By Pablo Meriguet on December 9, 2024
Yamandu Orsi
On November 24, the Broad Front won a victory that many assumed was impossible. The old specter of a potentially triumphant right-wing weighed heavily. The alliance between all the right-wing parties in the second round made the center-left foresee a negative outcome. (more…)
December 8, 2024
Symposium on the banning of black authors in the US. Photos: Marcelino Vázquez Hernández/ Cubadebate
Attempts to control historical memory and impose a white racist narrative on society were discussed this Friday at Casa de las Americas, in the context of the symposium “Banning Black Books, Silencing Black Voices. Apartheid in the United States”. (more…)
By Yaima Puig Meneses on December 8, 2024
Meeting with the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution (ACRC) Photo: Estudios Revolución
“Welcome to your Palace, to the Palace of the Revolution, which is the trench and home of those of us who work every day for the work that you and your comrades in struggle brought undefeated to us.” (more…)
By Atilio Boron on December 8, 2024 from Buenos Aires
US National Anthem sung during the opening of CPAC in Buenos Aires, photo: Juan Mabromata / AFP
The title of this article summarizes with these few words the much publicized meeting of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which took place in Buenos Aires this past Wednesday. Despite the efforts of the libertarian militancy and the support of the large legion of “ensobrados” that swarm in the media and political spheres, the main hall that was supposed to be filled by the supporters of the “New Order” proposed by the redeemer of the West was barely fifty percent occupied. (more…)
December 3, 2024 from Mexico City
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated today the need to lift the economic blockades imposed by the United States on Cuba and Venezuela while speaking of the importance of addressing causes of the migration phenomenon. (more…)
By Lorenzo Santiago on December 6, 2024
Leila Kahlid speaking at a recent international solidarity conference with Palestine in Venezuela.
Leila Khaled is a historic activist for the liberation of the Palestinian people. At 80 years old, she continues to be active in promoting international collaboration with political organizations, popular movements and governments to denounce Israeli violence and broaden the struggle for the formation of the Palestinian state. (more…)
Buenos Aires Herald on December 3, 2024
Mario Navarro was born in 1976 and raised under a fake identity. His mother is still alive and they met in 2015
Tucumán province’s first trial over a child appropriated during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship kicks off on Tuesday, December 3. The case has Mario Navarro at its center — a man born in captivity in 1976 while his mother was illegally detained. He was stolen from her and raised under a new identity in another province. (more…)
By Mision Verdad on December 5, 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump and his pick for US secretary of state, Marco Rubio Photo: Interferencia.
Last week, articles in two highly influential US publications, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Foreign Affairs, highlighted key movements within the US political and economic spectrum regarding Venezuela. Both articles outlined how certain sectors are promoting a more pragmatic approach towards Venezuela for Donald Trump’s new presidential term in 2025. (more…)