By Bill Hackwell and Alicia Jrapko on August 9, 2020
Photo: Albert Eisenstaedt
We are re running this article that we ran exactly 4 years ago to illustrate how much further the struggle for a better world has to go in this precarious time but encouraged by a renewed awakening of people around the world since then. – editorial
This month marks the second year since former President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced to the world a campaign (more…)
Edited and translated by Ed Newman on August 9, 2024
Caracas, August 9 (RHC)– More than 300 prominent intellectuals, writers, journalists, political leaders and activists rejected the fascist coup in Venezuela and ratified the electoral victory of President Nicolas Maduro. (more…)
August 8, 2024
The nuclear bombing of Nagasaki by the US.
Western ambassadors in Japan, including those from the United States and Britain, will boycott Japan’s annual peace memorial ceremony in Nagasaki since Israel was not invited. Japan will hold its annual ceremony on Friday marking the 79th anniversary of the US nuclear bombardment of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 8, 2024, from Havana
photo: Ricardo Lopez Hevia
Mijaín López has taken Cuba’s name to the top in the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, in France. on Tuesday, the Greco-Roman wrestling athlete won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, a feat never seen before, admirable, especially for an athlete who is about to turn 41 years old. (more…)
By Saheli Chowdhury on August 6, 2024
Far-right politician María Corina Machado and Edmundo González hold a candle in a religious rally before the Venezuelan elections. photo: Henry Chirinos/EFE.
The Venezuelan far-right former candidate for the presidential elections that were held on July 28, Edmundo González Urrutia, has declared himself the winner despite coming in second place. He has been recognized as the “president” of Venezuela by Washington and some of its vassal states as part of a plot reminiscent of the failed Guaidó project. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on August 7, 2024
As always the world’s media, were part of the lies and falsehoods, to weave a fictitious reality about the Venezuelan elections.
It has been more than a week since the presidential elections were held in Venezuela. If it were a comic movie I would believe it, or even a tragicomedy. But sometimes I find it hard to believe that this reality is really happening. (more…)
August 6, 2024
Through a statement from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry it was learned Monday that the Venezuelan government reached an agreement with Brazil for that country to take custody of the diplomatic missions of Argentina and Peru that are in Venezuelan territory as of August 1st. (more…)
August 6, 2024
tribute to the fireman who died in the Supertanker fire.
In front of the Firefighters Museum Cuartel Enrique Estrada, in Matanzas, tribute was paid to those fallen in the line of duty in the fire at the local Supertanker Base exactly two years ago. Seventeen chimes rang out in the surroundings of La Vigía square, and the sound of the sirens of the fire trucks and the National Anthem, preceded the roll call to keep present those who perished. (more…)