May 22, 2016
Argentine unions have called for protests of Macri’s decision to veto the bill as low-income people continue to feel the squeeze.
Now that President Mauricio Macri has vetoed an anti-layoffs law aimed at putting a stop to a wave of mass dismissals in the public and private sectors, the Argentina’s head of state has turned his attention to other economic policies, including tax breaks for business, local media reported Sunday. (more…)
May 22, 2016
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Venezuelan authorities announced that it was consolidating its civilian – military union as a main protective shield against ever increasing threats and plans for a right wing coup that has the support of the United States. (more…)
By Sergio Alejandro Gómez on May 17, 2016
Josefina Vidal, Director of U.S. Foreign Affairs of Minrex, with José Ramón Cabañas, Cuban Ambassador in the U.S. Photo: Juvenal Balán
The third meeting of the Bilateral Commission established by Cuba and the United States was held in Havana, May 16, and an ambitious work agenda for the coming months was set, as part of the process of moving toward normalization of relations, according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Relations. (more…)
May 22, 2016
A new Caribbean dictatorship will soon take charge of Puerto Rico. The final PROMESA bill finally arrived…and it is the WORST one of all. (more…)
By Jay Syrmopoulos on May 14, 2016
The transparency organization WikiLeaks has exposed acting President Michel Temer, who ascended to the Brazilian presidency after a soft coup deposed President Rousseff, as having been an intelligence informant for the United States. (more…)
By: Geraldina Colotti on May 13
– Dilma was suspended. What can happen now?
Joao Pedro Stedile: It’s time to mobilize against the coup. A coup with no war tanks, but equally destabilizing: similar to the 2012 coup against Fernando Lugo in Paraguay. (more…)
By Dennis Oliveira on May 16, 2016
Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff
Note from BW of Brazil: Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, or just don’t really tuned into news coming out of Brazil, you know that President Dilma Rousseff was removed suspended from the Presidency for a period of 180 days and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. (more…)
May 15, 2016
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) played a key role in the arrest of South African leader Nelson Mandela, which led to his trial and imprisonment for more than 27 years, said today local media. (more…)