Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 7: The cursed television; Handball practice and physical injuries; Light in the Darkness; Excerpts from the Radio Rebelde program La Luz en la Oscuridad. March 1st, 2015; The cells

The cursed television Johnson was a real big guy. Dark, almost six feet tall and four hundred pounds. In Beaumont everyone respected him. He was the only one who dared to work cleaning the guards' offices, because those who did so were branded as informers and could not live in peace. But he had a … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 7: The cursed television; Handball practice and physical injuries; Light in the Darkness; Excerpts from the Radio Rebelde program La Luz en la Oscuridad. March 1st, 2015; The cells

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Venezuelanalysis: Former Venezuelan Oil Minister Arrested Over Alleged Ties to US Intelligence; Alex Saab New oil Minister Authorities arrested former Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea over accusations of corruption and ties to US intelligence. Tellechea is accused of handing over the automatized control system of state oil company PDVSA to a firm controlled by US intelligence … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News #530, 10.25.2024: BRICS makes Simon Bolivar’s Dream a Reality; Ramon Labanino Prison Diary, Part 6; Cuba and Bolivia join BRICS; Donate for Cuba

Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases Another sensitive issue I had to face was the fact that in prisons there are many people with tuberculosis. There were also people with AIDS. Its contagion was high and frequent, mainly in drug addicts, since they shared the needles with which they injected the drug. This disease they tried … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino [one of the Cuban 5 heroes] Part 6: Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases; Aggressive sexuality; Maggie; Boniato (Sweet potato); A chair out of place; Internal life of the mafias; A death threat

Venezuela Ultimas Noticias: Maduro: Colonialism is the origin of fascism and Nazism Maduro dismantled the narratives of “discovery” and “meeting of civilizations” imposed for years. "Nobody discovered anyone, in any case it was us who discovered something, we discovered the criminals, the murderers, those who came to kill, to rape, to sicken our people. That … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.18.2024: 70% of Venezuela’s Budget for People’s Needs; Response to UN Human Rights Report; Cuban Leaders March for Palestine; Ramon Labanino’s Prison Diary

Crazy American Indian One day a new inmate arrived, an American Indian. He was a monster, huge, much taller than me, weighed almost five hundred pounds, strong and very corpulent. He entered the cell at almost twelve o'clock at night and the guard said to me: Medina, whether you want him to sleep with you … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino [one of the Cuban 5 heroes] Part 5: Crazy American Indian; Drug Trafficking; The Diary; The Chess Game; The First Murder and Prison Violence

Nino Pagliccia: After Electoral Victory, Chavismo Carries On While Far-Right Opposition Plots Destabilization This article summarizes the work of the Maduro government since the July 28 election - in health, technology, education, communes, the economy. ‘Perhaps the most researched and comprehensive exposition of the details leading to the US intervention in the electoral process of … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.11.2024: New STOP MADURO Act; Venezuela solidarity with Palestine, Lebanon, Iran; Ramon Labanino’s Prison Diary; Remembering Che – and Kris Kristofferson

PRISONS I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matthew (10, 34) Bloody Ground, Beaumont, Texas The penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas, was called Bloody Land by Americans because of the high percentage of murders and violent acts that occurred there. It was very complex. While still in prison in Miami, in order to … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino [one of the Cuban 5 heroes] Part 4: Prisons; Living with Prisoners; Yoga Classes

Message of Nicaragua at the 79th General Assembly of the UN We are not silent, and we will not be silent! We denounce and condemn the genocide that the Government of Israel and its allies in the First World have committed, are committing and seek to continue to commit against the Glorious Palestinian People, against … Continue reading Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition 10.8.2024: Nicaragua at the UN; Kris Kristofferson solidarity with Nicaragua; Hasenfus anniversary; Video of People’s Tribunal’s Nicaragua Session

United Nations 2024 vote on ending the US blockade of Cuba Cuba Ed Augustin: Biden’s Cuba Policy Leaves the Island in Wreckage The best example of an almost invisible but insidious sanction is designating Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism”. Presented as a benign policy tool to make the world a safer place … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 10.4.2024: United Nations Opposes US Blockade of Cuba 187-2-1; ALBA Countries Condemn new Israeli Aggression and Massacres

Family and prison There is no end to the things of the heart. Li Tai Po Undoubtedly the mainstay of one's life in prison is the family, it is the most direct support. Family was everything for me, the very essence. I even reflected with my wife and daughters, and I told them, I survive … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino [one of the Cuban 5 heroes] Part 3: Family and Prison; Family Visits; Visits of the Cuban Interests Section