Category: Latin America

Religious Leaders Letter to Congress Denouncing New Cuba Travel Restrictions

The following letter was a joint effort by U.S. church and faith leaders. It denounces the Trump Administration’s unwarranted travel advisory against Cuba and the suspension of issuing visas for Cubans to travel to the United States.   April 12, 2018   Dear member of Congress:   As faith leaders in the United States we … Continue reading Religious Leaders Letter to Congress Denouncing New Cuba Travel Restrictions

Open Letter in Support of Mediation not Sanctions on Venezuela

The Alliance for Global Justice along with other defenders of Venezuelan sovereignty call on Congresspeople, the President, members of Parliament and the Prime Minister of Canada to support the recent progress in dialogue made in Venezuela, rather than impose more sanctions,  and remove those now in place. Previously there were longstanding mediation talks talking place … Continue reading Open Letter in Support of Mediation not Sanctions on Venezuela

Charlie Hardy: Before and After the Arrival of Hugo Chavez

BEFORE AND AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF CHAVEZ by Charles Hardy [March 5 is the anniversary of Hugo Chavez' death in 2013] I came to Venezuela in 1985 as a Roman Catholic missionary priest.  I left Venezuela many years later as a militant activist.  I felt I had a responsibility to become a voice for those … Continue reading Charlie Hardy: Before and After the Arrival of Hugo Chavez

Thanks to all those who helped us raise over $22,300 for Cuba hurricane relief, which was doubled by MEDICC

In the end, we sent in over $22,300, which a matching grant to MEDICC doubled. Stan Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity   From Erik Schnabel, Senior Development Manager: MEDICC Donors Raises Over $40,000 for Cuba Hurricane Recovery November 3, 2017 Pittsburgh, PA—MEDICC presented Global Links with a first installment of donations for hurricane recovery in Cuba today. “MEDICC thanks … Continue reading Thanks to all those who helped us raise over $22,300 for Cuba hurricane relief, which was doubled by MEDICC

Pasqualina Curcio “The Visible Hand of the Market”: An Invitation to a Debate of Ideas

http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2017/11/15/pasqualina-curcio-la-mano-visible-del-mercado-una-invitacion-al-debate-de-ideas/ Pasqualina Curcio is Professor in the Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences at the Simón Bolívar University in Venezuela. In her recent book “The Visible Hand of the Market: Economic War in Venezuela”, with a foreword by the prominent intellectual Luis Britto García. Here she explains the causes of the complex situation of the … Continue reading Pasqualina Curcio “The Visible Hand of the Market”: An Invitation to a Debate of Ideas

Accomplishments of Eleven Years of the “Process of Change” in Evo Morales’ Bolivia

Accomplishments of Eleven Years of the “Process of Change” in Evo Morales’ Bolivia  Stansfield Smith,  Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Evo Morales will soon have been the president of Bolivia for 12 years, heralding the ascent of the indigenous social movements to governmental power. This ended the apartheid system against the indigenous … Continue reading Accomplishments of Eleven Years of the “Process of Change” in Evo Morales’ Bolivia

Women in Cuba: Our Achievements and Continuing Challenges

Tuesday, December 5, 7pm Loyola University (downtown)  Corboy Law Center, room  206,  25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago  (one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop)     Griselda Aguilera Cabrera, the youngest teacher to participate in Cuba's heroic Literacy Campaign in 1961, will address these issues related to women - and other … Continue reading Women in Cuba: Our Achievements and Continuing Challenges

Bolivia’s TIPNIS Dispute: Example of How Liberal-Left Alternative Media Becomes a Conveyor Belt for US Regime Change Propaganda

  Stansfield Smith  As has become a standard operating procedure, an array of Western environmental NGOs, advocates of indigenous rights and liberal-left alternative media cover up the US role in attempts to overturn the anti-imperialist and anti-neoliberal governments of Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Evo Morales in Bolivia. This NACLA article is a recent excellent … Continue reading Bolivia’s TIPNIS Dispute: Example of How Liberal-Left Alternative Media Becomes a Conveyor Belt for US Regime Change Propaganda

Loyola Political Film Series November-December 2017

Sundays,  2pm Loyola University (downtown) Corboy Law Center, room  301,  25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago (one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop)  November 5                 October: Ten Days that Shook the World        Sergei Eisenstein     1928       104 min Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein It is a dramatic celebration of the 1917 … Continue reading Loyola Political Film Series November-December 2017