March 26, 2024
protestors against Kamala Harris take down US flag. photo: Yanina Arias
On Friday, March 22, Kamala Harris marked her first visit to Puerto Rico since becoming Vice President of the United States to attend a Democratic Party fundraiser, and was met with mass protests. (more…)
By Andrés Figueroa Cornejo on March 23, 2024
photo: Andrés Figueroa Cornejo
Along the Alameda, the main artery of Santiago de Chile, and from the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center to Plaza Los Héroes, humanity marched today in solidarity with the cause of the people of Palestine to demand that the Boric administration break diplomatic, commercial and military relations with Israel. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 25, 2024 from Havana
Arlene Rodriguez moderates the first Desde la Presidencia
The Cuban people are not alone. When on March 17, citizens from some areas of Santiago de Cuba took to the streets against the long hours of blackouts and the lack of food in the country, President Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke before the national cameras and assured that their demands, are being heard. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 24, 2024
This week, a new march of indigenous and peasant movements went out from the plains to the cities to condemn the abuses of the government and call for the defense of democracy and food sovereignty. Under heavy rain and with indigenous people and women at the forefront, on March 20 and 21, thousands of compatriots carried out the traditional and thirtieth demonstration of the Peasant, Indigenous and Popular March, with the slogan “For land and production, against all injustices”. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on March 24, 2024 from Buenos Aires
30,000 Alive in Truth! photo: Bill Hackwell
Hundreds of thousands are still in the streets here that lead to the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential palace. Since 2002 March 24, has been officially recognized and referred to as the National Day of Memory marking the beginning of the 1976 military coup that disappeared, tortured and murdered at least 30,000 people. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcón on March 24, 2024
With total cynicism, the U.S. government and its embassy in Havana tried to dissociate themselves from the real and deep causes that led to last Sunday’s popular protests in some Cuban neighborhoods. “The United States is not behind the protests and these accusations are absurd”, said the State Department spokesman, while the diplomatic legation urged the Cuban government to attend to “the legitimate needs of the Cuban people”. (more…)
By Valerio Arcary, Resumen Latinoamericano, March 22, 2024.
Lula
After the summer of 2024, the fate of the coalition government led by Lula remains uncertain. The evolution of the judicial investigations on the coup is cornering bolsonarismo, after the testimonies of the Army and Air Force commanders. But the extreme right maintains a counter-offensive after the neo-fascist avalanche on Paulista Avenue, seeking a position of strength in the streets to influence the Congress. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcón on March 23, 2024
AI created image
In a dispute in which veteran contenders fail to win the approval of majorities, Artificial Intelligence aims to be the real star of the US election show this 2024. (more…)