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Puerto Ricans Take to The Streets against Kamala Harris’s Visit

March 26, 2024

protestors against Kamala Harris take down US flag. photo: Yanina Arias

On Friday, March 22, Kamala Harris marked her first visit to Puerto Rico since becoming Vice President of the United States to attend a Democratic Party fundraiser, and was met with mass protests. (more…)

Chile marches for Palestine: “As Long as Zionism Exists there will be no Peace”

By Andrés Figueroa Cornejo on March 23, 2024

photo: Andrés Figueroa Cornejo

Along the Alameda, the main artery of Santiago de Chile, and from the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center to Plaza Los Héroes, humanity marched today in solidarity with the cause of the people of Palestine to demand that the Boric administration break diplomatic, commercial and military relations with Israel. (more…)

Cuba: President Diaz-Canel Addresses the Needs of the Population through a New Communication Channel

By Alejandra Garcia on March 25, 2024 from Havana

Arlene Rodriguez moderates the first Desde la Presidencia

 The Cuban people are not alone. When on March 17, citizens from some areas of Santiago de Cuba took to the streets against the long hours of blackouts and the lack of food in the country, President Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke before the national cameras and assured that their demands, are being heard. (more…)

Paraguay Peasant Movements Demands Access to Land, Production and Justice

By Alejandra Garcia on March 24, 2024

This week, a new march of indigenous and peasant movements went out from the plains to the cities to condemn the abuses of the government and call for the defense of democracy and food sovereignty. Under heavy rain and with indigenous people and women at the forefront, on March 20 and 21, thousands of compatriots carried out the traditional and thirtieth demonstration of the Peasant, Indigenous and Popular March, with the slogan “For land and production, against all injustices”. (more…)

Argentina: Massive Demonstration Commemorates the 1976 Coup and Say No to Milei’s Rewriting of History

By Bill Hackwell on March 24, 2024 from Buenos Aires

30,000 Alive in Truth! photo: Bill Hackwell

Hundreds of thousands are still in the streets here that lead to the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential palace. Since 2002 March 24, has been officially recognized and referred to as the National Day of Memory  marking the beginning of the 1976 military coup that disappeared, tortured and murdered at least 30,000 people. (more…)

Blockade and Subversion against Cuba: Fines to Banks and more than $50 Million for Interference Programs

By Randy Alonso Falcón on March 24, 2024

With total cynicism, the U.S. government and its embassy in Havana tried to dissociate themselves from the real and deep causes that led to last Sunday’s popular protests in some Cuban neighborhoods. “The United States is not behind the protests and these accusations are absurd”, said the State Department spokesman, while the diplomatic legation urged the Cuban government to attend to “the legitimate needs of the Cuban people”. (more…)

Brazil: Lula at a Crossroads

By Valerio Arcary, Resumen Latinoamericano, March 22, 2024.

Lula

After the summer of 2024, the fate of the coalition government led by Lula remains uncertain. The evolution of the judicial investigations on the coup is cornering bolsonarismo, after the testimonies of the Army and Air Force commanders. But the extreme right maintains a counter-offensive after the neo-fascist avalanche on Paulista Avenue, seeking a position of strength in the streets to influence the Congress. (more…)

Will Voters or Artificial Intelligence Decide the US Elections?

By Randy Alonso Falcón on March 23, 2024

AI created image

In a dispute in which veteran contenders fail to win the approval of majorities, Artificial Intelligence aims to be the real star of the US election show this 2024. (more…)

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