By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on January 12, 2023
Lula inspects the damage to the Panalto. photo: Eraldo Perez,/dpa
The attempted fascist Bolsonarist coup d’état of January 8 in Brasilia is not a merely local event. Everything indicates that it had international sponsorship. It is far from being a spontaneous revolt, as there are countless facts that demonstrate a high degree of organization, coordination and financing prior to the assault and vandalizing of the main institutions representing the three branches of state power in Brazil, no less than the Congress, the Planalto Palace and the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court. (more…)
By Graciela Ramirez Cruz on January 11, 2023, from Havana
Jan. 7, International Committee for Peace Justice and Dignity, honoring Ali in Oakland Ca.
Ali, as all of us who had the honor of sharing dreams and militancy used to call her, went to another dimension exactly one year ago tonight. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on January 9, 2023
The author at US out of Venezuela protest. photo: Bill Hackwell
The Los Angeles Times reports that “the audacious gamble by the U.S. government to…restore democracy” suffered a “spectacular failure” in Venezuela. What this State Department stenographer masquerading as a newspaper considers a “democratic” setback consisted of failing to impose unknown US security asset Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president. (more…)
January 10, 2023
Francia Marquez, photo: Bill Hackwell
Colombia’s vice president, Francia Marquez, said today that her security detail discovered an explosive device on a road she frequently travels on, in what she described as a new attempt on her life. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 10, 2023 from Havana
Antonio Mella statue near the University of Havana. photo: Bill Hackwell
Ninety-four years ago today, Cuban communist leader Julio Antonio Mella was assassinated in Mexico City by the Cuban dictatorship of Gerardo Machado. He was just 26 years old at the time, and had already written dozens of progressive texts, initiated several student organizations and founded the Cuban Communist Party that prevails and honors his legacy. Resumen Latinoamericano traveled the streets of Cuba’s capital in search of his memory. (more…)
Ana B Montes after her release from prison
Here is an update and current image of Ana Belen Montes, after her release from prison … we share with you the only authorized statement she wanted to share and make public, sent through her lawyer Linda Backiel on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
By Marcos Maranges on January 8, 2023
Joe Biden recently issued new migratory measures to ease the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. He expanded the scope of Title 42 which will also apply now to Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitian migrants trying to enter illegally into the U.S. The Title 42 process allowed the U.S. to expel upward of two million migrants last year. (more…)
January 8, 2023
Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro took this Sunday by force the National Congress, breaking the blockade carried out by the Military Police and the National Security Force at the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia. (more…)