Nicolás Maduro – Ignacio Ramonet interview 2025: “In Venezuela, the future of progressive movements in the world, of revolutionary movements in the world, is being decided.”

Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro entrevistado por Ignacio Ramonet: “En Venezuela se está decidiendo el futuro de los movimientos progresistas del mundo, de los movimientos revolucionarios del mundo” Ignacio Ramonet: Mr. President, let me first wish you a happy new year. President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro: Thank you. Ignacio Ramonet: And, on the … Continue reading Nicolás Maduro – Ignacio Ramonet interview 2025: “In Venezuela, the future of progressive movements in the world, of revolutionary movements in the world, is being decided.”

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition 12.17.2024: Sanctions webinar; Daniel Ortega Speeches; Uhuru 3 Victory

Webinar video: International Human Rights Day – the Crime of Sanctions with Deputy Chief of Cuban Mission Alejandro García del Toro, Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera; Nicaragua Ambassador Lautaro Sandino; Carlos Ron, Venezuela Deputy Foreign Minister. Hands off Uhuru: Not one day in prison! No fine in Uhuru 3 sentencing victory! This victory was a victory … Continue reading Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition 12.17.2024: Sanctions webinar; Daniel Ortega Speeches; Uhuru 3 Victory

Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 13: Blood Pressure; Prison Transfers; The knife under the bed; Visit of Cuban doctors to Ashland, Kentucky; The end; Meeting with Raúl; Our meeting with FIDEL, a dream come true

Blood pressure I remember I was in Miami for prison residency in 2010. One day while playing handball I sprained my foot, it was swollen and painful, so I went to the doctor. He gave me a general check-up, and he detected that my blood pressure was very high. They started treating me with Amlodipine … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 13: Blood Pressure; Prison Transfers; The knife under the bed; Visit of Cuban doctors to Ashland, Kentucky; The end; Meeting with Raúl; Our meeting with FIDEL, a dream come true

Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 12: My attorney Williams Norris; Resentence

THE LEGAL BATTLE There is no other homeland for Cubans than the one we conquer with our own effort José Martí, Key West, January 1894 My attorney Williams Norris My lawyer William Norris came to visit me, and told me that if there was another trial, the same evidence could not be used. We were … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 12: My attorney Williams Norris; Resentence

Interview on the Economy with Comrade Wálmaro Gutiérrez, Deputy of the Sandinista Front

https://www.tortillaconsal.com/bitacora/node/5629 (excerpted) Due to the good measures adopted by the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity, we have overcome a Failed Coup d'état, Covid, hurricanes Eta and Iota, we have recovered from 3.7% negative growth to now above 4.5% in positive growth. If you look at the behavior pattern from 2020 to 2023, we have … Continue reading Interview on the Economy with Comrade Wálmaro Gutiérrez, Deputy of the Sandinista Front

Nicaragua: More than just roofs and walls: State program offers decent housing to Nicaraguans

https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/532141-programa-estatal-viviendas-dignas-nicaragua The Bismarck Martínez program, a social housing project in Nicaragua, has delivered thousands of homes and has become an opportunity for many families to stop renting and escape the discomfort caused by shared spaces. To date the program has facilitated the construction, financing and delivery of more than 5,200 homes and nearly 2,600 lots … Continue reading Nicaragua: More than just roofs and walls: State program offers decent housing to Nicaraguans

Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 11: UNICOR; Commissary; Telephone; The Prison School; The Library; Art in Prison; We Won the Appeal

UNICOR UNICOR is a company that hires inmates to work inside the prison, it is the exquisite business of the millionaires of the 21st century, the slave labor of the century. Every prison has a UNICOR factory. Companies, including military companies, use prisons to make uniforms and other items. If they produce it outside they … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 11: UNICOR; Commissary; Telephone; The Prison School; The Library; Art in Prison; We Won the Appeal

Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 10: Hurtado Camacho; The Yoruba Prison; Ariel Hernandez; Pedro Pagés; Lazaro Veliz; Diosdado Suárez, the Guajiro; Lockdowns; The typewriter; The shakedowns

Hurtado Camacho This episode has to do with Hurtado Camacho, my personal friend. His story is a peculiar case. Hurtado was imprisoned as a young man in Cuba. He was quite mischievous, he specialized in stealing from the rooftops, he was imprisoned at the age of eighteen during the Mariel period, when some inmates decided … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 10: Hurtado Camacho; The Yoruba Prison; Ariel Hernandez; Pedro Pagés; Lazaro Veliz; Diosdado Suárez, the Guajiro; Lockdowns; The typewriter; The shakedowns

The Function of the Compatible Left Seen in Its Attacks on the Venezuelan Revolution

“Compatible left” was a term used by the CIA to describe those on the left it has deemed compatible with maintaining imperialist world rule. This left has dominated the US left since the end of World War II, in large part a result of government operations repressing the communist or anti-imperialist left. Historically, this compatible … Continue reading The Function of the Compatible Left Seen in Its Attacks on the Venezuelan Revolution

Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 9: Prison and Coexistence; Saturday, September 6, 2003; Saturday, November 22; Money in Prison; Indians in the Prisons, White Bear; To Be or Not to Be a Boss in Prison; Rafael Garden

Prison and coexistence In prison it is very difficult to help or be in solidarity with someone, because sometimes you can be misunderstood. On several occasions I felt sorry for those I thought were unprotected, because they had a disability or thought they were fragile, when I saw how others abused or mistreated them, so … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 9: Prison and Coexistence; Saturday, September 6, 2003; Saturday, November 22; Money in Prison; Indians in the Prisons, White Bear; To Be or Not to Be a Boss in Prison; Rafael Garden