By Clodovaldo Hernandez on July 2, 2024
Nicolás Maduro is often represented by Chavistas as a colorful rooster.
There are several unknowns around the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28, and everything seems to indicate that they will only be resolved on that day, when more than 21 million voters will be able to cast their ballots and decide whether to give President Nicolás Maduro six more years in office or opt for one of nine other presidential candidates in the race. (more…)
By Kevin Anibarro on July 2, 2024
photo: Fabián Restivo
On June 26, 2024, the Bolivian government suffered an attempted military coup d’état organized and orchestrated by dissident members of the Army, who, using tanks and other combat vehicles, forcibly entered the Palacio Quemado, positioning themselves in strategic places in the Plaza Murillo, in a clear coup against the democratic government of Luis Arce Catacora. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on July 1, 2024 from Havana
Cuban doctors
One of my favorite actors, Joaquin Phoenix, in the Hollywood blockbuster The Joker, had the memorable line:“Is it just me or is the world getting crazier and crazier? A lot of tension, people are angry. Times are tough.” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 30, 2024 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
More than half a century of blockade against the island and the economic crisis it brings as a consequence -which is worsening with successive White House administrations no matter if they are Democrat or Republican – the main reasons why Cubans emigrate, according to common knowledge here and confirmed by experts. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on June 28, 2024 from Havana
Last night, the much publicized debate between U.S. presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump finally took place. There will not be another one. (more…)
June 27, 2024
Coup attempt in Bolivia
While the governments of different countries and international organizations unanimously condemned the coup attempt in Bolivia, the U.S. showed a lukewarm reaction in which it avoided qualifying what happened in that way. (more…)
By Víctor Hugo Morales on June 27, 2024.
Alvaro Garcia Linares
Álvaro García Linera the former vice-president of Bolivia between 2006 and 2019 ruled out that yesterdays event was a “self-coup d’état” devised by President Luis Arce himself. In an interview today, he asks us to take the statements of the general accused for the uprising, Juan José Zúñiga, “as an inventory”. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 27, 2024
thousands fill the Murillo Plaza after failed coup attempt in La Paz.
It was not long before the legitimate Bolivian government of Luis Arce faced an attempted military coup led by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Juan José Zúñiga that it failed. The firm position of the president, the support of the workers’ organizations and the people, managed to stop the onslaught. (more…)