By Benjamin Norton on September 27, 2022
Denis Moncada
Nicaragua’s Sandinista government used its platform at the United Nations General Assembly to call for a global rebellion against the “imperialist and capitalist system” that is “bleeding the world dry.” (more…)
By John Philpot and Roger D. Harris on September 29, 2022
photo: Maria Isabel Batista
Ambassador Alex Saab, a victim of the US economic war to achieve regime change in Venezuela, has been under arrest for over two years. This article recounts the developments in the diplomat’s court case. Saab is fighting against his illegal detention and extradition before the 8th District Court in Miami. (more…)
By Jemima Pierre on September 28, 2022
It is an exhilarating time for the “leftists” of the Americas. This past week, at the 77th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, leader after Latin American leader made grand statements against U.S. and Western imperialism, the hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy, the violations of human rights, and the West’s assault on the sovereignty of smaller nations. (more…)
By Soledad Cruz Guerra on September 27, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
When the threat of a third world war seems like a near danger, the 77th General Assembly of the UN has shown in most of the interventions of the member states the alarming situation of the planet and the non-existence of a culture of peace, despite the fact that the emergence of that organization was due to the need to rid the world of wars that prevent development, progress and welfare. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on September 27, 2022 from Havana
President Miguel Diaz Canel in Pinar Del Rio this morning. photo: Estudios Revolución
Update: We sent this out last night and since then the entire country of Cuba is without electricity after a failure in the national grid. Reports are saying that 2 people have died from the storm in Pinar Del Rio and flooding is occurring in Mayabeque, Artemisa, Havana and Pinar Del Rio Provinces. Currently we are out of contact with our correspondents who live there. -Editorial. Since last night, Hurricane Ian began to hit Cuba’s western provinces, especially La Isla de la Juventud (Youth Island) and Pinar del Rio, the province where it landed at 3:25 AM. Ian, a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, made landfall in the town of La Coloma, San Luis municipality on the southern coast of Pinar del Rio. (more…)
By Tanya Wadhwa on September 27, 2022
Since August 22, Haitians have been mobilizing against poverty, inflation, shortage of fuel, gang-related violence, and the devaluation of the national currency. Photo: Radyo Rezistans
Thousands hit the streets in Haiti once again on Monday, September 26, protesting amid the economic, political and social crisis in Haiti, demanding the resignation of de-facto Prime Minister and acting President Ariel Henry. (more…)
September 26, 2022
Tran Duc Thang, of the Communist Party of Vietnam, addresses 200 delegates from political parties of 30 countries at the international conference of “Political parties and a new society” photo: VNA
Within the framework of the XXVI Seminar of Political Parties and a New Society, held in Mexico City from September 22 to 24, 2022, seventy-three organizations from the 30 countries present, unanimously expressed their solidarity with the People of Puerto Rico. They also accused both the Puerto Rican colonial administration and the United States government for causing the material conditions that have made a Category 1 hurricane like Fiona cause so many tragedies to the people, a large part of which is without electricity or water. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia, 8am, September 26, 2022, from Havana
photo: Granma
Cuba dawned today with great expectation for the long-awaited news: The Family Code will be law, after the majority of Cubans supported the document during the popular Referendum held on Sunday. (more…)