By Alberto Garzon Espinosa on August 17, 2024
Greece, struggles to control dozens of fires across the country this August. photo: EFE/EPA/Yannis Kolesidis
We should not fool ourselves: there is a lot of social Darwinism here, that is, a way of understanding the world in which there are people who, if they were left over, nothing would happen.
The summer of 2023 left a tragic mark on Europe: almost 50,000 lives lost due to high temperatures, with Spain mourning 8,352 deaths, mostly women. These alarming figures, revealed by a study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, barely caused a stir in the media and social networks. Meanwhile, a frivolous conversation between two eccentric tycoons, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, grabbed public attention. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on August 17, 2024
The suggestion of a co-government with the U.S.-backed, coup-plotting far right is a disregard for Venezuelan rule of law. (more…)
August 16. 2024
President Maduro at today’s press conference.
Following declarations from the Brazilian and Colombian heads of state, Nicolás Maduro told the media that Venezuela is a sovereign country and the decisions about the country would be made by its institutions. (more…)
By Atilio Boron, Stella Calloni and Paula Klachko on August 16, 2024
Petro and Lula photo: AFP
Presidents Petro and Lula are proposing an unusual “transitional cohabitation government and new free elections” in Venezuela to calm their incomprehensible impatience to know the definitive results of the presidential election. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on August 15, 2024
The “senior official” who preferred to remain anonymous knows as well as all of us that what is needed to advance U.S. relations with Cuba is political will. In the Caribbean we call it “pants”.
Two days ago the U.S. publication Politico published an article entitled “Washington and Havana are stuck in a diplomatic impasse”, that compels us to make some clarifications. (more…)
August 15, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted Thursday on maintaining a “cautious position” on Venezuela, while continuing diplomatic talks with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro. (more…)
August 9, 2024
The National Lawyers Guild disputes repeated Carter Center press statements regarding the July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela. The Center issued a public statement less than 24 hours after the closing of the polls calling on the Venezuelan government to immediately publish the election results for each polling station across the country. (more…)
By Juan Samaniego. Resumen Latinoamericano, August 15, 2024.
Milei and Musk
The Argentine president’s reformist agenda seeks to eliminate environmental, social and human rights protection standards in order to attract foreign investment. Booming demand for lithium plays a key role in Milei’s new policy. (more…)