South America / Carribean

Articles

• D’Algérie : Alger-la Havane, une vieille amitié révolutionnaire
  27 novembre 2016, par siawi3

  Pour Fidel, deuil national de huit jours en Algérie. Icône de la révolution cubaine, défenseur de la justice sociale, grand symbole des mouvements de libération, Fidel Castro n’a eu de cesse d’exprimer son soutien indéfectible à l’Algérie en lutte pour son indépendance, par l’envoi d’armes et de munitions et par la prise en charge des blessés de l’ALN pour se faire soigner à Cuba.

• from Pakistan: Viva Fidel! Viva Cuba!
  27 November 2016, by siawi3

  Fidel Castro was one of the most towering and influential leaders of the Twentieth Century. Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez saw him as a friend and an inspiration, and people around the world, particularly in the Global South, viewed him as powerful symbol of resistance against imperialism, exploitation, and oppression. As opposed to the United State’s erstwhile partners on the continent, Fidel Castro’s Cuba proceeded to show how it was possible to build a different world, premised not on the rapacious exploitation of the poor by corporations and gangsters, but on the principle of equality and opportunity for all. Always fighting on the side of the oppressed, Cuba championed the principles of self-determination and equal rights for all races, actively supporting movements for national liberation across the world. it provided anti-colonial movements around the world with material and military support, sending troops, doctors, and other forms of aid to places as far apart and diverse as Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Cuba also actively fought against apartheid in South Africa

• From India: End of an era: Cuban leader Fidel Castro will be fondly remembered in India
  27 November 2016, by siawi3

  Fidel Castro will be remembered as the flag bearer of anti-imperialist struggles of the past century and the champion of national liberation struggles in many third world countries,

• Ecuador is raking in new deals with the UK and US after handing over Julian Assange
  19 May 2019, by siawi3

  All this is part of the Moreno government’s new relationship with the US, where Ecuador is now a US client state.

• In solidarity with Brazilian sociologists protesting end of teaching and research in sociology, as well as in the social sciences
  4 May 2019, by siawi3

  SBS calls on Brazilian society to defend freedom of thought and research, preservation of academic dialogue between the various areas of knowledge, namely, the intellectual exchange between the natural sciences, the technological areas and the human build together scientifically and socially relevant knowledge for a modern and supportive society as we hope

• Bolivie : Des infirmiéres obligées de porter le voile
  1er décembre 2009, par siawi2
  « On nous oblige à nous engager à être voilée si nous voulons être employées dans cet hôpital », explique une salariée du nouvel hôpital « République Islamique d’Iran » inauguré le 24 novembre à La Paz par le président bolivien Evo Morales et le président Â (...)
• Mexican rape victim, 13, denied access to abortion
  24 September 2016, by siawi3

  Girl in Sonora barred from terminating pregnancy after judge downgrades crime from rape to ‘sexual coercion’

• La Guyane hors laïcité
  27 juin 2017, par siawi3

  En Guyane la loi de séparation des Églises et de l’État du 9 décembre 1905
  ne s’applique pas. L’évêque et les prêtres sont rémunérés comme fonctionnaires par la collectivité territoriale.

• Latin America: Fundamentalist strategy: the secular and the religious
  13 August 2014, by siawi3

  In a region where the Catholic Church once held hegemonic power over sexual morality, feminist and sexual diversity movements have changed the political landscape in most Latin America countries by including sexual and reproductive rights in public agendas. However, this has not signaled the retreat of political religious influences. On the contrary, new actors and more sophisticated discourses have emerged as part of the political arsenal deployed to protect patriarchal and homophobic legal content.

• Cuba witnesses Nation’s first transgender marriage
  26 July 2019, by siawi3

  Cuba’s respect for LGBT rights are considerably progressive for the region. A staunch supporter of LGBT rights, Cenesex—led by Mariela Castro, daughter of Communist Party leader Raul Castro—has centered on the fight for equal opportunities in Cuba.

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