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El Salvador Should be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell May 13, 2025 El Salvador has become notorious on the global stage as a major violator of human rights. Over the past few years, the government of Nayib Bukele stringent security policies—exemplified by the prolonged state of exception initiated in March 2022—have resulted in the arbitrary arrest and criminalization of tens of thousands of individuals, many of whom have no alleged ties to criminal gangs.
Ecuador: Leftist Luisa Gonzalez Rejects Election Results And Claims Fraud
Above photo: Luisa Gonzalez calls fraud in Ecuadorian elections. Today Ecuadorians were called to the polls for the runoff elections, which pitted leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez against incumbent President and Trump-supported Daniel Noboa. The election day was marked by a series of setbacks, including complaints of irregularities, violations of democracy and the activation of a new state of emergency which allowed the most extreme militarization the country has ever experienced.
Cuban students rally on the steps of the University of Havana for Palestine
Photo by Ed Newman (Radio Havana Cuba) By Bill Hackwell / RESUMEN LATINOAMERICANO AND THE THIRD WORLD Havana, May 4 (RHC)-- Unlike the scenario that has unfolded on college campuses across the U.S. where student encampments in support of the Palestinian people have been met with police brutality and attacks by agent provocateurs, the University of Havana Friday held a rally in solidarity with Gaza and in keeping with Cuba’s unwavering support of the Palestinian people that Fidel cemented with...
Guatemala: President-Elect Promises Radical Changes For The Country
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell, Resumen English. Above photo: 44% of the Guatemalan people are Mayan. Bill Hackwell. Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of decisions will be a step forward in a country that is 44% Mayan and where more than 50 percent of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty.
Iran joins forces with Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to blow back U.S. sanctions
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell July 3, 2023 This lightly edited article is reprinted from Resumen Latinoamericano English edition which was posted on June 19, 2023. The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded, this Friday (June 16) in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions suffered by the four countries and the imperialist policy – and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples.
Iran joins forces with Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to blow back U.S. sanctions
This lightly edited article is reprinted from Resumen Latinoamericano English edition which was posted on June 19, 2023. The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded, this Friday (June 16) in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions suffered by the four countries and the imperialist policy – and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples.
500 March On White House To Demand Biden End The Blockade Of Cuba
Culminating a week of activism in Washington DC in support of the Cuban people, 500 people gathered here today in the plaza that holds the statue of the Argentinian liberator General José de San Martín, that ironically is located next to the US State Department where offices work overtime to come up with ways and methods to punish Cuba for insisting on its sovereignty.
US Policy Towards Cuba Being Challenged This Week In Over 30 Cities
In a growing mosaic of solidarity across the US, people are taking to the streets to say no to the way their government is punishing Cuba for their example of humanity in these precarious times. This weekend in over 30 cities there will be protests to visibly express it.
Maduro’s Historic Meeting with Lula in Brazil is a Step Forward for all of Latin America - Change-Links
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil https://resumen-english.org/2023/05/maduros-historic-meeting-with-lula-in-brazil-is-a-step-forward-for-all-of-latin-america/ Yesterday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shook hands again after eight years since they last met. Maduro traveled to Brasilia after almost a decade; the last time was to attend the inauguration of former President Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016).
Maduro’s Historic Meeting With Lula Is A Step Forward For Latin America
Above Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil. Yesterday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shook hands again after eight years since they last met. Maduro traveled to Brasilia after almost a decade; the last time was to attend the inauguration of former President Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016).
Returning Cuba Solidarity Activists Harassed By US Customs And Border Patrol
This year marked the largest delegation of people from the US in decades to be in Cuba for the events around the International Day of Workers. Over 350 people from the states participated and it was easy to see how youth made up the largest percentage, many of whom were visiting revolutionary Cuba for the first time. Yesterday delegates began to return home and some were met and detained by US Customs and Border Patrol in multiple cities.
Cuban President Meets With Over 300 Enthusiastic US Supporters
This morning, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received at the Palace of the Revolution 300 friends of Cuba, coming from the United States to demand an end to the blockade. Brigades, groups and other delegations are in Cuba to take part in the May 1 activities celebrating the International Day of Workers and to show their solidarity with the Cuban people who have withstood the longest continuous blockade in modern history.
Florida Bans Books While Argentina Celebrates the Night of the Libraries
Corrientes Avenue, Buenos Aires Photo: Bill Hackwell As the sun was setting in Buenos Aires this past Saturday, the vibrant Corrientes Avenue that goes through the center of the city was shut down. Corrientes is closely connected to Argentine culture; lined with theaters and bookstores and on this occasion it was dedicated to The Night of the Libraries and honoring 40 years of democracy since the bloody dictatorship.
The Legacy of Pastors for Peace Support for Cuba Continues
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 24, 2022 For the 32nd time in 30 years a Pastors for Peace caravan is in Cuba bringing close to 100 people including many young people who are experiencing the reality of Cuba for the first time; seeing for themselves instead of through the filter of lies and hate so prevalent in the mainstream media of the US.
Cubans Pull Together after Enormous Blast Rocks Old Havana
Dona Concepcion Primary School Classroom. (Photo: Bill Hackwell) For any Havana resident, the Paseo del Prado is part of his or her identity. Walking along this immense avenue and enjoying the architecture and cultural diversity of this area is a pleasure that many of us enjoy, while for others, it is so common that it becomes barely imperceptible. However, walking around this place will never be the same again because one of the most emblematic images of Havana was the scene of a real tragedy.
Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?
Last Friday, it became known that the 77-year-old native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was sick with COVID-19. Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years, which makes him the oldest political prisoner in the United States. This fact has brought attention to his case, but the truth is that his freedom has been a permanent demand of a movement since the first day of his unfair incarceration.
Alicia Jrapko and the Future of Resumen Latinoamericano in English
By Bill Hackwell on January 13, 2022 Bill Hackwell and Alicia Jrapko Two days ago, I lost my life partner Alicia Jrapko, founding editor of Resumen in English. She fought a long battle with cancer with the same determination that characterized her life. Her family and I will carry the sadness of her premature departure forever, but we will also be better for the inspiration she left in each of us both, individually and collectively.
US State Department Lectures Cuba About Human Rights and Living Conditions - Global Research
All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. *** Today with the height of imperial arrogance and hubris, the US State Department issued a joint statement to further its plans to destroy Cuba and all the gains it has made in health, education and welfare.
U.S. State Department lectures Cuba about human rights and living conditions
Today with the height of imperial arrogance and hubris, the U.S. State Department issued a joint statement to further its plans to destroy Cuba and all the gains it has made in health, education and welfare.
Ramsey Clark: A Life Well Lived for the People of the World
Samarra Iraq 1996, Ramsey Clark visiting pharmaceutical plant. Photo: Bill Hackwell Yesterday (April 10) Ramsey Clark died at the age of 93 in New York, and today justice and peace loving people and movements in the US and around the world are in mourning for a man who stood up and fought tirelessly in support of justice, equality and against his country’s drive for endless wars.
In the Fabric of the Cuban Revolution
Image from the Plaza of the Revolution by Bill Hackwell Time is starting to distance itself from that dramatic moment, 6 years ago today, when the final 3 members of the Cuban Five were freed from the prisons of the Empire after 16 years. Never the less, because of a healthy distrust of the US government, for those of us who worked in solidarity with the Five, we did not believe it was true until the plane carrying them home landed in Havana and it was verified by the Cuban government.
US: Crimes against Humanity at Home and Abroad
Photo Credit: Albert Eisenstaedt This month marks the second year since former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced to the world a campaign promoted by a group of Latin American writers and academics to declare August 9 as International Day of US Crimes against Humanity. Appropriately the day is to remember the second nuclear bomb dropped in 1945 on Nagasaki, Japan that came just three days after the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
US: Crimes against Humanity at Home and Abroad
By Bill Hackwell and Alicia Jrapko on August 9, 2020 This month marks the second year since former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced to the world a campaign promoted by a group of Latin American writers and academics to declare August 9 as International Day of US Crimes against Humanity. Appropriately the day is to remember the second nuclear bomb dropped in 1945 on Nagasaki Japan that came just 3 days after the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Distortions and Attempts to Undermine the Cuban Medical Brigades Will Not Succeed
Every evening for the past two and a half months the people of Cuba have come out on their streets and porches to applaud and cheer for the 3,000 members of the Henry Reeve medical brigades who are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic on the front lines in 28 countries with 34 brigades. For the Cuban people these medical professionals are not just doctors going abroad but representatives of a society where health and human life are considered an absolute priority.
Cuba: May Day in the Year of the Pandemic
Photo: Bill Hackwell, Havana, Plaza of the Revolution This photograph depicts how the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana usually looks on May 1, International Workers Day (IWD). Every year since 1959 when a revolution, whose backbone was made up of workers and peasants, was victorious against a brutal US-backed dictatorship, millions of Cubans and international friends fill Paseo from the Malecon to the Plaza to celebrate this day that honors all workers around the world.
Cuba's Covid-19 Medical Brigades Are Not Medical Diplomacy: They Are International Solidarity At Its Finest
Cuban Medical Brigade going to Italy (Photo credit: Ismael Francisco Gonzalez) Today the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. After a 14 day quarantine the 216 member group, made up of family physicians, epidemiologists, bio statisticians, health technology engineers, and biotechnology experts, will be deployed to all 9 provinces in that country.
Cuba’s Covid-19 Medical Brigades are not Medical Diplomacy They Are International Solidarity at its Finest
By Bill Hackwell on April 26, 2020 Photo: Ismael Francisco Gonzalez Today the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. After a14 day quarantine the 216 member group, made up of family physicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health technology engineers, and biotechnology experts, will be deployed to all 9 provinces in that country.
Cuba and the Concept of Community of Nations
by Bill Hackwell / March 17th, 2020 Cuban Medical Brigade (Photo by Bill Hackwell) Some years ago I was talking to a Cuban doctor about what a remarkable achievement it was that Cuba was able to eliminate Malaria in 1973. He took the discussion in stride and said that it didn’t mean much until we eradicate Malaria in the entire world.
The Freedom of the Cuban Five Will Never be Reversed
Celebration upon the release of the Cuban Five in Washington DC (Photo by Bill Hackwell) Five years ago tomorrow, in near disbelief, we watched on television as the Cuban Five were released from US prisons and flown home after a 16 year struggle.
The Freedom of the Cuban Five Will Never be Reversed
By Alicia Jrapko and Bill Hackwell on December 16, 2019 Celebration upon the release of the Cuban 5 in Washington DC. Photo: Bill Hackwell Five years ago tomorrow, in near disbelief, we watched on television as the Cuban Five were released from US prisons and flown home after a 16 year struggle.
On July 26, Cuba Has a Lot to Be Proud of
Bill Hackwell Latin America and the Caribbean July 29, 2019 Today marks the 66th anniversary of the simultaneous assaults on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba and the military garrison in Bayamo led by Fidel Castro and less than 200 combatants in what is known as the impossible storming of the heavens against the brutal U.S. puppet dictator Fulgencio Bautista, who in the 7 years before the Revolution, carried out a reign of misery and poverty punctuated by torturing and executing...
On July 26, Cuba Has a Lot to Be Proud Of
Young social workers marching in the plaza of the revolution on May Day Today marks the 66th anniversary of the simultaneous assaults on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba and the military garrison in Bayamo led by Fidel Castro and less than 200 combatants in what is known as the impossible storming of the heavens against the brutal U.S. puppet dictator Fulgencio Bautista, who in the 7 years before the Revolution, carried out a reign of misery and poverty punctuated by torturing and...
Trump’s Attack against Immigrants Meets Resistance
Photo Credit: Bill Hackwell Nearly 800 events took place this weekend across the United States organized by grassroots organizations including religious sectors, community groups, students, labor and many individuals who had had enough of the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids taking place in working and poor communities against immigrants and Trump’s concentration camps on the border with Mexico.
Cuba Defies the Threats from Trump with Hundreds of Thousands in the Street
Plaza of the Revolution (Photo by Bill Hackwell) Considering the level of belligerence and hostility coming from the empire of the North one might expect that the powerful May Day march through the Plaza of the Revolution might take on a defensive military overtone. But Cuba is never that way and instead they show their resolution and defiance cloaked within their humanity.
Trump Creates a Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela While a Real One is Right Here in Our Schools
A created political farce played out with the frightening consequences for war against Venezuela resting in the balance on its border with Colombia this weekend, as the Trump Administration unsuccessfully tried to force the first of $20 million of unsolicited “humanitarian aid” into the country. This had nothing to do with concern for the Venezuelan people and everything to do with undermining the legitimate government of Venezuela. It should be called the food as a weapon campaign.
Weapons against Venezuela: Stolen Money and “Humanitarian Aid”
The first trucks carrying the so called humanitarian aid for Venezuela have arrived at the Colombian border city of Cúcuta where a standoff is taking place after the Venezuelan government closed the border and blocked the highway with shipping containers and a fuel truck.
Paradise Lost
The air quality of the San Francisco Bay Area is the worst in the world right now. We all have air quality apps on our phones now to keep up and as I type the air particles pollution index just went up to 217, as a comparison Beijing, for years vilified as the city with the worst air quality in the world, today is 75. It is really dangerous for anyone to be out in it even with a N95. That is the best over the counter face mask that is now common and known just by its number.
Unprecedented Cruelty Against Immigrants and Their Children
Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions tightened US immigration policy on April 6 by issuing a “zero tolerance” order against those trying to enter the country without papers, even for those seeking asylum from domestic abuse and violence, 2000 children have been ripped out of their parents’ arms by immigration agents including toddlers and breast feeding babies. Many of these parents do not know where their children are nor do the children know where their parents are.
Hurricane Harvey: a Man-Made Tragedy That Never Would Have Happened in Cuba
When I moved to Houston in 1964 with my sisters and my mother I remember how huge, flat and sprawling with cris crossing freeways it seemed.
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