International News

Venezuelan authorities foiled a mercenary incursion to topple Maduro
International News

Venezuela Smashes U.S. Based Invasion Plot

May 10, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole With their strategy to foment internal opposition to achieve regime change in Venezuela faltering badly, it appears that U.S. imperialism is shifting to overt external force to overthrow the socialist path followed […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari on state visit
International News

Africa, IMF Conditionality and the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 9, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African states across the continent have enacted stringent measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19. From Kenya, to Egypt and South Africa, governmental leaders, labor unions, community organizations and professional groupings […]
International News

Haiti: We are Lavalas

May 3, 2020 fwstaff
By Haiti Action Committee 4/23/2020 Fanmi Lavalas sends greetings to Haitians here and abroad during this coronavirus pandemic and takes this opportunity to be in solidarity with all the victims of the coronavirus and their […]
Cuban healthcare workers arriving in South Africa
International News

Cuba Continues African Solidarity in COVID-19 Battle

April 30, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe High-ranking governmental and military leaders in the Republic of South Africa greeted a Cuban medical mission which arrived on April 27. The 217 Cuban healthcare workers are in the country to assist […]
South African soldiers enforce lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic
International News

Africa Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 25, 2020 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe There are 55 member-states within the African Union (AU) where 1.2 billion people reside. Governments throughout the continent have taken initiatives to reduce the threat of COVID-19 cases which have been […]
Domestic News

Langston Hughes Poems on Lenin

April 22, 2020 fwstaff
By Langston Hughes Lenin Lenin walks around the world. Frontiers cannot bar him. Neither barracks nor barricades impede. Nor does barbed wire scar him. Lenin walks around the world. Black, brown, and white receive him. […]
Medical worker with Cuban flag
International News

The COVID-19 pandemic makes clear the need to cooperate despite political differences

April 22, 2020 fwstaff
Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement The impact of COVID-19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable […]
World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Domestic News

Trump Administration Suspends Funding to WHO amid Global Pandemic

April 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After a series of verbal attacks against the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the United States administration of President Donald Trump has announced that funding […]
Doctor Gutierrez, part of the Altos de Lidice Communal Healthcare System, during a house-to-house visit
International News

How Does Venezuela Manage to Keep the Coronavirus Contagion Curve Flat?

April 16, 2020 fwstaff
By Marco Teruggi On Friday, March 13, Venezuela and Uruguay confirmed the first cases of coronavirus in their territories, finishing painting the Latin American map of the pandemic. After a month, the southern country of […]
President Nicolas Maduro
International News

Venezuela faces Covid-19 threat amid U.S. aggression

April 16, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole While the nation of Venezuela mobilizes to fight the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the world, the United States government is doing everything in its power to overthrow the duly elected socialist government of […]