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Cuba’s New Draft Constitution: Institutionalizing Revolution and Reversing Personalization
Cuba’s National Assembly passed a new draft constitution, to replace its existing Soviet-era constitution via national referendum in a few months. Many changes are in the works, including the recognition of private property and gay…
Bolton Meets Far-Right President-Elect Bolsonaro to Nail Down Closer Cooperation with Brazil
National Security advisor John Bolton visited Brazil on Thursday, to find areas of agreement with Brazil’s recently elected far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro. Key targets include Venezuela and Cuba Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help…
Why Are People Talking About Socialism? – with Paul Jay
From Donald Trump, Karl Rove, and Fox News to an invigorated progressive movement and many newly elected members of Congress, many are saying that socialism will be the issue in the 2020 elections – a…
Cuba’s New Constitution Indicates Gradual Changes Underway
Cubans voted 87 percent in favor of a new Constitution, which ratifies economic changes already underway, but also indicates some important social changes. Evangelical churches, though, managed to prevent the ratification of same-sex marriage, says…
Cubans Hopeful and Cautious, as New Constitution Passed
After months of debate, millions turned out in a historic vote on a new constitution for Cuba. The Real News Network was on the ground to hear from Cubans about the vote and the process,…
Cuba: Private Property and the Market Allowed in New Constitution
Cuba has officially passed reforms that will change economics and labor relations on the island. Union leaders told the Real News Network that the move doesn’t spell a break with socialism, but questions remain about…
US ‘Tightens Noose’ on Cuba
Sec. of State Pompeo announced that Cuban Americans and US citizens who lost property after Cuba’s 1959 revolution can now sue companies that have benefitted from this property. This represents an important intensification of sanctions…
Canada’s Anti-Venezuela Policy: A Result of Material Interests and US Subordination
Canada has followed the Trump administration’s lead on Venezuela, but it’s charting a very different path with regard to Cuba. Yves Engler explains that while there are material reasons for the difference, Canada has followed…
Trump Targets Cuba’s Tourism and Small Businesses
Trump administration sanctions that impose new travel restrictions on Cuba are aimed at Cuba’s economy and will have no effect on Cuba’s support for Venezuela, says Netfa Freeman of IPS Subscribe to our page and…
The Year in Latin America: The Right Continues to Advance, but so do Popular Movements
2019 presented a complicated and mixed legacy for Latin America. Right-wing governments continued to make electoral in-roads, but popular uprisings against neoliberalism also left their mark on the region, says TRNN’s Greg Wilpert. Director: Taylor…
Sanctions Are Imposed Poverty, Abroad and in the U.S.
Sanctions impose poverty on a country and cause suffering among its people. Why do people in the U.S. accept it? Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…
What Happened To Cuba-US Relations Under Trump?
Eddie Conway talks to Dr. Ken Morgan from Baltimore and Professor Luis Montero-Cabrera about Cuba’s relief efforts and doctors, the cost of hostile relations with the US, and how Americans can still travel to Cuba…
US media co-opts Cuba protests for imperialist ends
Amid power outages, food shortages, and continued fears over COVID-19, amplified by 60 years of economic strangulation by a US blockade, thousands of protestors in Cuba have taken to the streets to demand answers and…
US economic war on Cuba continues, even after war in Afghanistan ends
As the 20-year war in Afghanistan officially came to an end, President Joe Biden justified US military withdrawal in an address to the nation on Aug. 31: “This decision about Afghanistan is not just about…
Cuba & the US: A tale of two prison systems
In this episode of Rattling the Bars, TRNN Executive Producer and former Black Panther Eddie Conway discusses the differences between prisons in Cuba and in the United States. Of the two, only one incarcerates children,…
