April 2, 2020
President Nicolas Maduro warned yesterday that if the United States dares to attack Venezuela it will be defeated by the people. (more…)
April 1, 2020
The Latin American nation was put on alert last month after the US Justice Department issued criminal charges against top officials, including President Nicolas Maduro, and offered millions of dollars in reward money for their arrest or prosecution over alleged drug smuggling operations. (more…)
April 1, 2020
Jack Ma, a Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Alibaba, allocated a donation of masks, rapid diagnostic kits, and ventilators. This aid was intended for the patients affected by COVID-19 and the medical staff on the island. (more…)
By David Bacon on April 1, 2020
Farmworkers harvesting lettuce in close proximity. Photo: David Bacon
In fields and rural communities across the United States the nation’s 2.5 million agricultural laborers are waiting for the shoe to drop – for the first cases of coronavirus among (more…)
By Ángel Guerra on March 29, 2020
The AP news agency reports that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is promoting a campaign against the coronavirus quarantine. The president and his son Flavio have appealed to (more…)
March 31, 2020
Marco Aurélio Mello, a Minister of Brazil’s Supreme Court, sent the Attorney General’s Office a request to suspend President Jair Bolsonaro from his post for 180 days for committing (more…)
By Patrick Lawrence on March 30, 2020
Cuba sends 50–odd doctors and nurses to Italy, among the nations the COVID–19 virus has hit hardest. It was Cuba alone that assisted Britain in managing passengers on a stricken (more…)
By Helen Yaffe on March 30, 2020
Cuban doctors setting up ICU field hospital in Lombardy Italy
Just weeks ago, in late February 2020, US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders was vilified by the US establishment for acknowledging education and healthcare achievements in revolutionary Cuba. (more…)