![]() OUR AMERICA: LetCubaLive.org occasionally features reports on Latin America and the Caribbean, in recognition of José Martí, Cuba's national hero. The web site page title Our America is in honor of Martí.... more |
AMLO and his impact in Latin America, by Ángel Guerra Cabrera,
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![]() "With the poor people of the world
I want to cast my lot. The stream from the mountains Pleases me more than the sea.” (From “Simple Verses,” 1891) ~ José Martí José Martí (1853 - 1895), Cuba's national hero, referred to as the "Apostle of Cuba" |
Colombia joins NATO and that means trouble, by Tom Whitney, PeoplesWorld, June 5
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Destroy the leaders to destroy the people, by Ilka Oliva Corado, Aug. 27, 2018
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ALBA leaders slam U.S. attacks on Venezuela, Telesur, March 5, 2018
Under siege: Socialist Venezuela pushes back against U.S. and its allies, by Tom Whitney, PeoplesWorld, Nov. 22, 2017
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A tricontinental embrace for the Bolivarian Revolution, Tricontinental Boletin, Febr. 15, 2018
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The Governorship elections in Venezuela,
an interview with Arnold August and Nino Pagliccia, Globalresearch.ca Nov. 8, 2017 |
Invasion Outsourcing? U.S. uses disaster pretext for S. American military intrusion, by Tom Whitney, Peoplesworld, Nov. 17, 2017
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Puerto Rican Freedom Fighter Oscar Lopez Rivera receives Solidarity Order and heroic welcome in Cuba, Granma, Nov. 14, 2017
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IN VENEZUELA, ¡THEY SHALL NOT PASS!
Reverend Raul Suarez: Network in Defense of Humanity, Apr 20, 2017 |
Caribbean people do not need instruction from U.S. on Venezuela crisis,
by David Commisiong, Jamaican Observer, June 22, 2017 Violent destabilization in Venezuela: prologue to U.S. intervention? by TomWhitney, Peoples World, May 28, 2017
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United Nations adopts resolution presented by Cuba on the colonial case of Puerto Rico,
MinRex, June 19, 2017 Oscar Lopez Rivera: No Puerto Rican should submit to the wishes of a corporation, ResumenLatinoamericano,
May 26, 2017 |
A Post in the Militia of Peace: A call from Cuban intellectuals and artists.
April 4, 2017 At this crucial moment, Cuban writers and artists evoke the words of José Martí at a gathering of Caracas intellectuals on March 21, 1881; “thus, armed with love, I come to offer the children of Bolivar a post in the militia of peace.” |
Oscar Lopez Rivera arrives in Puerto Rico, Granma, Feb 10, 2017
Puerto Rican Independence Fighter Oscar López Rivera to be Freed, as well as Courageous Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, Jan. 17. 2017 Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
Victory for the Puerto Rican People, cudebate.cu (Spanish)
Oscar Lopez, one of the world's longest incarcerated political prisoners, The Guardian, Jan. 17, 2017
Pope Francis used diplomatic channels to speak in support of clemency for Oscar Lopez, cubadebate.cu (Spanish)
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![]() ![]() The Wall and old, unhealed wounds, Elson Concepción Pérez, Granma, Feb. 3, 2017
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Colombian president thanks Pope for supporting peace process, PrensaLatina, Dec. 16, 2016
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THEM, by William Ospina, elespectador.com, trans. by Tom Whitney, Oct. 15, 2016
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The Caribbean: end of the imperial frontier?
by By Juan J. Paz y Miño Cepeda, eltelegrafo.com, Ecuador, trans. by Tom Whitney, Nov. 7, 2016 |
No peace yet in Colombia despite war's end. by Tom Whitney, Counterpunch, Dec. 6, 2016
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Let Cuba Live continues to look forward -- and to look back -- at Colombia's peace process and its lessons for Latin America and the world.The most beautiful of all battles, Ivan Marquez, Sept. 18, 2016
Signing of Peace Agreement in Colombia Ends a Brutal, Decades-Long War, by Tom Whitney, Aug. 26, 2016
![]() ![]() Evo Morales: "We are not anyone's colony" CommonDreams, June 15, 2016
“John Kerry continues to believe that Latin America is its backyard—and its people their peons—by asking for the recall of (Venezuelan President) Nicolas Maduro,” wrote Morales on his Twitter account. U.S. Aggression against Venezuela is aimed at regional domination, by Carolus Wimmer, trans by Tom Whitney, May 30, 2016
The United States: Another Dirty War against the Great Homeland, Patricio Montesinos, Rebelion, trans. by Tom Whitney,
April 25, 2016 Murder epidemic halts Colombia's peace process, by Tom Whitney, Counterpunch, Mar. 24, 2016
![]() In a First, two Guatemalan soldiers convicted in a wartime sex slavery case, Lawrence Reichard, the Progressive, Feb. 29, 2016
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Declaration in Solidarity with Puerto Rico, anniversary of the Grito de Lares, Cuban Assn. of the United Nations, Sept. 21, 2016
Seeds of Solidarity with Venezuela Project, US/Venezuela Solidarity
The people's resistance to the Venezuelan Food Crisis, US/Venezuela Solidarity
A Policy of Nonintervention in Venezuela Would Be a Welcome Change, Mark Weisbrot, CEPR, June 29, 2016
The War on Democracy in Latin America, an interview with John Pilger, Edu Montesanti, Counterpunch, Mar. 25, 2016
![]() FROM CUBA: we condemn the political assassination of Berta Cáceres, people’s leader in Honduras, trans. by Tom Whitney ResumenLatinoamericano, Mar. 3, 2016
![]() US intervention in Venezuela, Cuba responds, by Tom Whitney, Mar. 10, 2016
UNASUR and CELAC slam renewal of US sanctions against Venezuela, Venezuelanalysis, Mar. 7, 2016
![]() Obama renews decree calling Venezuela a "Threat", Telesur,
Mar. 3 2016 CELAC nations unanimously call for reversal of decree. José Martí on the preservation of humanity,
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![]() PUERTO RICO -- Rafael Cancel Miranda's Open Letter to Donald Trump, Resumen Latinoamericano, translated by Tom Whitney Dec. 30, 2015
When the revolution was young...
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![]() Venezuelans protest privatization of housing as parliament approves in first discussion, Jamaicans in solidarity with Cuba blog, Feb. 3, 2016
Venezuela Launches Economic Council, Expands Schooling Program, Telesur, Jan. 18, 2016
![]() The Beginning of the War Against Oblivion,
Subcomandante Galeano, Subcomandante Moises, Counterpunch, Jan. 14, 2016
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The Hand of Washington in the "Election Coups" in Venezuela, Arnold August, Globalresearch.ca, Dec. 26, 2015
Venezuelan Election Results: The Electoral System and Democracy, Arnold August, Globalresearch.ca, Dec. 12, 2015![]() Maduro meets with thousands in People's Street Parliament, Venezuelanalysis,
Dec. 11, 2015 Venezuela's Electoral System Unfairly Maligned, AlJazeera, Nove. 30, 2015
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A lesson in the "diplomacy of dignity"
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Walking New York with Cuba's Revolutionary Poet, by Rosa Miriam Elizalde, as published in The Nation, Aug. 12, 2015
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Free Puerto Rico, America's Colony. Nelson Denis, NYT Aug. 6, 2015
Interview with José Pertierra, Counterpunch radio, Aug. 3, 2015
more Pertierra at: https://twitter.com/guaguap11)
FARC hopes for meeting with Pope to boost peace process, Telesur, Aug. 3, 2015
A Pope who speaks of the "Patria Grande", who proclaims that "our faith is revolutionary,” and says to Latin Americans that “maintaining unity in the face of every attempt at division is necessary for the region to grow in peace and justice”… knows what it signifies for the continent to celebrate mass there, between the eternal images of Ché Guevara and José Martí. ~ Iroel Sánchez
Letter of Santa Cruz, July 10, 2015 |
"Over 2000 community organizers and movement activists were present to hear the prophetic words of both President Evo Morales and Pope Francis. ..... The final result of the II World Summit of People's Movements is a ten point letter that many are hailing as the new ten commandments of the movements."
-- Manolo de los Santos, IFCO Pastors for Peace, who participated in the Summit and helped draft the Letter of Santa Cruz |
Despair and anger as Puerto Ricans deal with debt crisis, NYT, July 4, 2015
Puerto Rican Miracle, by Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, CubaNews, June 26, 2015 |
Ten Years of Petrocaribe, "Oil for development not profit" Telesur, June 29, 2015
Venezuela meets UN Millennium Goal of reducing malnutrition by half, Venezuelanalysis, June 8, 2015
Washington's "Two Track Policy" to Latin America: Marines to Central America, Diplomats to Cuba, James Petras, Global Research, and Jamaicans in Solidarity with Cuba, May 31, 2015
"In a just world, this social project would be universally acclaimed and supported."
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Democrats ask Obama to Stop Sanctioning Venezuela, Huffington Post, May 15 2015Two Great Events in Our America, by Tom Whitney, April 13, 2015 |
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Summary of the Cuban Youth Dialogue, "the Americas young Cubans want" to be presented at the OAS Summit, Granma, April 1, 2015Washington will not be able to divide Latin America, Manuel Yepe, CubaNews
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Gerardo Hernández: We have the historic responsibility to defend Venezuela,
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