A global network of various grassroots groups of small food producers and food sovereignty advocates urged United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples...More

At least 20 million people have been killed in 150 (one hundred and fifty) armed conflicts since 1945. Casualties: ‘First world war 5% civilian was killed. In the second world war, 50% of civilians were killed and in the Lebanon war, 90% of the deaths were woman and children.’1...More

The UN declaration on the rights of Peasants and Other people working in rural areas (UNDRP) is towards its final approval and the moment of celebration of peasants is very near. The third committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly in New York on 19th...More

The National Council of Municipal Health Secretaries and the National Front of Brazilian Mayors warned rightwing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro of the imminent, irreparable damage to the population’s health, as a consequence of Cuba leaving the More Doctors program. In a joint statement, the two organizations lamented the suspension...More

Boticario is a town lost in the vast northeast of Brazil, in the municipality of Santo Amaro de Brotas, close to the Aracaju coast in the State of Sergipe, more than 1,600 kilometres from the capital, Brasilia. It is hard to say if the President-elect of the country,...More

It was September of 1973, in the province of Quang Tri, Vietnam. The “land of steel” smelled of gunpowder; you could still feel the war’s cruelty. The Vietnamese people continued to struggle for independence and freedom, but Quang Tri was liberated territory and Fidel, in the name of...More

The men and women who study medicine in Cuba do not focus mainly on curing disease, as is customary around the world, but rather on preventing it, preserving the health of individuals, families, and communities, as well as the environment; and wherever they work, they win the respect...More

Pyongyang, November 16 (KCNA). Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, visited the test ground of the Academy of Defence Science and supervised a...More

HAVANA, Nov 5 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived on Sunday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un led the huge popular reception at the capital's airport and along the main avenues, reports Prensa Latina. Diaz-Canel and Kim Jong-un met personally...More

HAVANA, Nov 2 (ACN) The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, received this Friday morning the Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is in Russia on a three-day official visit. According to press reports from Moscow, Diaz-Canel has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to Havana next year...More

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, issued an assurance to private enterprise owners nationwide while presiding over a symposium on private enterprises Thursday. For a while, discussion about whether the non-public economy is in retreat has been rife in Chinese society....More

China will take more proactive measures to support the economy as it faces downward pressure, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee said on Wednesday. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting Wednesday to analyze the...More

HAVANA, Nov 1 (ACN) Through his official Twitter account, the President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed: "Thank you to the international community for your support of #Cuba. Proud to hear representatives from other nations highlighting the values and efforts of our...More

November 1, (Granma). At 12:20pm, in the United Nations General Assembly, the international community once again almost unanimously condemned the U.S. blockade of Cuba, voting 189 in favor of the Cuban resolution, two against (U.S. and Israel), with no abstentions. (Source: Granma)More

Hon Minister Suresh Prabhu Ji, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh Ji, Director of Indian Foundation, Ram Madhav Ji, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the India Foundation for inviting me to speak before this distinguished gathering of intellectuals and...More