By Lucas Estanislao on July 16, 2024
Claudia De la Cruz, presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).
For Claudia De la Cruz, the concern is that the attack on Trump’s rally will bring more repression to the left
Violence has always been at the heart of how the United States makes policy, whether internally or externally, from the massacres of original populations and minorities to the two-party system that favors economic power and alienates the people. (more…)
By Rick Sterling on July 16, 2024
On July 19, Nicaraguans will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution
When the Monroe Doctrine was declared, in 1823, it was aimed at European colonial powers. It told them to butt out: the US “sphere of influence” included all of Latin America and the Caribbean. During the past two centuries,virtually every Latin American and Caribbean country has had to endure US intervention and interference in their internal affairs. The coups, political manipulation and aggression directed by Washington have been relentless. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on July 15, 2024
Rally for Maduro in Carabobo on July 11
The future of Venezuela’s 25-year-old socialist movement will be decided in the upcoming July 28 election. Venezuelans will go to the polls knowing that a vote for incumbent President Nicolás Maduro means no relief from US unilateral coercive measures. (more…)
By Steve Ellner on July 10, 2024
María Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
With all the hype over María Corina Machado being the only real hope for Venezuela to overcome 25 years of autocratic rule, the mainstream media loses sight of several key factors surrounding the nation’s presidential elections slated for July 28. First, the U.S. has played a central role in favor of Machado’s candidacy and, once it was clear that the government of Nicolas Maduro would not allow her to run, Washington backed the notion that she had the right to choose who would represent the so-called united democratic opposition at the polls. (more…)
By Jill Clark-Gollub on July 11, 2024
Migrants at border wall waiting to surrender to immigration officials in El Paso, TX, March 25, 2024. Photo: Reuters/Adrees Latif.
The Republican party has been waging a blatantly racist campaign to criminalize migrants. Instead of pushing back on that narrative, the party that purports to be for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Democrats) is exploiting this racist anger to discredit a country it has targeted for regime change—Nicaragua—apparently for not sufficiently suppressing the rights of migrants. (more…)
Por Alejandra García y Bill Hackwell el 14 de julio de 2024
El expresidente Donald Trump fue herido de bala y leve durante un mitin ayer en Pensilvania. Las imágenes de esos segundos de caos han dado la vuelta al mundo, con fotos del rostro ensangrentado del expresidente, herido en la oreja derecha; dos centímetros a la izquierda y este sería un artículo diferente. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 14, 2024
Former President Donald Trump was shot and slightly wounded during a rally yesterday in Pennsylvania. The images of those seconds of chaos have circled the globe, with photos of the bloodied face of the former president, who was wounded in his right ear; two inches to the left and this would be a different article. (more…)
By Berta Joubert-Ceci on July 12, 2024 from Puerto Rico
workers picketing at Suiza Dairy
In Puerto Rico, being a colony, each of our struggles has several ramifications and consequences. A simple strike conflict can become a real national conflict. This is the case of the strike of the Suiza Dairy workers who have been demonstrating since June 11. (more…)