Latin America & the Caribbean

Zika spreads in U.S., is prevented in Cuba

Transmission of Zika is escalating in Florida. As of Aug. 24, the number of locally contracted Zika cases jumped to…

August 30, 2016

Cholera in Haiti: U.S. helped cover up UN’s role

The cholera epidemic that officially killed 9,361 people in Haiti and infected 786,530 after it was introduced by the United…

August 25, 2016

Cuba sí, blockade no!

A display of Cuban art at Harlem Hospital, left, kicks off the Harlem/Havana Music and Cultural Festival. Along with the…

August 24, 2016

Brigade reaffirms solidarity with Cuba

Buffalo, N.Y. The 47th Venceremos Brigade returned from Cuba by marching across the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Canada,…

August 18, 2016

California labor solidarity urges action on Cuba

The California Labor Federation represents 2.1 million union members of more than 1,200 AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions. Delegates…

August 12, 2016

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