Latin America & the Caribbean

Defend Bolivarian Venezuela!

The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro is being blamed for the shortages of food and other necessities plaguing that…

July 22, 2017

Unions, communities in U.S. embrace Cuban labor leader

Victor Manuel Lemagne Sánchez, secretary general of Cuba’s hotel and tourism union and elected delegate to Cuba’s National Assembly, recently…

July 18, 2017

San Diego, July 5: Latinx group, union members welcome Cuban labor leader

On July 5, San Diego welcomed the historic visit of Victor Manuel Lemagne Sánchez, a representative of the Cuban Workers…

July 18, 2017

Chicago, July 7: Cuban unions as the voice of the workers

Over 60 people came out in Chicago on July 7 to greet Cuban labor leader Victor Manuel Lemagne Sánchez.  A…

July 18, 2017

New York City, July 8: Labor leader defends Cuba’s sovereignty

The New York City reception for Comrade Victor Manuel Lemagne Sánchez was held on July 8 in the spacious conference…

July 18, 2017

Cuban union leader gets ‘attentive and exciting reception’

Victor Manuel Lemagne Sánchez, a high-ranking union leader representing workers in Cuba’s hotel and tourism industry and also an elected…

July 18, 2017

Haití y Día de la Bastilla

El 14 de julio es el Día de la Bastilla. Ese día en 1789, decenas de miles de pobres de…

July 18, 2017

Travel challenge to Cuba

The first time I heard about Cuba was from my Dad, when I asked him why his cigar was more…

July 17, 2017

Striking workers in Haiti win solidarity in U.S.

Confronting brutal heat, nasty cops and stubborn resistance from their bosses, workers in the Haitian textile trades came out by…

July 15, 2017

Haiti & Bastille Day

July 14 is Bastille Day. On that date in 1789 tens of thousands of poor people in Paris attacked a…

July 13, 2017