The Haiti Action Committee stands in solidarity with the determined resistance to police terror and white supremacy being led by Black people in the United States. We join with so many others to honor the memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other Black people who have been murdered by police … Read More

The Task Force on the Americas stands in solidarity with the uprisings against systemic racism and police brutality and for justice. The police murder of George Floyd was the spark that ignited the tinder of accumulated experience of injustice not only throughout the US but internationally. What happened in Minneapolis on May 25th had its … Read More

By Bill Hackwell, Task Force Board member After being quarantined for 14 days upon arrival in South Africa the medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves has now been cleared to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. The 216 member group, made up of family physicians, epidemiologists, … Read More

By Roger D. Harris, Task Force Board member and Associate Editor at COHA An exclusive interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza with the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 24, 2020 As Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke to the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) Friday night, five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela … Read More

By Alice Loaiza, Task Force Board member It’s hard to describe a country that has so many levels of critical problems as does Colombia. Then you place the Covid-19 virus on top of it all and one wonders how people manage to survive…or maybe they don’t. One thing for sure is that most of the … Read More