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
Venezuela & ALBA News 12.6.2024: Dec 10 event with Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Palestine Ambassadors and Spokespeople
Dec. 10: How Sanctions Violate Human Rights in Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela Cuba Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera; Nicaragua Ambassador Lautaro Sandino; Carlos Ron, Venezuela Deputy Foreign Minister, Eyad Kishawi, Al-Awda Palestine activist; In person in DC (6:30 pm ET): Online (Zoom, 7:00 pm ET) . Venezuela TeleSur: Venezuela Allocates 78% of the 2025 Budget … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 12.6.2024: Dec 10 event with Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Palestine Ambassadors and Spokespeople
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
Venezuela & ALBA News 12.2.2024: Venezuela’s Global Conference for Solidarity with Palestine; Wall Street Journal on Trump and Venezuela; The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 11; Upcoming Tours
Al Mayadeen: President Maduro reaffirms solidarity with Palestine, warns of regional plots He affirmed that Venezuela stands with Palestine, stressing that the day will come when "we will meet in the streets of al-Quds as victors." Speaking at the Global Conference for Solidarity with Palestine, Maduro emphasized that Palestine is the cause that unites humanity. … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 12.2.2024: Venezuela’s Global Conference for Solidarity with Palestine; Wall Street Journal on Trump and Venezuela; The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 11; Upcoming Tours
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
Venezuela & ALBA News 11.22.2024: Human Rights Week actions for Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Palestine; US Recognizes new puppet as Venezuela President; US House passes Bill threatening Solidarity movements
Human Rights Week of Actions: Protest Sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Palestine December 1-15: Social media blitz. December 9-15: Week of local actions. Tuesday, December 10: Americas Without Sanctions Forum on Human Rights in Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. December 11: Advocacy Day, Petition Delivery & Rally for Cuba. Americas Without Sanctions petition Mondoweiss: … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 11.22.2024: Human Rights Week actions for Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Palestine; US Recognizes new puppet as Venezuela President; US House passes Bill threatening Solidarity movements
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
Chicago ALBA Solidarity 