Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez delivering a speech during the G77+China Summit at the Convention Palace in Havana, September 15, 2023. Photo courtesy President of the Argentine Republic/Flickr. It seems to be the season of international summits. But which ones will matter most to the future of the planet? Last month
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Canadian Dimension: Canadian aid for Cuba? 35 national and regional organizations support it
Cuban propaganda poster proclaiming a quote from Fidel Castro: “Luchar contra lo imposible y vencer” (“To fight against the impossible and win”). Photo from Wikimedia Commons. It is not often that the United Church of Canada, the (Anglican) Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, Oxfam, and the Communist Party of
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Why this year’s UN vote on Cuba embargo is more urgent than ever
Plaza de la Revolución, Havana. Photo by Gilbert Sopakuwa/Flickr. On June 23, the United Nations General Assembly will vote to condemn the six-decade-long United States embargo of Cuba. Again. The world has been doing this since 1992. In 2019, 187 countries supported the motion, with only three (the US, Israel
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