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Renowned Hacker Claims Responsibility for Cyber-Attack against Venezuela and CNE

by Ana Perdigón on August 24, 2024

The renowned cybercriminal known as ASTRA has confessed to having participated in the hacking of the National Electoral Council (CNE) and in multiple cyber attacks against Venezuela, in order to destabilize the government of President Nicolás Maduro. (more…)

AMLO and Sheinbaum Rebuke US Ambassador after Judicial Reform Criticism

August 23, 2024

The president characterized Salazar’s criticism of his judicial reform proposal as “imprudent” and disrespectful. (Lopezobrador.org.mx)

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rebuked United States Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar on Friday, asserting that the diplomat’s statement on the federal government’s judicial reform proposal was “unfortunate, imprudent” and demonstrated a “lack of respect.” (more…)

Chilean Election Observers Reject Statements by Gabriel Boric on Venezuelan Elections

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…)

Venezuela: Convince, Confuse, Co-opt, the “three C’s” of War Propaganda

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…)

How the US Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election

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…)

Cuban “Opposition”, a Money-Stealing Factory

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…)

Venezuela: Supreme Court Delivers Electoral Review Verdict, Confirms Maduro Victory

By Ricardo Vaz on August 22, 2024

Photo: TSJ Venezuela/X

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…)

The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns

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…)

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