Latin America & the Caribbean

Cuba: Socialist health care beating heart disease

As in much of the world, heart disease is a leading cause of death in Cuba, but the country has…

October 25, 2015

Haiti election 2015: Fight for voting rights, sovereignty

Elections in Haiti for a new president and Parliament are set for Oct. 25 — after a violence-plagued first-round vote…

October 25, 2015

Jorge Risquet: Cuban revolutionary leader, ¡presente!

Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña, a leading figure in the formation of the Communist Party of Cuba and vital to numerous heroic…

October 8, 2015

Haitian elections under U.S. control

Haitian President Michelle Martelly liked running the country without a parliament. He could do whatever tickled his fancy. But when…

September 25, 2015

Venezuela defends against Colombian border attacks

In late August, after months of outrages and provocations, Venezuela temporarily closed down some sections of its border with neighboring…

September 20, 2015

Revolutionary Venezuela welcomes refugees

Venezuela has offered asylum to 20,000 Syrian refugees. President Nicolás Maduro, head of the revolutionary Bolivarian government, made the announcement…

September 16, 2015

Guatemala: una victoria democrática contra la corrupción

Olmedo Beluche es un sociólogo y analista político panameño miembro del Polo Ciudadano. Luego de meses de creciente crisis política…

September 15, 2015

Colombia and Venezuela — Two brotherly peoples

The following is a statement of the Peace Delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP)…

September 7, 2015

A letter: On the Colombia-Venezuela border conflict

There have been reports in the U.S. corporate media about the conflict on the border area between Colombia and Venezuela…

September 4, 2015

Dominicans, Haitians protest deportation

On Saturday morning, Aug. 22, the organization “We are all Dominicans” held a protest at the Dominican Republic Consulate in…

August 30, 2015