January 24, 2017
Photo: Resumen Latinoamericano
Strong support for the Fifth Summit of Presidents and Governments of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), took place at a meeting of social movements and political forces in the capital of the Dominican Republic capital coinciding with the CELAC event. (more…)
By Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Congresswoman from Hawaii, on January 24, 2017
As much of Washington prepared for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, I spent last week on a fact-finding mission in Syria and Lebanon to see and hear directly from the Syrian people. (more…)
January 18, 2017
A UN envoy held talks with Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Hadi on Monday as the United Nations said the death toll from the war had reached 10,000. (more…)
By Daniel Lazare on January 23, 2017
Last week as Donald Trump was preparing to take office, The New York Times — reeling from Trump’s interview in which he said he didn’t “really care” if the European Union holds together and described NATO as “obsolete” — declared that “the big winner” of the change in U.S. presidents was Vladimir Putin. (more…)
January 22, 2017
The new U.S. administration of Donald Trump has made it public that it will seek a regime change policy in Venezuela disguised in “transition to democracy” rhetoric, the country’s potential new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in an interview this week. (more…)
January 19, 2017
Brothers, sisters, friends and supporters:
Our hearts are heavy today. President Obama has denied Leonard’s application for a commutation. His name appears on the January 18 list of commutations denied by Obama as issued by the Office of the Pardon Attorney. (more…)
By Helen Yaffe and Jonathan Watts on January 20, 2017
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Senior Cuban negotiators say the island will not be cowed by intimidation and bluster from Donald Trump, despite the incoming US president’s threat to rekindle cold war animosities. (more…)
By Zaid Jilani on January 17, 2017
Betsy DeVos, the right-wing activist who the Trump administration has nominated to lead the Department of Education, criticized Bernie Sanders’s plan to offer tuition-free education at public colleges and universities during her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. (more…)