Global South

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia and Guatemala next week. Lavrov last visited Cuba in April of last year, preparing the way for President…
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President Obama also, reportedly with a straight face, officially declared that Venezuela poses “an extraordinary threat to the national security” of the U.S.
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In spite of the snow and the cold, more than 60 Colombians marched in New York in support of both the Peace Dialogues being held in Havana, Cuba, and life. “We must change the culture…
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Yesterday the White House took a new step toward the theater of the absurd by “declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national…
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Cuba states its position with regards to the aggressive Executive Order issued by the President of the United States against the Government of the BolivarianRepublic of Venezuela, which…
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Coups and countercoups. Crackdowns. Economic crackups. Seven cents for a tube oftoothpaste and $755 for a box of condoms. As a result of the latter, Bloomberg says, “Venezuela has one…
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“Today, we are better protected by the state that at any time in my memory,” says Silveira, stubbing out a cigarette on his bench overlooking the river.
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Uruguay's president, Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former guerrilla who lives on a farm and gives most of his salary to charity, is stepping down after five years in office, ending his term as…
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Russia is in talks with Abu Dhabi investors to build a major airport in Cuba to serve as a hub for Latin America.
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The departure of José Mujica from the presidency of Uruguay on March 1, which gives a second term to Tabaré Vázquez, also a member of the Broad Front (left of center), makes it…
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