Yankis: Remember April

CUBA, VENEZUELA Yankis: Remember April Nidia Díaz • HISTORY has its caprices which, as time passes, become symbols. On April 19, 1961, the Cubans defeated the mercenary invasion on the sandy beaches of Playa Giron. The Bay of Pigs invasion was been backed and paid for by the U.S. government, in an attempt to reverse [...]

Oscar Niemeyer: “Cuba has always known how to transform setbacks into victories”

BRASILIA, April 11.— A message that reached the Cubadebate editorial staff on Sunday, signed by the eminent Brazilian architect and friend of Cuba, Oscar Niemeyer, confirmed the South American artist’s commitment to the cause of the Cuban Revolution in the face of the recent anti-Cuba media campaign launched by the United States and Europe. “The [...]

Commission Report of the 5th Asia Pacific Conference of Solidarity with Cuba (19-20 March 2010, Vientiane, Lao PDR)

WORKING COMMISSION No. 1 RESISTANCE AND VICTORY OF CUBA UNDER THE IDEALS OF JOSE MARTI, CHE GUEVARA AND FIDEL CASTRO COMMISSION REPORT Working Commission No. 1 was participated in by around 90 delegates, of whom 22 gave their interventions — 1 from Cuba, 5 from Laos, 1 from Viet Nam, 5 from India, 3 from [...]

Statement from the National Assembly of People’s Power

IN the wake of a media campaign mounted by powerful corporations, fundamentally in Europe, which have ferociously attacked Cuba, and after a dirty debate, the European Parliament has just passed a resolution of condemnation against our country that manipulates sentiments, brandishes lies and conceals realities. The pretext utilized was the death of a prisoner, initially [...]

ALBA agrees to send aid for the reconstruction of Haiti

CARACAS, January 25.— President Hugo Chávez of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela led the extraordinary meeting of the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), which took place from Sunday in the Miraflores Palace.