Latin America & the Caribbean

Obama administration readies ‘trials for travel’ to Cuba

American Airlines may include Santa Clara, Cuba, in its website’s list of Caribbean destinations, but the U.S. laws that punish…

August 12, 2016

Haitians challenge Clinton

Komokoda (the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti) protested in Philadelphia on July 26 against the ruinous role played…

August 4, 2016

Venezuelan workers take over U.S. plant

Nearly a thousand workers at a large, former Kimberly-Clark plant in Venezuela are back on the job, making sorely needed…

August 2, 2016

27th Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan Send-Off

Oakland, Calif. - IFCO/Pastors for Peace Executive Director Gail Walker and Isel Calzadilla Acosta, founder of “Las Isabelas,” were enthusiastically…

July 19, 2016

Cuba Caravan says ‘End the blockade!’

Seattle -- The 27th U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan has been launched and is now conducting educational work about the important role…

July 15, 2016

Venezuela, Mexico and the media

The U.S. corporate media demonize Venezuela’s government while it prettifies the Mexican regime. Consider this: People in some Venezuelan cities…

July 1, 2016

Protests in U.S. of Mexican police killings

When the news broke that 12 people had been killed by Mexican police during protests over attacks on education, several…

June 30, 2016

Caravans to Cuba continue to challenge blockade

Have the changes in U.S.-Cuba relations made activities like the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravans unnecessary? The Interreligious Foundation for…

June 30, 2016

Young Cubans to ‘box on the bridge’

An international spotlight will shine on youth sports July 30, when young Cuban boxers meet their Pennsylvania counterparts for an…

June 29, 2016

Find out latest on travel to Cuba

It seems like everyone is going to Cuba or wants to. Some want to go before U.S. “tourists” spoil Cuba.…

June 29, 2016