By Geraldina Colotti on October 11, 2022
Hundreds rally in front of the Department of Justice in Washington DC against the extradition of Julian Assange. Photo: SLL
Julian Assange and Alex Saab, a journalist and a diplomat. The first, awaiting extradition to the United States, the other kidnapped and held in a Florida prison, with contempt for international law. Two examples of the imperialist arrogance of the United States supported, in the case of Assange, by the British government, while in the case of Saab the kidnapping it occurred with the complicity of a dependent country, Cape Verde, incapable of saying “no” to the United States. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on October 11, 2022
On Sunday the inhabitants of the Venezuelan community of Las Tejerías lived through a sudden and devastating tragedy. After several days of heavy rains, the community located in the municipality of Santos Michelena, in the state of Aragua, suffered landslides in 21 sectors of the area, leaving dozens of homes and families buried under the mud. (more…)
October 8, 2022
coup plotter Juan Guaido embraces OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro
On Thursday, October 6, 19 member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) voted in favor of a proposal to expel Juan Guaidó’s representative Gustavo Tarre Briceño from the OAS General Assembly held in Lima, Peru. The proposal, presented by Antigua and Barbuda, was supported by 19 member countries of the OAS, while four voted against it, and nine abstained. (more…)
October 10, 2022
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (REDH) expresses its deepest solidarity with the Venezuelan people and government for the catastrophe of Las Tejerías – Aragua State. (more…)
By Natalia Marques on October 8, 2022
NYC Mayor Eric Adams holds press conference to declare a state of emergency. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office
On October 7, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency in the city, claiming that since April, over 17,000 asylum seekers have been transported from the southern border of the United States to NYC. These migrants are from Latin America, seeking asylum from violence and extreme poverty, often caused by US imperialist economic policy. (more…)
By Erika Hernandez on October 9, 2022
Simón Bolívar International Bridge Photo: Telemedellín
On Friday, October 7, the new director of Migración Colombia, Fernando García Manosalva, announced new measures to facilitate the mobility of Venezuelans throughout the Colombia-Venezuela border area. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on October 9, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent tour in Latin America countries shows how important the region is to the US. Only four months after the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, the United States is once again reaching into the region, with each of the 3 stops having its unique characteristics. (more…)
By Gustavo Veiga October 9, 2022 from São Paulo
Fernando Morais
An interview with Fernando Morais, journalist, writer and biographer of Lula.
-Who is Lula for you?