June 3, 2024
Cubans support their country in the Plaza of the Revolution. photo: Bill Hackwell
The member states of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) supports Cuba’s right to build its own model without foreign interference and ratify that “the Cuban people and government have the right to build the political, social and economic model that they decide.” (more…)
By Manuel Pérez Rocha L. on June 3, 2024
Bukele begins his 2nd term on June 2. photo: Víctor Peña – El Faro
Last February, Nayib Bukele won the presidential elections in El Salvador by a wide margin; his party, Nuevas Ideas, also won 54 of the 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly, and the vast majority of the mayoralties. His power is now almost absolute. (more…)
June 1, 2024 from Havana
Norita Cortiñas with Pedro Pablo Prada, Cuba ambassador to Argentina
In Cuba they have also felt the passing of Norita Cortiñas, one of the first Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Founding Line, who were formed into a human rights organization by mothers of detainees-disappeared during the last Argentine military dictatorship. (more…)
By Michael Fox on May 30, 2024
Bertha Oliva posing in front of the photos of some of the 200 detained and disappeared. photo: Michael Fox
In Honduras, family members of the victims of state violence in the 1980s have been marching for 40 years to demand justice for the disappearance and death of their loved ones. Now, there’s a chance they may see reparations. An unprecedented bill that would provide compensation for the family members of the victims is working its way through Congress. (more…)
By Berta Joubert-Ceci on May 31, 2024 from Puerto Rico
A corporate sham to keep stealing from the people
The Citizen Victory Movement
As in many parts of Our America, in Puerto Rico we are also in an election process this year. Although the general elections are in November, this week the two colonial parties that have so far alternated the administration of the country, the Popular Democratic Party, or PPD that advocates the permanence of the colony under the guise of the Commonwealth, and the New Progressive Party (NPP) that advocates the incorporation of Puerto Rico into the United States, will hold primaries. (more…)
By Jorge Elbaum on May 31, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum campaigning in Mexico, photo: Xinhua
On June 2, elections will be held in Mexico, the second most populous state in Latin America and the Caribbean, with around 130 million inhabitants. Another 11 million Mexicans live in the United States. Of those around 98 million are eligible to choose between three candidates: (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez on May 28, 2024.
It all began in June 1966 when a general who came to believe he was a God thought that through a coup d’état he could perpetuate himself in power for decades. (more…)
By John Perry on May 30, 2024
When Nicaragua accused Germany of aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month, readers of corporate media might have seriously wondered whether Nicaragua’s case had any legitimacy. (more…)