Latin America
Trump turns back on a future with Cuba
June 15, 2017Surely, after more than five decades we have learned that Cubans, proud of their revolution and their independence, will resist economic or military coercion.
Read moreCuba’s National Assembly adjusts socialist model to a changing world
June 8, 2017The legislature has just met to discuss the renovation of Cuban socialism. Castro vows to "change everything that must be changed."
Read moreColombia: Violence in a time of peace
June 2, 2017220,000 dead. 92,000 disappeared. Seven million displaced. Numbers are unable to communicate the hopes, fears, and tragedies shaping life in Colombia.
Read moreCuba calls for universal health coverage at WHO meeting
May 26, 2017Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, Cuba's minister of Public Health, calls on world to strive toward universal health coverage for every person.
Read morePrice-fixing and policy failure: Other factors in Venezuela’s crisis
May 25, 2017"I strongly agree with the conclusions of Jesse Jackson’s recent PW article on the crisis in Venezuela, but I think he leaves out a lot of information."
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