The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to the Cuban Henry Reeve Brigade
COHA supports this campaign to award the Nobel Prize to the Cuban Henry Reeve Brigade, due to its valuable contribution
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The Caribbean
Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges
By Erick J. Padilla Rosas From Eugene, Oregon The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge to countries with high levels
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The Freedom of the Cuban Five Will Never be Reversed
By Alicia Jrapko and Bill HackwellFrom California Five years ago tomorrow, in near disbelief, we watched on television as the
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2019 Latin America in Review: Year of the Revolt of the Dispossessed
By Roger HarrisFrom Corte Madera, California A year ago, John Bolton, Trump’s short-lived national security advisor, invoked the 1823 Monroe
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Movilización popular en Puerto Rico: más allá de un chat…
Por Iris Alejandra Soto Ruiz y Erick Javier Padilla Rosas Para poder entender la situación actual del archipiélago puertorriqueño
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From Colonized Thought to Decolonial Aesthetics: The Search for a “Philosophical Voice” Amongst Puerto Rican Colonized Subjects
In the following article I present an example of how Lola Rodríguez de Tió, a popular Puerto Rican poet, used poetry to raise her voice and fight against colonization and for independence. Her work is a good example of how protest marches as well as multiple forms of anti-colonial expression – sculptures, music, dance, etc. – can be instrumental to communicating the desire for freedom and sovereignty.
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