Maddalena Celano
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The Rebellious Heart of the Americas: A Diary of the Event in Rome, November 28, 2025
This Friday marked the conclusion of one of the most significant events I have had the privilege to participate in. The LeggereNienteMale Festival offered the perfect opportunity to present my book The Legacy of Simón Bolívar: The Rebellious Heart of Latin America, and I felt the weight of history as we gathered with diplomats, intellectuals, and activists to discuss the future of the Patria Grande and the new geopolitical challenges threatening the sovereignty of Latin American peoples. The event took place at the Centro E. Nathan in Rome, a venue that became the beating heart of a gathering that challenged both our past and, most importantly, the future of our continent and its struggles.
By Maddalena Celano2 months ago in Writers
When Travel Becomes a Crime: The Unjust Consequences of Unilateral Sanctions – A Citizen's Testimony
By Maddalena Celano Rome, July 2025 On July 16, 2025, I, an Italian citizen, was denied boarding at Toronto International Airport for a flight to Managua, Nicaragua, with the Colombian airline Avianca. The official reason? "Governmental reasons." However, further investigation and statements from airline staff revealed that the real cause of the denied boarding was the application of unilateral sanctions by the United States government against travelers who have previously visited the Republic of Cuba.
By Maddalena Celano6 months ago in Horror
The Feminine Exiled, Exploited, and Violated in the Name of “Sacred” Obedience: A Typically “Catholic” Problem
Clarifying Preamble Although I grew up in a Catholic family, I never truly felt part of that tradition. From a young age, I perceived Catholicism not as a living spiritual inheritance, but as a closed institutional system—strongly exclusionary, subordinated to established power, and steeped in a clerical patriarchy that suffocates rather than guides. An authority that doesn’t forge but weakens, that doesn’t accompany but crushes.
By Maddalena Celano6 months ago in Pride
Preventive Counter-Revolution in Italy
The Fanpage.it investigation, which exposed the infiltration of a provocateur—one Leonardo Cusmai—into the ranks of the political party Potere al Popolo, is an event that deserves much more than a brief mention or a passing reference in talk shows. This is not an isolated incident, nor a simple act of “intelligence.” It is a deeply concerning element in a broader strategy of preventive counter-revolution, carried out by a government that, while formally legitimized by elections, in practice acts in an authoritarian, repressive, and reactionary manner.
By Maddalena Celano6 months ago in Humans
Is Visiting Cuba a Crime?
by Maddalena Celano In 2024, I visited Cuba. It was a deliberate, sought-after, and cherished trip—to explore, to learn, and to support a people who have been resisting the economic, political, and media siege of U.S. imperialism for over sixty years.
By Maddalena Celano6 months ago in Confessions
Venezuela: “From Economic Blockade to Recovery” with William Castillo. In Rome, the Voice of Bolivarian Resistance
The event was chaired by H.E. María Elena Uzzo, Ambassador of Venezuela to Italy, accompanied by key figures of the Bolivarian government: William Castillo, Vice Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies; Saúl Osío, Vice Minister of Communal Economy; and Johander Pineda, spokesperson for the “El Maizal” Commune. Among the accredited journalists was Geraldina Colotti for Resumen Latinoamericano.
By Maddalena Celano6 months ago in History
The Deceit of Good Intentions: “Tutto per bene” Opens Pirandelliana 2025 in the Silent Power of the Aventine
Hosted in the enchanting Garden of the Basilica of Saints Boniface and Alexis, the festival launches a month-long journey into Pirandello’s dramatic universe, with nightly performances scheduled until July 26.
By Maddalena Celano7 months ago in Art
Héctor Celano, Poet, Troubadour and Word Militant
Héctor Celano is much more than a poet: he is a witness of his time, an artist with memory, and a militant of the word. Born in La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and welcomed by Cuba at the height of his creative powers, his life has been marked by the fight against injustice, the search for truth, and an unshakable commitment to the oppressed peoples of Latin America. His poetry, profound and testimonial, does not shy away from pain, love, or hope, and serves as a bridge between lived history and written resistance.
By Maddalena Celano7 months ago in Art
Gerardo Hernández at Roma Tre: Cuba Tells the Truth about the Red Avispa
Rome, June 25, 2025 A packed hall, attentive faces, and a silence filled with respect: this is how Gerardo Hernández Nordelo was received on June 25, 2025, in the Aula Magna of the New Rectorate at Roma Tre University. Hernández is a deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power, national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs), and, most notably, one of the five legendary members of the Red Avispa.
By Maddalena Celano7 months ago in Humans
Nicaragua Presents Itself in Rome: A Journey Through Authenticity, Sustainability, and Wonder
The key figure of the event was Her Excellency Monica Robelo Raffone, Ambassador of Nicaragua to Italy, who gave a heartfelt and visionary speech. She emphasized that tourism in her country is not just an economic sector, but a strategic tool for sustainable development and social cohesion.
By Maddalena Celano7 months ago in Earth
Nicaragua: The Rebel Mother, Pillar of the Revolution and Architect of the Future
By Maddalena Celano The Origin: Somoto, 1970 The official celebration of “Mother’s Day” in Nicaragua dates back to May 30, 1940, by governmental decree of President Anastasio Somoza García, during the height of the Somoza dynasty. It was a date imposed from above, lacking real roots among the popular masses. At first, the occasion adhered to a bourgeois and conservative cult of motherhood, portraying the mother as the angel of the hearth, the silent guardian of tradition.
By Maddalena Celano8 months ago in History
