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Brazil: Lula at a Crossroads

By Valerio Arcary, Resumen Latinoamericano, March 22, 2024.

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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…)

Will Voters or Artificial Intelligence Decide the US Elections?

By Randy Alonso Falcón on March 23, 2024

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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…)

Cuba: The Fight against “The Perfect Storm”

By Geraldina Colotti, Resumen Latinoamericano, March 21, 2024.

May 1, 2022, Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell

Cuba is once again in the spotlight, in the center of a media pillory that periodically repeats itself with the same pattern: people protest, socialism has failed, the “dictatorship” does not respect human rights, etcetera. A script that, as historian Ernesto Limia writes in his book “Homeland and Culture in Revolution”, did not begin with the victory of the revolution, on January 1, 1959. (more…)

Venezuela: Why Nicolas Maduro is My Candidate

By Carola Chávez on March 20, 2024

Indigenous people in Delta Amacuro state of Venezuela hold posters that read “Maduro is my candidate” and “Hope is in the streets.” Photo: X/GobLizeta.

At first, Nicolás became my candidate because I knew that Chávez knew. And Chávez told us, in that heartbreaking moment, when we felt the ground opening beneath our feet, that Nicolás was the one who was going to lead us safely through the storm that Chávez did not doubt would come. (more…)

Democracy and Democratization – Palestine and Haiti

By Stephen Sefton on March 19, 2024

Haiti, photo: DW

The zionist genocide of the Palestinian people and the political and socio-economic crisis in Haiti both have their origins in their respective episodes of destructive foreign intervention in the first decades of the last century. Of course, the historical background also has some aspects in common. (more…)

Resumen Latinoamericano Presents Its Media Project at the III Colloquium “Patria”

By: Laura Mor on March 20, 2024 from Havana

Graciela Ramirez, editor of Resumen in Cuba. photo Yaimi Ravelo

The interactive room of Pabexpo was the appropriate scenario for the presentation of the international communication platform Resumen Latinoamericano, in the context of the third edition of the International Colloquium “Patria”. (more…)

What Do Cubans Really Need?

By Alejandra Garcia on March 19, 2024 from Havana

My Country, Better Without the Blockade. Photo: Bill Hackwell

This past Sunday, a group of Cubans took to the streets of Santiago de Cuba, in the east of the island, to show their dissatisfaction with the economic situation in the country. In recent weeks, fuel shortages have caused long hours of scheduled blackouts, especially in that city, which, along with food shortages and salaries strongly affected by inflation, have turned the daily life of Cubans into an odyssey of frustration. (more…)

NNOC Statement on Economic Crisis in Cuba

May 18, 2024

The economic crisis and unrest in Santiago de Cuba underscores the devastating impact of over 6 decades of illegal U.S. sanctions, the no-evidence-based designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and the inflationary financial manipulation which have led to shortages of fuel, electricity, and basic goods. (more…)

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