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Managers of Chaos and Misery Spread their Nets throughout Latin America

By Raul Capote Fernandez on February 9, 2024

Gen. Richardson, photo: Mark Wilson / AFP

A little over a year ago, in January 2023, the head of the U.S. Southern Command, General Laura Richardson, with total disarmament mentioned, in a conversation held at the Atlantic Council think tank, why Washington really cares about Latin America. (more…)

Venezuela Rejects New ExxonMobil Oil Wells in Essequibo, Ramped-Up US Military Aid

By Adreina Chavez Alava on February 8, 2024 from Caracas

The Venezuelan government has warned of a “proportionate response” to new threats from Guyana’s military partners. photo: Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has strongly criticized the expansion of US corporation Exxon Mobil’s oil exploration in the territorial waters of the disputed Essequibo region. (more…)

I Will not Allow that Hatred to Enter My World Either

By Justo Cruz on February 9, 2024

Brussels Tribunal against the blockade. Photo: Cubainformacion

“I have never allowed that hatred to enter my world”. I heard Dr. Belinda Sánchez Ramírez, director of immunology and imuno therapy at the Center for Molecular Immunology in Havana, say this phrase a few months ago in Brussels during the sessions of the International Tribunal Against the Blockade (more…)

Worldwide Defense of the People of Gaza

By Ramón Pedregal Casanova on February 6, 2024

photo: Bill Hackwell

The attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was prepared for when the International Court of Justice announced their decision. The Zionazis knew that they were going to be condemned based on the facts, there were not going to be opinions or particular interpretations, only facts, and so it was. (more…)

Spending MLK Day in Cuba

By Mark Ginsburg on February 7, 2024

MLK Center in Havana

A country the US still calls ‘terrorist’ celebrates the legacy of a US civil rights leader (more…)

Argentina: Crisis for Milei as Austerity Bill Is Defeated 

By Otto Fors and R.F.Landers on February 7, 2024

photo: Enfoque Rojo

This week in Argentina, members of congress voted on the highly repressive Omnibus Bill proposed by far-right president Javier Milei. After a general strike and four days of massive mobilizations, the bill was withdrawn. It’s a huge victory for the working class and the movement in the streets. (more…)

Dawn is Breaking Out All Over and the World is Waking Up

By Vijay Prashad on February 8, 2024

On 2 February 2024, the people of Venezuela celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. On that day in 1999, Hugo Chávez took office as the president of Venezuela and began a process of Latin American integration that – because of US intransigence – accelerated into an anti-imperialist process. (more…)

“Keep Fighting”: Leonard Peltier’s Message to Supporters on 48 Years Since Arrest

February 6, 2024

Leonard Peltier has been unjustly imprisoned for 48 years on this day. In this letter, he reflects on the anniversary of his incarceration and calls upon all to “keep fighting”. (more…)

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