By Ramón Pedregal Casanova on February 6, 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
The attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was prepared for when the International Court of Justice announced their decision. The Zionazis knew that they were going to be condemned based on the facts, there were not going to be opinions or particular interpretations, only facts, and so it was. (more…)
By Mark Ginsburg on February 7, 2024
MLK Center in Havana
A country the US still calls ‘terrorist’ celebrates the legacy of a US civil rights leader (more…)
By Otto Fors and R.F.Landers on February 7, 2024
photo: Enfoque Rojo
This week in Argentina, members of congress voted on the highly repressive Omnibus Bill proposed by far-right president Javier Milei. After a general strike and four days of massive mobilizations, the bill was withdrawn. It’s a huge victory for the working class and the movement in the streets. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on February 8, 2024
On 2 February 2024, the people of Venezuela celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. On that day in 1999, Hugo Chávez took office as the president of Venezuela and began a process of Latin American integration that – because of US intransigence – accelerated into an anti-imperialist process. (more…)
February 6, 2024
Leonard Peltier has been unjustly imprisoned for 48 years on this day. In this letter, he reflects on the anniversary of his incarceration and calls upon all to “keep fighting”. (more…)
By John Perry on February 6, 2024
Why do United Nations human rights bodies focus on some countries, but not others? Why do organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International appear to ignore important evidence presented to them? And why do the media repeat stories of human rights abuses without questioning their veracity? (more…)
February 5, 2024
Evo Morales and Gustavo Petro
Evo Morales has added his support to the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, in the face of an “attempted judicial coup” and has accused the U.S. of promoting these types of judicial coups in Latin America. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 6, 2024
Bukele’s re election celebration
This Sunday, candidate for re-election Nayib Bukele proclaimed himself president of El Salvador with just 30 percent of the votes counted. “This has been an overwhelming victory, in which we have received more than 85% of the votes,” said the president, 42, amid claims of irregularities, violations of democracy, and problems with the vote count. (more…)