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Global Voices - EN : Cuba
14 march
13h00
Concerns grow as Jamaica ends Cuban medical programme
Emma Lewis
Terminating the decades-old programme that brought hundreds of Cuban medical personnel to its shores is an unusual move, especially for a programme...
24 october
16h30
Uruguay becomes the first Latin American country to allow euthanasia through legislation
Global Voices Latin America
Other countries, such as Colombia and Ecuador, authorized euthanasia through court decisions, making the voting in the Uruguayan parliament a...
20 september
19h00
Caribbean athletes shine at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Janine Mendes-Franco
It began with a full-circle moment as Jamaica’s beloved Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the last individual race of her career; over the coming days,...
09 july
09h00
A runner’s highs and lows in escaping Cuba
Melissa Vida
Going for a jog at dawn wouldn’t fix anything, I knew that, but it would stretch the horizon.
25 march
07h58
Caribbean leaders and citizens fiercely defend the Cuban Medical Cooperation Programme
Emma Lewis
Caribbean leaders appear united with regard to the 40-year-old Cuban Medical Cooperation Programme, with some of them offering to forgo their own US...
03 january
12h14
Internet outages and blocks in Latin America in 2024
Dalia Tarek
From Cuba to Brazil, blackouts or the blocking of social media affected the connectivity of the Latin American continent.
17 december
01h11
Death of grandson of Cuba’s national poet draws attention to imprisoned activists
Michel N.
Cuba has the second highest rate of incarceration in the world and more than a thousand political prisoners.
25 november
13h10
Latin America: Who wins and who loses after Trump’s victory?
Michel N.
What you need to know about what we can expect about U.S.-Latin American relations during Trump’s second term.
10 november
07h15
Fresh threats to free press in Paraguay, Argentina, and Cuba
IFEX
A round up of new laws, law proposals, and new forms of intimidation against journalists and civic organizations across the Americas.
23 october
14h34
Buy solar panels,’ Cuban officials say as the island faces another critical blackout
Michel N.
In several parts of the island, people are staging nighttime protests against the regime, seeking the cover of darkness for security.
29 september
01h00
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley lays global issues bare in a stunning speech at the UN
Janine Mendes-Franco
The climate crisis. Neocolonialism. Reparations. Inequity. War. Justice. Peace. Was there anything Prime Minister Mia Mottley didn’t cover in her...
10 june
14h58
In photos: Meet the rescuers of stray animals in Cuba
Teodora C. Hasegan
A self-managed group of rescuers saves stray dogs
29 march
03h35
From discredit to censorship: When power attacks the Latin American press
Ameya Nagarajan
With their campaigns against independent media, the governments of several Latin American countries are beginning to threaten press freedom.
11 march
22h20
Where is the debate on euthanasia going in Latin America?
Gabriela Mesones Rojo
The case recently authorized by a judge in Ecuador sparks a conversation around the issue of euthanasia in Latin America.
28 february
17h11
The Sustainable Development Goals in Cuba, explained
Gabriela Mesones Rojo
In Cuba, 22 agencies, funds and programs work, together with state institutions, to contribute to the advancement of sustainable development...
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