Cuba

Daring to dream 鈥 reflecting on Fidel鈥檚 legacy

For years, those who had hoped and prayed for his death were repeatedly disappointed by a photo, a news clip or a commentary in that unmistakable style.

The rumours always proved unfounded. Fidel Castro, who had dodged some 600 attempts on his life orchestrated by the CIA, was very much alive and making the most of his twilight years.

There were no rumours this time. His brother Raul, voice quavering with emotion, read out a brief statement on TV and a sombre stillness descended on the Cuban archipelago.

Palestinian freedom fighters hail Fidel鈥檚 legacy

The spectrum of Palestinian groups have expressed gratitude to late Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro as a friend of Palestine鈥檚 struggle for liberation, .

Fidel Castro meeting with Malcolm X.

Black Lives Matter pledges to honour Fidel by pushing his anti-racist vision

Black Lives Matter, the US anti-police brutality group formed to oppose racist police killings, mourned the death of former Cuban president and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in reflecting on his life. In it,聽the group discussed the lessons it has learned from his struggle against racism and imperialism.

Kurdish revolutionaries salute Fidel Castro

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Executive Committee Member Duran Kalkan paid tribute to Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution at the PKK鈥檚 38th anniversary celebrations in Medya Defence Zones, .

Fidel Castro.

'Tomorrow is too late' -- When Fidel Castro urged urgent climate action at Rio in 1992

Late Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro long warned that capitalism was threatening to destroy human civilisation through ecological destruction, with the poor of the global South its first victims.

Fidel Castro's revolutionary legacy

Legendary Cuban revolutioary Fidel Castro died aged 90 on November 25, leaving behind a legacy not just as a leader of Cuba's revolution that has achieved impressive social gains but a record of profound internationalism.

Fidel Castro addressing a rally

Fidel Castro 1926-2016: A combatant to the end

Fidel Castro,聽former president and聽leader of the Cuban revolution,聽died on November 25聽at age 90.

UN rejects blockade of Cuba, again, as US abstains for first time

In a historic step toward lifting the blockade on Cuba, the United States abstained Wednesday in the United Nations General Assembly vote, unanimously calling for the end of the Cold War measure for the 25th consecutive year.

"The United States has always voted against this resolution," said US representative to the UN Samantha Power. "Today, the United States will abstain."

Cuba鈥檚 sustainable agro-ecological model could save the world

A from the United Nations released on October 17 brought another dire warning of the catastrophic consequences of climate change, said that day. The report warned that without putting immediate environmental safeguards into place, more than a hundred million more people could be driven into extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.

Che Guevara鈥檚 legacy still lives, 49 years on

Ernesto 鈥淐he鈥 Guevara was executed by a Bolivian soldier in the village of La Higuera, Bolivia, on October 9, 1967. The soldier was acting on orders that came directly from Bolivia鈥檚 then-president Rene Barrientos. Guevara was summarily executed for fear that a trial would become a public spectacle and garner sympathy for Guevara and his revolutionary socialist cause. History has proven that what Barrientos, and Latin America鈥檚 elites, wanted was impossible. Guevara鈥檚 ideas live on and he continues to serve as an inspiration for leftists and revolutionaries throughout the world.

Hurricane Matthew is one more climate change alarm bell

My heart breaks over Category 4 Hurricane Matthew鈥檚 slamming of Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba.

When Hurricane Sandy struck New York City where I live, our entire neighbourhood was destroyed 鈥 every single house was uninhabitable.

Venezuela, ALBA send aid to Haiti

Venezuela confirmed shipments of humanitarian aid to the island nation of Haiti on October 5 after category four Hurricane Matthew made its way through Haiti. On October 8, the death toll fro the hurricane, which caused widespread devastation, was put at more than 800.

President Nicolas Maduro made the announcement of aid on his weekly television program In Contact with Maduro on the evening of October 4.