The need to show solidarity with Cuba, which not only faces a decades-long blockade, but also a smear campaign against its progress in its fight to confront the coronavirus, is the topic to be discussed on September 30. The virtual meeting is “United in solidarity: building friendship and understanding […]
Latin America
Lenin’s political persecution of Correa
There is now a judicial mechanism which is being used for political persecution in Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil, in order to prevent the return of progressive governments that have fought against social divisions, establishing public policies for a better distribution of wealth. Pierre Lebret This judicial strategy is […]
Brand-name coronavirus drug appears in black market
A black market for an antiviral drug used to treat coronavirus has emerged in Venezuela, revealing that even expensive, lifesaving medicines are fuelling the lucrative illegal trade. Seth Robbins Remdesivir — the first drug shown to be effective against COVID-19 — was being sold by a doctor for […]
Killings, protests and political violence
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused more than 20,000 deaths and has infected more than 700,000 people, the situation in Colombia is deeply worrying; abuse of power, repression, vandalism and a government failing to act. The most recent demonstrations in Colombia in respect of the […]
Saving lives in the “Covid zone”
The desire to heal and save lives has prevailed since that day in April when the first person with a positive diagnostic test, María Nancy Ángel Rivas, aged 32, was admitted. Since then the team of physicians has deeply felt the imminent challenge from the always-present danger of infection. […]
















