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Mexican President Reiterates the Need to Lift Blockade on Cuba

December 3, 2024 from Mexico City

Claudia Scheinbaum, president of Mexico

Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated today the need to lift the economic blockades imposed by the United States on Cuba and Venezuela while speaking of the importance of addressing causes of the migration phenomenon. (more…)

Interview with Historic Activist Palestinian Leila Khaled:  ‘Surrender or Fight’

 By Lorenzo Santiago on December 6, 2024

Leila Kahlid speaking at a recent international solidarity conference with Palestine in Venezuela.

Leila Khaled is a historic activist for the liberation of the Palestinian people. At 80 years old, she continues to be active in promoting international collaboration with political organizations, popular movements and governments to denounce Israeli violence and broaden the struggle for the formation of the Palestinian state. (more…)

Argentina: Tucumán holds First Trial over Child Appropriation during Dictatorship

Buenos Aires Herald on December 3, 2024

Mario Navarro was born in 1976 and raised under a fake identity. His mother is still alive and they met in 2015

Tucumán province’s first trial over a child appropriated during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship kicks off on Tuesday, December 3. The case has Mario Navarro at its center — a man born in captivity in 1976 while his mother was illegally detained. He was stolen from her and raised under a new identity in another province. (more…)

US Intensification of Sanctions against Venezuela is Fraught with Obstacles

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…)

A Couple of Shots of Imperial Audacity

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…)

Cuba’s National Electric System Restored

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…)

Playing with the Chain and not with the Monkey

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…)

Venezuela: International Conference in Solidarity with Palestine

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…)

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