Samir Flores, opositor al Proyecto Integral Morelos

Este 20 de febrero la página de Enlace Zapatista publicó un comunicado informando del asesinato de Samir Flores, opositor al Proyecto Integral Morelos (PIM), y delegado “desde hace muchos años” ante el Congreso Nacional Indígena. Samir Flores, miembro del Frente en...

Challenges for Cuba’s New Constitution

Cuba is writing a new constitution, part of a lengthy process of political change that can be traced to the 6th Congress of the Communist Party in 2011. The Congress approved a document known as the “lineamientos,” a detailed domestic policy blueprint that opened...

Mexico and AMLO

On July 2, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the recently formed Morena Party swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential election with 53% of the vote, the first time since 1982 that a candidate won more than half the vote. His closest competitor, Ricardo Anaya of...

Cuba “Sonic” Incidents

Science fiction? Spy versus spy? Sabotage by a third party? Mass hysteria? Or political ploy? No one seems to know the source, much less the reasons behind, the miss-labeled “sonic attacks” reported by about two dozen US Embassy personnel in Havana. The “health...