By Alejandra Garcia on March 7, 2024
Chavez – the heart of my country. Photo: Bill Hackwell
Venezuela is beginning the presidential election race as the country marks the passing of Comandante Hugo Chavez. The Venezuelan National Electoral Council issued the announcement on Tuesday, March 5, exactly 11 years after the Venezuelan leader’s death after losing his battle with cancer. (more…)
By Carlos Eduardo Sanchez on March 2, 2024
Venezuelan 747 cargo jet belonging to Venezuela destroyed at a Florida airport. Photo: X/@AecioEscalante.
Venezuela’s vice minister of anti-blockade policies, William Castillo, condemned the US vandalization of the Venezuelan 747 cargo jet, owned by Conviasa’s EMTRASUR air cargo company, after the theft carried out by the United States in complicity with the government of Javier Milei in Argentina. (more…)
March 4, 2024
Télam workers at a protest. “Defending public media is defending national sovereignty”.
On the morning of March 4, the website of the national news agency, Télam, was shut down and inaccessible to workers with a notice that indicated “page under reconstruction.” The offices of Télam were also fenced off and with a security operation to ensure that no one is able to enter. (more…)
March 3, 2024
Israeli made planes during the Independence Day parade in Bogota. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced on Thursday the suspension of the purchase of war material from Israel in response to the attack that occurred that same day during the distribution of food in the Gaza Strip, which left more than 100 Palestinians dead. (more…)
By Jessica Corbett on March 2, 2024
“The Global South strikes again against the morally and politically decayed West,” said one supporter of the case. (more…)
By Jose Luis Granados Ceja on February 29, 2024
Venezulan President Nicolas Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro paid tribute to the sacrifice made by Aaron Bushnell, the US airman who self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, to bring attention to the plight of the Palestinian people. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on March 2, 2024 from San Francisco
A severe winter storm battering Northern California could not deter 15,000 anti-Israel supporters of the Palestinian people from marching through downtown San Francisco once again, as they have often done since October 7. (more…)
By Ramón Pedregal Casanova on March 3, 2024.
Israeli soldiers in Hebron. photo: Ariel Feld
“Life is worth nothing / if I remain seated / after I have seen and dreamed / that, everywhere, they call me / Life is worth nothing / when others are killing themselves / and I am still here singing / as if nothing will happen. / Life is worth nothing / if I hear a mortal scream / and it is not able to touch / my fading heart. / Life is worth nothing / if I ignore that the murderer / took another path / and prepares another trap. / Life is worth nothing / if another brother is surprised / when I knew beforehand / what was being prepared.” -Poem and song by Pablo Milanes. (more…)