Latest editorial
THE Cuban flag was raised in the California state senate on Monday as diplomats from the Caribbean island nation were welcomed for the first time in more than 50 years.
“The cold war is over,” proclaimed state Senator Isadore Hall as he welcomed Cuban embassy First Secretary Miguel Fraga to the chamber floor.
“It is time to look forward and to look ahead to a future where Cuba is a partner, not an enemy to the United States,” Mr Hall said.
ADRIAN WEIR charts the intercontinental trade union solidarity with Cuba and its desperate predicament
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
While ordinary Americans were suffering in the wake of 2005’s deadly hurricane, the Bush administration was more concerned with maintaining its anti-Cuba stance than with saving lives, writes MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS