Henry Kissinger’s Most Callous and Inhumane Quotes

February 12, 2016

ReunionPinochetKissinger-800x430.jpg.cf It was quite a sight this past week to see Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cozy up to former Secretary of State, and international war criminal, Henry Kissinger for his endorsement. Clinton was gushing as she talked about her old friend and mentor and Kissinger returned the compliments calling Clinton one of the best Secretary of States in recent time.

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Bernie Sanders and the Question of Palestine

By Rania Khalek on February 10, 2015

At a March 1988 news conference endorsing Jesse Jackson’s candidacy for president, Bernie Sanders blasted Israel’s brutal treatment of Palestinian protesters as “an absolute disgrace.” (more…)

Contaminated Water Requires a National Public Health Mobilization

By Margaret Flowers and Jill Stein on February 5 , 2016

Klee Benally chants in front of the Environmental Protection Agency in January 2016. (Photo: DC Indymedia)

Klee Benally chants in front of the Environmental Protection Agency in January 2016. (Photo: DC Indymedia)

It’s hard to miss the water contamination that residents in Flint, Michigan, are experiencing. Television footage shows family members holding bottles of yellow, orange or brown water.
They could see and taste the change in their water quality shortly after Gov. Rick Snyder (more…)

Evo Morales Asks Citizens to Believe in Bolivia, Not US Rule

February 14, 2016

Morales says Bolivia is finally a sovereign country, and asks citizens to vote to keep it that way.

With only a week to go until Bolivia’s referendum, President Evo Morales made a special plea to Bolivians to vote with good conscious and do what’s best for the country.  (more…)

Pope Kicks off Mexico Visit with Social Justice Message

February 14, 2016

Thousands line Mexico City’s streets to cheer leader of Catholic Church as he starts historic week-long visit.

Pope Francis has kicked off his visit to Mexico by calling on the country’s political leaders to provide “true justice” and security to its citizens hit by drug violence. (more…)

Judiciary Action against Amnesty Law in Venezuela Demanded

February 11, 2016

“The proposed amnesty law must be stopped by the Venezuelan Supreme Court if the Parliament continues to try to push it through.” said Desiree Cabera, coordinator of the Committee of Victims of the Guarimba. (more…)

Argentina Offers to Pay $6.5B to Vulture Funds

February 7, 2016

With this move the new neoliberal government is seeking to end the legal conflict that according to them keeps the country out of international capital markets. (more…)

A Happy Ending

By Yudy Castro Morales on February 8, 2016

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ENT specialist Juan José Oro Martínez states that the Maputo Central Hospital, in Mozambique, has all the necessary equipment to treat patents requiring his expert care. Photo: Yudy Castro Morales

Although the majority of the country’s doctors work in the capital of Maputo, the number is so low that a serious shortage persists, thus the vital importance of support offered by Cuban collaborators throughout the nation (more…)

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