By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on June 5, 2022
March on Biden’s Summit of Exclusion, June 10, 5pm
The United States insists on denying Cuba’s participation in the two most important political events to be held in the region this year: the Summit of the Americas and the People’s Summit for Democracy. (more…)
June 1, 2022
photo: Peruvian Presidency
On May 30, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced that the executive branch would soon present a bill to eliminate immunity for all high-ranking state officials in order to promote transparency. The head of state made the announcement during the closing ceremony of the Decentralized Council of Ministers in the Loreto region. (more…)
By Diana Block on June 3, 2022
Cuba, Lives, Breathes, Resists. photo: Bill Hackwell
I set off for Havana at the end of April to participate in the 15th International May Day Brigade organized by ICAP (The Institute for Friendship with the Cuban People). Having achieved one of the lowest COVID mortality rates and highest vaccination rates in the world, Cuba had reopened the country to international guests on November 15, 2021. The U.S. had tried and failed to exploit the global disease disaster to bring about regime change, but the intensified embargo has made living conditions worse than ever for the Cuban people. (more…)
By Juan Diego Quesada on June 3, 2022.
photo: Zuma Images
Until recently, Gustavo Petro understood politics as a solitary exercise. In his time as congressman he used his arguments to attack corruption or paramilitarism from the podium. As mayor of Bogota he was criticized by those around him for being reluctant to take the advice of others. Now he has understood that to be the next president of Colombia he needs the help of the rest, but especially that of Francia Márquez, (more…)
photo: Bill Hackwell
The following is a full page ad that appeared in the San Francisco Examiner paid for by the Bay Area Saving Lives Campaign and was signed by hundreds. It is reported that House Speaker Pelosi will be leading the congressional delegation to the exclusionary IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. (more…)
By Gustavo Maranges on June 2, 2022
Chavez gives Obama, a book to read about imperialism in Latin America at the V Summit
The IX Summit of the Americas is about to start. The event will be held between June 8th and 10th in Los Angeles, California. This gathering been deemed a space to discuss matters of regional concern, but its historical results are very poor and forever tilted towards the developed Northern part of the hemisphere. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on June 1, 2022
The people want an inclusive Summit of the Americas
The summit convening in Los Angeles next week is yet another proof of the authoritarian and anti-democratic character of the elites that rule the United States. The exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the meeting from the outset confirms this. This is an extremely serious fact, which leads to other very serious exclusions as well. (more…)
photo: Bill Hackwell
Los Angeles on May 31 – The Los Angeles Police Department has refused to grant a permit for a legal mass march scheduled to coincide with the Summit of the Americas on Friday, June 10, 2022. Organizers for the People’s Summit for Democracy say that, “the LAPD conduct constitutes an illegal denial of constitutional rights for those engaged in first amendment protected activity.” They vow to demonstrate regardless on June 10. (more…)