By Mision Verdad on December 5, 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump and his pick for US secretary of state, Marco Rubio Photo: Interferencia.
Last week, articles in two highly influential US publications, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Foreign Affairs, highlighted key movements within the US political and economic spectrum regarding Venezuela. Both articles outlined how certain sectors are promoting a more pragmatic approach towards Venezuela for Donald Trump’s new presidential term in 2025. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcon on December 3, 2024
The moral rottenness of the empire is increasingly visible. Orgies in the elite, judicial scandals, political circuses. Little decency is left in Washington. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on December 5, 2024
The National Electric System (SEN) is working today with all its equipment available, according to a notice from the Minister of Energy and Mines of Cuba, Vicente de la O Levy.
“The SEN has been restored,” he wrote on the social network X shortly before concluding this Wednesday night. All the units that were in the process of starting up entered the system, he assured. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on December 4, 2024 from Havana
Biden and Netanyahu, the chain and the monkey. photo: AP
Last Wednesday, November 27, we were surprised by the news of a ceasefire agreement signed between Lebanon and “Israel”. It was announced by occupation minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a televised appearance alongside the still president Joe Biden, who made it from aside. According to the media, the invading state will not take military action against Lebanon and will withdraw its occupying soldiers within a maximum period of up to 60 days. (more…)
December 1, 2024
Venezuela President Maduro organizes solidarity conference with Palestine in Caracas
The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, said Friday that the Palestinian cause is the most just that humanity has today, during his speech at the International Conference in Solidarity with Palestine, which was held in Caracas. He went on to remind the audience that “it is not a time for cowards, it is a time for courage and permanent battle of resistance and progress.” (more…)
By Stephen Millies on December 3, 2024
Brenda Martinez, American Indian Activist Leonard Peltier’s niece, at a rally for Peltier’s release in front of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Fargo on June 20, 2024. Photo: Chris Flynn / The Forum
Mr. President, If you can pardon your son, why can’t you free the Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier?
The 80-year-old man, a leader of the American Indian Movement, has been imprisoned for 48 years. He suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, and a heart condition. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 3, 2024
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel leads the march in memory of the 8 student martyrs
This November 27, Cuba commemorated the 153rd anniversary of the execution of the eight medical students, an event that marked the history of our country. We never forget. This year, the pilgrimage march took place in Havana, where more than 80 thousand participants, mostly young students, joined the eternal homage to the martyrs who fell in 1871. The event highlighted the historical memory and the value of social and civic commitment among the new generations. (more…)
December 2, 2024
the disembarkation in Granma province, December 2, 1956
With a stem towards freedom, and sailing the sea in an epic voyage from Mexico to Cuba, 82 men aboard a small yacht starred -68 years ago today- in a disembarkation of rebellion and heroism that made the emancipation dream of a nation and its people be reborn. (more…)