Author: Alejandra Garcia

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Cuba

Fidel Castro and education: A living legacy in the year of his centenary

January 11, 2026 Alejandra Garcia
Havana, Jan. 2  — Cuba and the world welcome 2026, facing the challenge of preserving and perfecting hard-won social achievements within an especially complex context. The nation confronts material shortages, continuation of U.S. hostility, and […]
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Venezuela

Venezuelan people rise to defend the homeland against imperialism

August 22, 2025 Alejandra Garcia
Venezuela is once again facing a psychological and media offensive from the U.S. government, led by President Donald Trump. This week, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt reaffirmed Washington’s aggressive and interventionist policy, declaring that her […]
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July 26: The legacy that Cuba transforms and defends

July 28, 2025 Alejandra Garcia
Havana, July 26 — The importance of July 26 for the new generation of Cubans extends far beyond a historical date; it represents a living challenge to the present and a commitment to the nation’s future. […]
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Around the world

U.S. fuels organized crime in Latin America with illegal weapons

April 27, 2025 Alejandra Garcia
The Trump administration’s designation of drug cartels as “terrorists” has opened the door to direct military intervention in Latin America. However, behind this security narrative lies an uncomfortable reality: most of the weapons that fuel […]
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Around the world

The Sword and the Cross of Colonization in the Americas

October 14, 2024 Alejandra Garcia
Every October 12, the peoples of the Americas remember the first arrival of Christopher Columbus to the New World, in 1942, as a date that marks a milestone in the history of genocide, plunder and […]
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Cuba

U.S. imposes another year of blockade on Cuba

September 23, 2024 Alejandra Garcia
In September, and for the fourth consecutive year, U.S. President Joe Biden renewed U.S. sanctions on Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA), an archaic 1917 law designed to cut off trade with […]
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Cuba

Cuban Mijain Lopez becomes a legend with fifth consecutive Olympic medal

August 10, 2024 Alejandra Garcia
Mijaín López has taken Cuba’s name to the top in the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, in France. on Tuesday, the Greco-Roman wrestling athlete won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, a feat never seen […]
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Cuba neutralizes new terrorist plan from the U.S.

July 10, 2024 Alejandra Garcia
July 9 — This week it was reported that Cuba thwarted the attempts of a network of Cubans living in the United States who were trying to enter the island illegally with weapons, and with the […]
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Cuba stands with Palestine and joins the ICJ lawsuit

June 25, 2024 Alejandra Garcia
On Friday, the Cuban government announced that it will join Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Maldives, Egypt, Ireland, Belgium, Turkey, Mexico, Chile and Spain as countries formally joining the lawsuit filed by South Africa before the International […]
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Cuba’s victory at Playa Giron and the U.S.’s moral punishment

April 22, 2024 Alejandra Garcia
April 19, 1961, is marked in the Cuban popular imagination as a day of national pride. Barely 72 hours after the landing of 1500 U.S.-backed mercenaries at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) in Matanzas, Cuba […]