By Irene León and José Agualsaca on October 11, 2022
flower farmers march in Quito
A neoliberal ‘redesign’ of the State is underway in Ecuador, activated since 2017 through different surreptitious tactics, especially “lawfare”, known for resorting to judicial and media plots as ruses to reverse alternative projects. Also on the scene are different expressions of authoritarianism, which are con-substantial to the pursuit of the neoliberal model, to impose the dominance of the market over the interests of society. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on October 13, 2022 from Havana
Cuban President Diaz Canel, helps remove Hurricane Ian debris in Pinar del Rio, photo: Alejandro Azcuy Dominguez
Fifteen days after the passage of Hurricane Ian through western Cuba, authorities, technicians, neighbors, and entire communities are continuing to work tirelessly to reestablish the services most demanded by the population, and much remains to be done. This territory is today the epicenter of the recovery efforts amid the devastation and pain. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on October 13, 2022
Brazil goes to the 2nd round.
Only fifteen days after the first round of the presidential election in Brazil, the political scenario of the South American giant is becoming increasingly complex. The first election result has undoubtedly encouraged the ultra-conservative and ultra-right forces following Jair Bolsonaro. (more…)
By Tanya Wadhwa on October 12, 2022
Photo: Radyo Rezistans
On Monday October 10, under the banner of “Down with Ariel Henry, Down with the Foreign Occupation,” hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets across the country against a resolution passed by de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry, requesting the international community to send armed help to resolve gang-related crisis in Haiti. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on October 11, 2022
Hundreds rally in front of the Department of Justice in Washington DC against the extradition of Julian Assange. Photo: SLL
Julian Assange and Alex Saab, a journalist and a diplomat. The first, awaiting extradition to the United States, the other kidnapped and held in a Florida prison, with contempt for international law. Two examples of the imperialist arrogance of the United States supported, in the case of Assange, by the British government, while in the case of Saab the kidnapping it occurred with the complicity of a dependent country, Cape Verde, incapable of saying “no” to the United States. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on October 11, 2022
On Sunday the inhabitants of the Venezuelan community of Las Tejerías lived through a sudden and devastating tragedy. After several days of heavy rains, the community located in the municipality of Santos Michelena, in the state of Aragua, suffered landslides in 21 sectors of the area, leaving dozens of homes and families buried under the mud. (more…)
October 8, 2022
coup plotter Juan Guaido embraces OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro
On Thursday, October 6, 19 member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) voted in favor of a proposal to expel Juan Guaidó’s representative Gustavo Tarre Briceño from the OAS General Assembly held in Lima, Peru. The proposal, presented by Antigua and Barbuda, was supported by 19 member countries of the OAS, while four voted against it, and nine abstained. (more…)
October 10, 2022
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (REDH) expresses its deepest solidarity with the Venezuelan people and government for the catastrophe of Las Tejerías – Aragua State. (more…)