On December 17, after 18 months of secret negotiations with Vatican mediation, President Barack Obama recognized the failure of the strong-arm policy of the United States with respect to Cuba, and established a change of direction that should lead to a normalization of diplomatic relations with the island.

Oscar López Rivera is a freedom fighter for the independence of Puerto Rico. He has the unenviable distinction of being the longest-held Puerto Rican political prisoner in the United States. He was charged with seditious conspiracy, that is, to conspire to end the United States government’s control over Puerto Rico through force, via membership in the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN).

Everyday I have the pleasure of following your program on Telesur, about the Football World Cup. Thanks to that, I have been able to observe the extraordinary level reached by this universal sport.

Havana, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) The next summit of the Economic Community for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to be held in Costa Rica should be led to strengthen unity to face the attempts for destabilization against progressive governments of the region.