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Roger McKenzie and Ben Chacko talk to the new Cuban ambassador to Britain MERCEDES VARGAS WALTER about propaganda against Cuba, the illegal blockade and its effects, and the importance of international solidarity with the people of Palestine
SOLIDARITY: (Left to right) Mercedes Vargas Walter, Roger McKenzie, Ben Chacko
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
FOR an island that has been under such vicious attack since its socialist revolution, Cuba is highly blessed in so many ways.
A beautiful island with a resilience that is hard to find anywhere, Cuba is also able to send top-class diplomats out across the world.
Britain has been fortunate to have received some wonderful representatives from Cuba. The latest in the line of excellent ambassadors to Britain from the Caribbean island is Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter.
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