RHC edit by Ed Newman on August 24, 2024
Chilean election observers in Venezuela
The Chilean observers who participated in the Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28th have delivered a letter to their country’s head of state, Gabriel Boric, rejecting his statements about the elections. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti, Resumen Latinoamericano, August 21, 2024
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If we wanted to summarize the mechanisms of “cognitive warfare”, which aims to condition the brain through the manipulation of emotions, we could speak of the “three C’s”: Convince, Confuse, Coopt, consolidate fake news in the common perception. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on August 24, 2024
The Bolivarian process continues in Venezuela, photo: Bill Hackwell
Washington’s intent was not to encourage a free and fair democratic process, but to delegitimize the one already in place. (more…)
By Hernando Calvo Ospina on August 20, 2024 from Paris
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Everything seems to indicate that Karla Josefina Velazquez Figuera is under investigation. This woman, of Venezuelan origin and resident in Mexico, is currently the director of the ‘Cuba Program’ at the National Democratic Institute, (NDI), although she has been allowed to act against the governments of Nicaragua and Venezuela. (more…)
By Ricardo Vaz on August 22, 2024
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Today the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) has concluded its review of the July 28 presidential elections in the Caribbean country. Venezuela’s maximum judicial authority has now officially ratified President Nicolás Maduro’s victory to secure a third term that will run from January 10, 2025, to January 10, 2031. (more…)
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies on August 21, 2024
DNC delegates unfurl banner during Biden’s speech at the DNC. photo: Esam Boraey
An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize that their country is on the brink of direct involvement in major wars with Russia and Iran, either of which could escalate into World War III. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on August 22, 2024
José Chávez Morado (Mexico), Carnival in Huejotzingo, 1939.
Unwilling to accept election results in Venezuela, the OAS, led by the US, passed a resolution essentially asking the country to violate its own election laws. Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the US in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes, a reflection of the contradictions confronting the current progressive cycle of governments and weakness of the left in Latin America today. (more…)
By Luciana Bertoia on August 20, 2024
Estela de Carlotto demands the expulsion of the six deputies who went to take pictures with those who committed genocide. photo: Guadalupe Lombardo
The President of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto repudiates the government’s decision to eliminate the investigation unit that operated within the Conadi, and says the search for the grandchildren will not stop, and she also affirm that the deputies who went to be photographed with the repressors in prison should be thrown out of Congress. (more…)