HONDURAS: Al Giordano Wrong about Zelaya and “Three-Ring Circus”

Al really does need to work himself out of his community organizer mode a bit. After all, what’s going on in Honduras is not about trying to clean up a polluted stream in the community or, for that matter, a workers’ strike for more pay. In the following article, Giordano condemns Zelaya along with Micheletti [...]

PERU: Videos – Garcia Race Hatred Policy at Work – Police Massacre Bagua Indians

I have seen a lot of footage from the Indian uprising in Peru’s Amazon, primarily in the town of Bagua, but I have found nothing quite like this.  The following videos were taken by an independent film crew which places the viewer in the middle of the police siege as it unfolds.  Not only do [...]

CUBA Pays Tribute to National Hero, Jose Marti

The author of this article, Armando Hart Davalos, was a member of the urban youth movement in Havana before the Revolution where he studied law at the University.  Soon, Hart joined with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and, while they fought against Batista from the countryside, Hart was one of the primary leaders in the [...]

Latin America in the Fast Lane: Let’s Take a Cuban Music Break “Hasta Siempre, Che Guevara” (videos)

Okay, folks it has been a busy few weeks.  Latin American leaders have been hopping all over the hemisphere making news everywhere they go.  In fact, they are making such big news, even US media is paying attention.  But, all this frenzy has worn me out and now I just want to chill to out.
In [...]

CUBA (video): Interviews with Two Foot Soldiers in the Cuban Revolution

Over the last few years, Fidel has issued numerous “reflections” about a variety of social, political, and economic issues and, of course, baseball.  Having been on the world stage for fifty years and fighting the blockade from hell, Fidel’s experiences offer  precious historical context that no one else can provide.  In addition, his comprehensive analysis [...]

Cuban Survivor of Guernica Massacre Tells the Story

JUVENTUD REBELDE
December 26, 2007
Testimony of the only Cuban survivor
of the fascist massacre at Guernica
Text and photo: Julio Martínez Molina
Email: corresp@jrebelde.cip.cu
December 26, 2007 00:00:44 GMT
http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs1707.html
A CubaNews translation by Ana Portela.
Edited by Walter Lippmann.
Original:
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cultura/2007-12-26/testimonio-del-unico-cubano
-que-sobrevivio-a-la-masacre-fascista-en-guernica-/
Seventy-year-old Jorge Eduardo from Cienfuegos who witnessed the barbaric
bombing of that town, concludes a book on the genocide.
Cienfuegos.— On April 26, 1937 planes [...]