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Radical Democracy Is Resurgent in Latin America. How Will the US Respond?

5Jan

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Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela

Radical Democracy Is Resurgent in Latin America. How Will the US Respond?

Chile's president-elect Gabriel Boric makes a public speech in Santiago, Chile, on December 19, 2021. BY: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, Truthout Chile has become the global capital of resurgent opposition to neoliberalism and resistance to fascism, electing the world’s youngest president, Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student protest leader. Boric, a member of Chile’s congress since 2014 and law school graduate, will lead the country’s first left unity government since the bloody United States-backed military coup which overthrew democratically elected leader Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973 (the “other September 11”). The left’s decisive victory in Chile, with about 55 percent of the vote, came amid a large turnout of women and youth. This included a 1-millio...

10Dec

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Cuba

Fifty Truths about Fidel Castro

By Salim Lamrani Global Research, Five Years Ago, the Passing of Fidel Castro The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution has forever marked the history of Cuba and Latin America, making his country a symbol of dignity and resistance. 1. Fidel Castro was born into a family of seven children on August 13, 1926, at Birán in the current province of Holguín, from a union between Angel Castro Argiz, a wealthy Spanish landowner from Galicia and Cuban born Lina Ruz González. 2. At the age of seven, he was sent to the city of Santiago de Cuba where he lived with the teacher who was to be responsible for his education. She nonetheless abandoned him to his fate. “She deceived my family”, and “I have known hunger”, Fidel Castro recalled. A year later, in January 1935, he entered ...

Fidel Castro Ruz. His Legacy Will Live Forever. Truth as A Revolutionary Instrument

10Dec

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Cuba

Fidel Castro Ruz. His Legacy Will Live Forever. Truth as A Revolutionary Instrument

In all major regions of the World, Fidel Castro has been a source of inspiration in the relentless struggle against colonial domination and US imperialism. By Fidel Castro Ruz and Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, Five years ago, November 25, 2016 Fidel Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution has passed. His legacy will live forever. The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism. In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration in the relentless struggle against colonial domination and US imperialism. Fidel Castro was the embodiment of these struggles against global capitalism, committed to a World of Peace, a ...

23Nov

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Cuba, USA

Cuba is under attack on social media

Prensa Latina Download PDF flyer Article and image from Prensa Latina Twitter manipulates trends for users, who instead of seeing the [pro-Revolution] #CubaVive hashtag on the front page — which was by far the most mentioned — have direct access to the one promoted by destabilizing groups in order to create a situation of ungovernability. #CubaVive had been mentioned more than 420,000 times globally on Twitter in the last eight hours, but it was ignored in the “trending topics.” However, the #15NCuba brand, with less than 300,000 mentions worldwide, in that same period of time captured all the attention and was at the top of all trends, despite the fact that two out of every five of its tweets and retweets originated from just three accounts — representing an attac...

21Nov

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Cuba

U.S. continues to fuel unrest in Cuba

Rosa Miriam Elizalde On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of "peaceful" marches on November 15 by a group called Archipielago. The motivation for these marches was a call for change. The letter was not a formal request to occupy the busiest streets of some cities in Cuba, but rather a notification by the group that they would do so and they also demanded that the authorities provide them with security for these marches. By virtue of Cuban laws and obsessive American support for the marches, the Cuban government denied permission for holding the protests. Almost two months have passed since these letters were sent, but there are few indications that the march will ta...

Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US

17Nov

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Cuba, Nicaragua, USA, Venezuela

Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US

Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to US class warfare. By Ajamu Baraka Global Research, All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. *** One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua, the second poorest nation in the Americas, universal healthcare and education are guaranteed to t...

12Nov

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Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, ZIO-NAZI

Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US

BY AJAMU BARAKA Photograph Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy – CC BY 2.0 Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to US class warfare. One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua, the second poorest nation in the Americas, universal healthcare and education are guaranteed to the population as a human right, while in the U.S. those kinds of basic human rights are distant dreams. The day after the so-called progressive block of legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives surrendered to President Joe Biden and the right-wing corporate wing of the party on the ...

How US interference in Cuba creates a false picture of its society

1Nov

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Cuba, USA

How US interference in Cuba creates a false picture of its society

The latest in the US’ determined campaign to overthrow the Cuban revolution will likely be on November 15, as US-funded groups and US officials have taken to social media to build hype around alleged “civil liberties” protests. by Manolo De Los Santos, Vijay Prashad Afro-Cuban women denounced the foreign backing, such as NED funding, of the November 15 protests during the press conference of opposition leader Yunior García. Photo: Yamil Lage / AFP US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appears to be obsessed with Cuba. Every few days he takes to social media or makes remarks to the press about his desire to overthrow the Cuban Revolution. In recent months, Rubio has played a key role in drumming up support for anti-government protests in Cuba. On September 23, 2021...

The US has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba

1Nov

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Cuba, USA

The US has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba

Through USAID, the US government has funneled millions of dollars into Cuban opposition groups as part of their desperate attempts to overthrow the revolution. by Rosa Miriam Elizalde A large Cuban flag hangs outside Hotel Habana Libre to honor the healthcare professionals who fought the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Luis de Jesús The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at “regime change” in Cuba, a euphemism to avoid saying “direct intervention by a foreign power.” The United States’ current Democratic administration has especially favored the International Republican Institute (IRI) with a bipartisan generosity that Donald Trump never had. Other gro...

Cuba’s Abdala and Soberana 02 Vaccines Near the Finish Line

1Nov

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Cuba, Health

Cuba’s Abdala and Soberana 02 Vaccines Near the Finish Line

The Abdala vaccine showed 92.28% efficacy with three doses during the third phase of clinical trials and the Soberana 02 vaccine showed 62% efficacy with just two of its three doses. Peoples Dispatch "In name of Cuba, congratulations," said Miguel Díaz-Canel to the researchers of CIGB that worked to create Abdala, the anti-COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Granma Cuban state-owned pharmaceutical company BioCubaFarma, on June 21, reported that the country’s locally developed anti-COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Abdala of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), showed 92.28% efficacy with three doses during the third phase of clinical trials. The significant news came two days after the news that another vaccine candidate, Soberana 02 of the Finlay ...