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AMLO: With the Integration of Countries, Lies a Solution to the Migration Issue

January 5, 2024

Andres Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico Foto: PL

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized U.S. legislators for refusing to approve resources for the development of Latin America and, instead, focusing on a communication campaign to blame the Mexican administration for not stopping the migratory flow to the north. (more…)

Nearly 90,000 Killed, Wounded or Missing in Gaza Due to Israeli Aggression

January 6, 2024

Gaza authorities estimate that 22,600 Palestinians have died there since October 7

Almost 90,000 Palestinians, four percent of Gaza’s total population, have been killed, injured or are missing after three months of Israeli aggression against the territory, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor denounced on January 6. (more…)

Cuba’s Inclusion in U.S. Lists Seeks to Justify Economic Warfare

January 5, 2024

Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez

The repeated inclusion of Cuba in unilateral reports by the United States is connected to the need to justify its inhumane measures of encirclement and economic war against the island, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced today. (more…)

Terrorists in Cuba: Who are they and Who Sponsors Them?

By Beto Rodriguez on January 4, 2024

3478. the number of Cubans killed by US sponsored terrorism since the revolution.

On the afternoon of November 24, 2023, the U.S. Embassy in Cuba issued an alert to its citizens wishing to enter the island for “potential terrorist acts, demonstrations and acts of violence against the United States, its citizens and its interests.” (more…)

Guatemala: President-Elect Promises Radical Changes for the Country

By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on January 4, 2024

44% of the Guatemalan people are Mayan. photo: Bill Hackwell

Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country that is 44% Mayan and where more than 50 percent of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. (more…)

Argentina: The General Confederation of Labor Call for A General Strike against Milei’s Decree of Necessity and Urgency

By Stella Calloni on January 2, 2024

Argentina Preident Milei

The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) has called for a general strike and a march next January 24 to go before Congress in rejection of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) announced on January 20 by the ultra-right-wing President Javier Milei and which contains more than 300 measures that affect the workers and the people in general, (more…)

Cuba: Infant Mortality Rate Dropped to 7.1 per 1,000 Live Births in 2023

January 3, 2024

photo: Minsap

For Cuban children, all love and dedication is not enough. That is why translating the efforts and commitments of more than 400,000 health workers throughout the country into tangible results allowed Cuba to reduce its infant mortality rate to 7.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023. (more…)

More than 500,000 Migrants Crossed the Darien Gap in 2023

January 2, 2024

photo: John Moore

In 2023 more than 500,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap, the dangerous swampy jungle on the border between Colombia and Panama, the Panamanian Ministry of Public Security reported Monday on its networks. (more…)

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