Tropical Storm Agatha, which has caused over 100 deaths, has been pounding Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, just unleashed it’s latest natural disaster: a massive sinkhole in Guatemala City.

Almost paradoxically, the deeper one delves into to Cuban political history, the more lessons one can glean in terms of US politics—especially in terms of the American Right-Wing. (That is, if one is perceptive enough to do so.) Take for instance a recent blog post by Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez. On May 20, Sanchez published [...]

On Sunday, the White House barely acknowledged the outrageous Israeli army attack on an aid ship bound to Gaza. The one paragraph statement was posted on the White House website: “This morning between 10:00 and 10:15 AM CDT, the President spoke by phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He said he understood the Prime Minister’s decision [...]

We have just experienced the hottest ever Jan-Apr period in the temperature record, as well as the hottest April, and a new record 12-month global temperature. While short term records such as this are not “proof” or even necessarily evidence of climate change, they are certainly consistent with it. Yet even as the obvious changes [...]

The United Nations called on an emergency meeting of the Security Council after Israel’s attack against a humanitarian aid boat bounded for Gaza. The unprovoked Israeli attack killed 19 people, and will increase Israel’s isolation among the international community. Today world leaders were in shock, and almost unanimously expressed their condemnation of Israel’s action. UN [...]