August 11, 2022
Reading the letter at the Law School in the University of Brasília. Photo: Janelson Ferreira/MST
On Thursday August 11, tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in defense of free elections and against political violence and to launch the “Letter to Brazilians in defense of the Democratic State of Law”. The actions organized by the “Out Bolsonaro” campaign, a coalition of diverse people’s movements, trade unions, and civil society organizations, have estimated that actions were organized in at least 49 cities, (more…)
By David Brooks on August 15, 2022
photo: Evo Morales
The White House’s Western Hemisphere envoy told a forum in Cartagena last week that “40 years ago the United States would have done everything possible to prevent the election of Gustavo Petro,” and once someone like him was in power, “it would have done almost everything possible to sabotage his government. But those were Cold War policies, he argued, and today for the U.S. government, “ideology no longer matters”… but only if a government is “democratically elected and governs democratically”. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on August 14, 2022 from Havana
Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, greets the Colombian delegations. photo: Juvenal Balán
Last week in Havana, the Colombian government stated its willingness to resume peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN), having Cuba and Norway as the guarantors of the process. The announcement comes just four days after Gustavo Petro took office as President of Colombia. This is undoubtedly a sign of how important achieving “absolute peace” is for the new government. (more…)
August 13, 2013
Acteal, photo: Bill Hackwell
Twenty five years after the Acteal Massacre where 45 women and children were murdered, violence continues in the highlands of Chiapas against the indigenous communities. 500 years after the theft of the mineral rich lands of these communities began, the struggle continues with escalating violence. (more…)
By Hernán Ouviña on August 12, 2022
Hours before the official inauguration of the government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez after the triumph achieved last June 19, social organizations, peasant movements, Afro communities and indigenous peoples held, during the morning of August 6, a Popular and Spiritual Possession in the Tercer Milenio Park, located in the center of the capital of the country. “We have come together in this important scenario with the objective of fertilizing the ground for the construction and constitution of the Popular Power, which allows the practical exercise of a political, economic and cultural sovereignty within the reach of all”, expressed the joint organization of the event. (more…)
By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet on August 13, 2022 from Havana
graphic by Ares
Fidel used to laugh a lot at the plans of his enemies “for the post-Castro era”. One day he said that while they were talking about that time, he was working for that time. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 11, 2022 from Havana
Fidel, photo: Roberto Chile
These days Cuba is recovering from an unprecedented fire, which has kept Matanzas, the whole island, and especially rescuers, firefighters, and authorities on full alert since the night of August 5. The continuous explosions in one of the main oil storage facilities in the country left a trail of thick black smoke that covered the Havana sky for five days. It also left so far two deaths, 14 people missing, and over a hundred people injured. (more…)
By José Luis Granados Ceja on August 9, 2022
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro celebrated the inauguration of Gustavo Petro as president of Colombia, with leaders pledging to rebuild the long but fraught relationship between the two Caribbean countries. (more…)