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The North American Leaders’ Summit: Real Change or Just Talk

By Gustavo A Maranges on January 12, 2023

Biden, AMLO, Trudeau photo: China Daily

The North American Leaders’ Summit recently ended in Mexico City with several analysts giving it a positive spin. The meeting took place in harmony, which not only speaks of the diplomatic efforts to avoid including the thorniest issues on the agenda but also of the respect, although begrudgingly, that the United States and Canada must have towards the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). (more…)

Lula: In the Face of the Coup and the Importance of Popular Mobilization

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…)

Alicia Jrapko Presente! Now and Always..

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…)

Washington’s “Democracy Promotion” Spectacularly Fails in Venezuela

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…)

Colombia: Vice-President Denounces Assassination Attempt with Explosives

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…)

Cuba: Searching for Julio Antonio Mella, 94 Years after his Assassination

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…)

Statement by Ana Belen Montes after Her Release from Prison

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.

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Cuba: Biden should go Straight to the Problem Instead of Playing Around

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…)

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