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Confusing diplomacy with bullying
US President Donald Trump’s call on Wednesday to “cut off all trade with Spain” over what he said is the NATO ally’s failure to pull its own weight in the alliance was shrugged off by…
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Foreign Minister: Sanctions a collective punishment on all Cubans, not the government
The United Nations General Assembly convened on Tuesday, July 7, at Cuba's request for an extraordinary debate on the humanitarian consequences of escalating U.S. fuel restrictions and…
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Ending the war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz: Will Israel stand in the way?
According to reports, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and formally end the fighting between the two countries was…
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Cuba kept showing up. Now the lights are off.
Havana loses power without ceremony. No warning, no countdown — just silence where there was noise, darkness where there was light. Families mid-conversation go quiet. An elevator stops…
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End the suffering: Lift the sanctions on Cuba now
When Volker Türk, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, speaks in such stark moral terms—“children are dying”—the world should listen. His recent call for the United…
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ITUC urges international action on Cuba
At a time when working people in Cuba are already facing severe shortages of energy, food, medicines and essential goods, further sanctions and restrictions risk triggering another…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Mothers
BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
the last time i was home
to see my mother we kissed
exchanged pleasantries
and unpleasantries pulled a warm
comforting silence around…
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Trump’s Iran war: Anatomy of a debacle
When he declared war on Iran in violation of international law and the US Constitution, President Donald Trump announced several objectives. He claims to have won the war, but Iran is…
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Pope Leo speaks out ‘strongly’ against war
Pope Leo XIV on Monday said he would not back off his criticism of President Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran after the president targeted him with an unhinged late-night social…
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How Iran won the Iran War
Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, April 7, the 39th day of the Israeli-US war on Iran. He depended on Pakistani mediators and a 10-point peace plan put forward by Iran…
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