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How a Notorious Georgia Army School Became America’s Training Ground for Global Torture

By Alan MacLeod on July 5, 2023

Fort Benning, the infamous Georgia U.S. military base, is once again in the news, changing its name to Fort Moore, thereby ditching its Confederate name. Yet none of the media covering the rebranding – not The New York Times, the Associated Press, CNN, ABC, CBS News, USA Today nor The Hill – mentioned the most controversial aspect of the institution. (more…)

The Truth about the US: A Counter-hegemonic Proposal for this July 4th

By Anisia Castro Morera on July 4, 2023 from Havana

photo: Bill Hackwell

As a great protest against this U.S. offensive at the global level, the Network in Defense of Humanity-Cuba (REDH) joins the initiative launched on June 15 in Moscow, to celebrate the first International Day of Independence from U.S. Influence this July 4, 2023. (more…)

The Tall Tale: A New Plot by the US Ultra-Right Wing against Cuba

By Randy Alonso Falcón on July 4, 2023

The issue of the existence of one or several Chinese bases in Cuba has become a recurring motif these days for the most retrograde forces in the empire. It is the new way to attack the emerging power, the small rebellious country and the forces of the Democratic Party with the same shot, in the midst of an early election campaign. (more…)

Tens of Thousands Gather at Mexico’s Zócalo Square to Celebrate AMLO’s 5th Anniversary as President

July 3, 2023

250,000 rally in the Mexico City Zocalo for AMLO’s 5th anniversary in office. photo: Morena

Since assuming office, President President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, has taken significant steps in strengthening Mexico’s sovereignty and challenging the hegemony of the United States. His administration has also made enormous strides in uplifting poor and working people in Mexico. (more…)

Not-so-Soft Coups and the Use of Blackouts in Honduras

By Ricardo Arturo Salgado on July 3, 2023

President Xiomara Castro, photo: Rebelion

These days, we are entering a new phase in Honduras in the attempt of the right to provoke a color revolution. (more…)

Argentina: 160 People Sleeping Inside the National Airport Evicted

July 2, 2022

Some 160 people who had been sleeping for months inside the Jorge Newbery Airport were evicted in a joint operation of national agencies and the Ministry of Human Development and Habitat of the City of Buenos Aires, according to airport sources, while social organizations warned that in the district “there are more and more people who have nowhere to live and who take refuge wherever they can”. (more…)

‘Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading’: UN Demands US Shut Down Guantanamo Prison

June 28, 2023

Guantanamo torture prison

The US treatment of the final 30 Guantanamo inmates is “cruel, inhuman, and degrading” with nearly constant surveillance, grueling isolation, and limited family access, UN rights experts said Monday in a report on their first visit to the detention center that still stands as one of the US many disgraceful stains and horrendous acts in history. (more…)

NATO against Evo Morales

By Sacha Llorenti on June 30, 2023

Evo Morales’s plane forced to land in Austria for fuel.

Those who only read the title of this article may find it overstated or exaggerated. However, remembering  10 years ago an episode that put the whole planet on alert, you will realize that the title is appropriate. (more…)

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