Guatemala City. BY MARY JO MCCONAHAY MAY … Read More
By Gerry Condon, May 7, 2024, My partner Helen Jaccard and I are in Guatemala listening to testimony of the victims of a horrifying genocide that took place during the 36-year war against Mayan communities, union activists, revolutionaries, teachers, healthcare workers, co-ops, and anyone or anything that might be considered “communal,” or “communist.” This genocidal war began after the CIA … Read More