By Hugo Alconada October 5, 2023.
the Argentinean people never forget the disappeared, photo: Bill Hackwell
Thirty years after the military coup, new declassified documents show that the military estimated that it had killed or made disappear some 22,000 people between 1975 and mid-1978, five years before the return of democracy. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on October 5, 2023
Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
“As China arrives with a splash in Honduras, the US wrings its hands”- Washington Post, October 2, 2023 (more…)
La Jornada editorial on October 3, 2023
Kenyan soldiers prepare for Haiti. photo: Brian Inganga, picture alliance
The UN Security Council approved Washington’s initiative to send a multinational military force of Kenyan majority to Haiti, whose declared objective will be to control the violence unleashed by gangs and reestablish minimum levels of security in the island nation. It is estimated that around 200 criminal groups operate in Port-au-Prince alone, (more…)
By Mg. José A. Amesty Rivera on October 2, 2023.
CIA agent and US diplomat Debra Hevia
On September 14, the U.S. Embassy announced the arrival of the new Chargé d’Affaires to Bolivia, career diplomat Debra Hevia, with extensive experience in Latin America and specifically in Bolivia, where she has already served two diplomatic missions. Her most recent assignment was as deputy chief of mission in Ecuador and before that as political advisor in Romania. (more…)
By Alberto Acosta on October 3. 2023
For practical purposes, in terms of the search for development, the countries bordering the Amazon have treated that region as their periphery, Carlos Walter Porto-Gonçalves, a great teacher and tireless companion in the struggle, often reminded us. The Amazon is a sort of enormous territory of sacrifice. It is where resources are obtained to finance economies. (more…)
October 2, 2023
Roberto Serra, photo: Bill Hackwell
On Sunday, at the General del Sur Cemetery in Caracas, young Venezuelans laid a floral offering commemorating the anniversary of the 2014 assassination of United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Deputy Robert Serra. A large number of youth spoke about their experiences of meeting Serra. He was known for his humility and as a great leader within the ranks of the Bolivarian Revolution. (more…)
By Tanya Wadhwa on October 1, 2023
Hundreds of people participated in march to commemorate nine years since the disappearance of 43 students. photo: Roberto García Ortiz
On September 28, parents of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, who disappeared in 2014, lifted the sit-in protests that they had held for eight days in front of the Military Camp No. 1 in the capital Mexico City. (more…)
By David Brooks on October 2, 2023
Sally the sea lion escaping Central Park Zoo during flooding in NYC
The former president, coup plotter, rapist and Republican presidential front-runner is busy vying for the White House as he defends himself in at least four trials and a total of 91 criminal and civil charges in the coming months. At the same time, a Democratic senator who feels he is an international judge by condemning governments that repudiate Washington’s imperial model as “corrupt” and “undemocratic” is now accused – for the second time – of political corruption. (more…)