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Venezuela Denounces ‘Offensive’ BOLIVAR Act and US Recognition of González as ‘President-Elect’

By Andreína Chávez Alava on November 20, 2024 from Caracas

U.S. Congress, photo: Bill Hackwell

The Venezuelan government has strongly condemned the BOLIVAR Act, a new bipartisan legislation approved by the US House of Representatives aimed at tightening economic sanctions against the country. (more…)

G20 in Brazil: People’s Justice Tribunal against Imperialism

November 19, 2024

On the second day of the summit, the Landless Workers Movement dedicated the entire day to the work of a people’s tribunal against imperialism. The crimes recognized by this tribunal were the genocide of peoples, as exemplified by the massacre committed by the Zionist regime and its allies against the Palestinian people; (more…)

G20 Summit: Lula says Hunger and Poverty are Not the Result of Scarcity

November 18, 2024

Lula da Silva  receives Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, X/ @NachoRgz

“it is unacceptable that trillions of dollars are allocated to military expenditures.”

On Monday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva inaugurated the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Rio de Janeiro, emphasizing that eradicating hunger is essential to achieving a world at peace. He went on to say that it is unacceptable that trillions of dollars are allocated to military expenditures. (more…)

Aleida Guevara: On the US Elections, ‘The Same Dog with a Different Collar,’

Edited by Nathallia Fonseca on November 18, 2024

Aleida Guevara during the activity of the G20 in Rio de Janeiro. photo: Wellington Lenon/MST

Cuban Doctor Aleida Guevara’s interview with Brazil de Fato in the context of the G20

Following in the footsteps of her father, the Cuban Revolution guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida studied medicine in Cuba, specializing in pediatrics. (more…)

Solidarity Network in the US Ratifies the Struggle against the Blockade on Cuba

Edited by Ed Newman – RHC on November 18, 2024

NNOC meeting in Detroit Michigan

Representatives of more than 70 organizations of the National Network on Cuba in the United States (NNOC) concluded last night the annual meeting of this broad coalition with a call for the lifting of the blockade of the Caribbean country. (more…)

Cuba: Havana Turns 505 Years amid Recovery Efforts

By Alejandra Garcia on November 16, 2024

Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell

Today, Havana, the capital of all Cubans celebrates its 505th anniversary amidst tremendous efforts by society and the government to rebuild the city from the devastation caused by Hurricane Rafael. At the beginning of November, the category 4 meteorological event left a desolate panorama as it passed through the western part of the island. (more…)

Latin America School of Medicine: 25 Years of Defending Hope

By Yaima Puig Meneses on November 16, 2024

photo: Estudios Revolución

There are those who say that at the end of 1998 hope had abandoned Central America and the Caribbean: two tremendous hurricanes, George and Mitch, left a large number of fatalities and incalculable material damage in those towns, already hit by the pandemic of poverty. (more…)

Argentina is only Country in the World that Votes against Resolution to Eliminate Violence against Women

Edited by Ed Newman on November 15, 2024

Resolution to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls. photo: Bill Hackwell

Buenos Aires; The Government of Argentina voted Thursday against the resolution to “Intensify efforts in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, especially in the digital environment” at the United Nations (UN). (more…)

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