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Chileans rekindle the torch of democracy, and a green wave ousts Australia’s Tories

Biden’s plan to pick and choose which countries can attend the Summit has set off regional fireworks.

Cuba continues to face great challenges, and many problems remain to be solved. Yet it’s clear that Díaz-Canel is leading a renewal of the Cuban Revolution in a process that seeks to face many complex challenges by empowering local leaders.

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What the left is saying after a month of Russia/Ukraine war

Beneficiaries of a program that resettled young Cubans decades ago were outraged after the Miami archbishop compared them to today’s unaccompanied minors.

Many actions, many ideas in a week of crisis

Statement from Cuba’s Revolutionary Government

Can those prosecuted for acts of violence and recklessly endangering the public order, with no program, no proposals for positive change, be considered political prisoners?

It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last long – a couple of years, maybe.