by Rafael Freire Originally published in Averdade (July 2019) Translated by Red Star Publications “In 1964, Che Guevara showed me, in his office in Havana, that Batista’s Cuba was not merely sugar: the Imperium’s blind fury against the revolution was… Read More ›
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Cuba Pulls its Doctors from Brasil After the Election of Fascist Bolsonaro: Declaration of the Cuban Ministry of Health
Originally published in Granma, 11/14/2018 “Jair Bolsonaro, president elect of Brazil, who has made direct, contemptuous and threatening comments against the presence of our doctors, has declared and reiterated that he will modify the terms and conditions of the More… Read More ›
The Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela Speak at Historical Riverside Church in New York
Ekim KILIÇ New York On Sept.26, The president of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke at the event “Cuba Speaks for Itself”at the Riverside Church in Harlem, New York hosted by the September 25th Welcoming Committee and several solidarity groups from New… Read More ›
Cuba Condemns New Israeli Aggression
Originally published in Granma (May 15, 2018) Translated by Red Phoenix staff. Declaration of the Revolutionary Government: Cuba condemns new Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba expresses its strongest condemnation of the… Read More ›
The New Cuban Leadership
Originally published in Granma (04/20/2018) Below, Granma provides the list and brief summary of members of the Council of State elected during the Ninth Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power:
Declaration of the Cuban Foreign Ministry on Statements by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Translated by Red Phoenix staff. Havana, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina): Cuba warned of the gravity of the message of arrogance and contempt with which the Secretary of State of the United States began a tour of several countries in… Read More ›
A British Comrade Reports on Trip to Cuba
by Maurice Allen As you may know, I returned from a visit to Cuba yesterday, and I said I would write a short analysis of what I saw there. I only stayed in Havana, and thus can’t speak for the… Read More ›
The Rise and Fall of Third Worldism – Part 1
PART ONE: “Two, Three, many Vietnams”: National Liberation and the Rise of the Third World (1945 – 1991) Asia, Africa and Latin America in the Early Years of the Century With the exception of Latin America, and several noteworthy cases… Read More ›
Elián González: My time in the U.S. “changed me for life”
Please note the re-posting of this article for information purposes does not constitute endorsement of its politics by the Red Phoenix or its editorial staff. On the 14th anniversary of his rescue from a raft in waters off Fort Lauderdale, Elián… Read More ›
Record number of nations oppose US embargo of Cuba in UN vote
In an overwhelming UN vote, 188 countries have called on the US to lift its 53-year trade embargo on Cuba. Havana has slammed the financial sanctions as a flagrant violation of human rights and said they are tantamount to genocide…. Read More ›
US Invasion of Grenada: A 30-Year Retrospective
By Stephen Zunes It has been exactly 30 years since US forces invaded Grenada, ending that Caribbean island nation’s four-year socialist experiment. The island nation no bigger than Martha’s Vineyard, with a population that could barely fill the Rose Bowl, was… Read More ›
Cuba to open tax free Special Economic Zone
Rules for the first development of its kind on the communist island take effect in November, but critics are worried. by Chris Arsenault Communist Cuba is the latest country to plan a “Special Economic Zone”, part of an economic model blasted… Read More ›
Cuba creates four anti-cancer vaccines, media ignores it
By Jo MacLean That Cuba has already developed four vaccines or inoculations against different types of cancer is without doubt important news for humanity. The World Health Organisation says each year about 8 million people die from this illness. However, the international mainstream media have… Read More ›
Reformism: the Gateway to Fascism
Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action) Eduardo Artes August, 1998 Some factors to explain the defeat of September 11, 1973 and to advance towards victory. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fascist military coup of September 11, every… Read More ›
Cuba announces new anticancer drug
HAVANA, July 21 (Xinhua) — Cuban scientists have developed a new anticancer drug which, unlike other cytostatics, does not damage healthy cells, local daily Juventud Rebelde reported Sunday. The drug penetrates the nucleus membrane of the malign cell and necrotizes… Read More ›