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Largest Greenland Protest Ever Tells Trump ‘We are not for Sale!’

By Tina Landis on March 17, 2025

Scenes from the March 15 protest. Liberation News collage

Climate change is opening up previously untapped resources for extractivist industries to exploit in the Arctic region, which has experienced a temperature increase twice the global average with record loss of summer sea-ice cover and more frequent and intense extreme weather events. (more…)

The Israeli Government Chooses to Sacrifice Prisoners in Gaza

March 18, 2025

The government of Israeli occupation prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen to sacrifice the lives of prisoners by resuming bombing of the Gaza Strip. (more…)

Yes, They Are Still Terrorists

By Alina Perera Robbio on March 18, 2025 from Havana

Boss, we’ll put Cuba on the list of terrorist countries. But first I will wash my hands. image: Jorge

The unilateral list of the US State Department, which designates Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, “has absolutely no international backing, is not associated with any of the multilateral mechanisms in the fight against terrorism, and much less with Cuba’s performance in the fight against terrorism”. (more…)

Venezuelans Demand the Release of Migrants Deported to El Salvador

March 17, 2025

Migrants in the CECOT prison in El Salvador, March 16, 2025. X/ @bechamilton

On Sunday, the Venezuelan government and people strongly rejected the deportation of 238 Venezuelans from the United States to El Salvador, where the migrants are subjected to mistreatment and imprisoned under inadequate conditions. (more…)

Nicaragua Ranks Highest in Gender Equity in the Americas

March 15, 2025 from Managua Nicaragua

Power and Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua; delegation attending for International Women’s Day

Nicaragua Ranks Highest in Gender Equity in the Americas and #6 Globally, According to the World Economic Forum, So Why Are They Under Sanctions? (more…)

Venezuela: Over 5 Million People Have Nominated Candidates for May 25 Elections

By Olys Guárate on March 16, 2025

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is also the president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), announced that over 5 million Venezuelans have participated in grassroots assemblies by 6:00 PM Saturday to nominate candidates for the May 25 elections. (more…)

UPEC Stands in Solidarity with its Argentinean Colleagues

March 14, 2025

From the Union of Cuban Journalists on Cuban Press Day, 133 years after José Martí gave life to the newspaper Patria

Argentina is in the streets. The Milei-Bullich regime is beating and gassing pensioners and those who support them in their just demands. (more…)

Landless Workers’ Movement Pressures the Government with Occupations in Brazil

By Carolina Bataier on March 14, 2025 in Sao Paulo

Protestors denounce problems caused by eucalyptus monoculture including aerial spraying of pesticides and concentration of ownership. Photo Grabriela Moncau

A series of actions on Thursday  led by women from Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST, in Portuguese) increased the pressure on the Lula government (Workers’ Party) to push agrarian reform policies forward. (more…)

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