Tag: Caribbean
Mainstream media outlets reacted with astonishment when they reported earlier this year that a former American diplomat had confessed to being a Cuban spy for more than four decades.
It was indeed shocking when Victor Manuel Rocha, U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, suddenly came...
Guantánamo Bay prison is a monstrosity where hundreds of suspected terrorists have been held and tortured for years, many without being charged of any crime.
To keep their humanity, many of the inmates produced paintings that were featured at a May 2 screening premiere event in Beverly Hills of I...
Eighty-Six Percent of Guantanamo Bay Inmates Were Sold to American Troops in Response to $5,000 Bounty Offer
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
I Am Gitmo spotlights the story of an Egyptian man who was incarcerated in notorious torture chamber for a decade after being wrongfully accused of being part of 9/11 plot
Gamel Sadek was living a quiet life as a school teacher in Kandahar in March 2002 when his life was...
The “Plantation” Mentality of Some Black Leadership is helping to facilitate this process
The late Malcolm X commenting in one of his speeches on the state of Black leadership at the time said: “These negroes do not want to build any nation; they want to crawl back on the plantation.”
On...
The Biden Administration is pursuing a policy of “energy chasing,” where U.S. regulators put pressure on foreign-owned fuel supply companies, shippers and even financial insurers so that they back out of deals to bring “fuel to our ports.” On March 17, there were significant protests in eastern Cuba against the blackouts. The president says the authorities have gone to dialogue with them and explain the country’s energy problems...
Workers Parliaments Saved Cuban Revolution After Collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and Can Save it Again
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
Cuba is currently facing what National Public Radio (NPR) called its worst economic crisis in decades, fueled by the U.S. blockade, diminished access to Venezuelan oil and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Power cuts, due to the lack of oil supplies, are common and can sometimes last up...
On its opening weekend, the movie Bob Marley: One Love sold more tickets than any other movie in the United States, far outpacing other films in the theaters. While the film appeared to stay away from U.S.’s involvement in Marley’s death in order to get wider distribution, the question...
No Significant Change in U.S. Policy Toward Cuba As the Biden Administration Concedes That It “Has Not Even Begun the Review Process” to Remove Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
The U.S.-enforced embargo on Cuba is now more than 60 years old. First introduced by the Kennedy...
CovertAction Bulletin – UN Intervention in Haiti: What’s Really Happening?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
The United Nations voted on October 2nd to authorize a military intervention in Haiti, led by the Kenyan government.
But a long history of foreign intervention and occupation in Haiti has led to disastrous results for the Haitian people, whether at the hands of the United States, France or overseen by the United Nations...
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is Defiant as President Joe Biden Extends Criminal Blockade on Cuba For 61st Year
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Díaz-Canel Characterized Blockade As Part of a “Tightened Siege” Resulting from An “Unjust International Order”
On September 14, President Joe Biden announced the extension of the U.S. blockade of Cuba for another year, until at least September 14, 2024.
In a memorandum directed to the Secretary of State and Secretary of...