By David Brooks on March 6, 2024
resistance continues to send signals of hope, photo: Bill Hackwell
Seems that everything here is on the brink of disaster, that is the constant narrative in the political arena, in the media, in academia and in the arts. By the way, with the Oscars scheduled for next week, we can see if Oppenheimer wins and remember that the gift of that scientist and his team could soon be back in the hands of the irrational actor Trump in the role of Dr. Strangelove. (more…)
By Dolores Curia on March 9, 2024
We are a wave now but soon we will be a Tsunami, photo: Bill Hackwell
Yesterday I had the good fortune of attending this massive protest that filled the plaza in front of the Argentinian Congress; it was too packed to count. With the setbacks in the standard of living, erosion of rights and growing poverty, since the election of right wing Javier Milei, this action was a statement to show that a determined fight is on and it is led by women. The demonstration was at least 95% women and LGBTQ people of all ages. It was clear to me that the long struggle to get abortion rights into Argentine law in December 2020 was not about to go backwards just because of the arrival of this reactionary, anti abortion, anti human president. It is a lesson to the people of the US, who recently lost federal protection to abortion rights by a medieval Supreme Court, that a united struggle that stays in the streets and disallows business as usual is essential.– Editor, Resumen in English from Buenos Aires (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 7, 2024
Chavez – the heart of my country. Photo: Bill Hackwell
Venezuela is beginning the presidential election race as the country marks the passing of Comandante Hugo Chavez. The Venezuelan National Electoral Council issued the announcement on Tuesday, March 5, exactly 11 years after the Venezuelan leader’s death after losing his battle with cancer. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on March 7, 2024
illustration: Jamie Brown
During the current year, a great deal of energy is being invested in trying to predict who will be the winner of the presidential elections next November in the United States, which party will win the majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, allowing or not the President to have the necessary support to develop his agenda for the next four years. (more…)
By Carlos Eduardo Sanchez on March 2, 2024
Venezuelan 747 cargo jet belonging to Venezuela destroyed at a Florida airport. Photo: X/@AecioEscalante.
Venezuela’s vice minister of anti-blockade policies, William Castillo, condemned the US vandalization of the Venezuelan 747 cargo jet, owned by Conviasa’s EMTRASUR air cargo company, after the theft carried out by the United States in complicity with the government of Javier Milei in Argentina. (more…)
March 4, 2024
Télam workers at a protest. “Defending public media is defending national sovereignty”.
On the morning of March 4, the website of the national news agency, Télam, was shut down and inaccessible to workers with a notice that indicated “page under reconstruction.” The offices of Télam were also fenced off and with a security operation to ensure that no one is able to enter. (more…)
March 3, 2024
Israeli made planes during the Independence Day parade in Bogota. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced on Thursday the suspension of the purchase of war material from Israel in response to the attack that occurred that same day during the distribution of food in the Gaza Strip, which left more than 100 Palestinians dead. (more…)
By Jessica Corbett on March 2, 2024
“The Global South strikes again against the morally and politically decayed West,” said one supporter of the case. (more…)