Notes of A Veteran Fidelista
Maybe someday Fidel's enemies will have to admit that they were never able to kill him. This is because Fidel and his people are one and the same. And that people, largely thanks to him, is invincible.
Racial Gap Deepens in the United States
In the United States, most blacks believe they are treated less fairly than whites in dealing with the police,
Colombia: In the Final Stage Before Peace
In any conflict between two, it is logical that the conclusion should produce a winner and a loser. Only three forms of postwar peace have always existed.
Marxists Say Clinton is Not the Lesser Evil
Trump represents a long US tradition of right-wing populism that mingles racism, xenophobia, nationalism, and isolationism with nostalgia for a golden past.
The Best Thing About Brexit is the Resulting Chaos
As a result of the Brexit vote, millions of people will get a respite from the US meddling in their lives
The Sociopathic Founder of the United States
The recent success on Broadway of the musical "Hamilton" has reopened the understanding of the facts by showing aspects of the dark side of Jefferson which had not been widely known.
Brexit Comes to the Caribbean
"Once Britain finally leaves the European Union, the twelve Caribbean countries will lose the commercial relationship structured through trade with the British market,” said the Bahama Tribune.
The Body as a Canvas: Images of the World Bodypainting Festival
Images from the World Bodypainting Festival, Australia, 2016
Politics as Marketing Campaign
"Mr. Trump: a country is not a company. You have turned US politics (where intellectuals have never been abundant) into a perfect commercial marketing campaign whose main slogan against immigrants has not been a good choice."
Bernie Sanders and the New Times
The "political revolution" that Sanders’ campaign introduced into the US lexicon made possible the emergence –in the imagination of ordinary citizens—of the prospect of building a powerful movement capable of ending oligarchic control of national life.