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Venezuelans Demand the Release of Migrants Deported to El Salvador

March 17, 2025

Migrants in the CECOT prison in El Salvador, March 16, 2025. X/ @bechamilton

On Sunday, the Venezuelan government and people strongly rejected the deportation of 238 Venezuelans from the United States to El Salvador, where the migrants are subjected to mistreatment and imprisoned under inadequate conditions. (more…)

Nicaragua Ranks Highest in Gender Equity in the Americas

March 15, 2025 from Managua Nicaragua

Power and Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua; delegation attending for International Women’s Day

Nicaragua Ranks Highest in Gender Equity in the Americas and #6 Globally, According to the World Economic Forum, So Why Are They Under Sanctions? (more…)

Venezuela: Over 5 Million People Have Nominated Candidates for May 25 Elections

By Olys Guárate on March 16, 2025

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is also the president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), announced that over 5 million Venezuelans have participated in grassroots assemblies by 6:00 PM Saturday to nominate candidates for the May 25 elections. (more…)

UPEC Stands in Solidarity with its Argentinean Colleagues

March 14, 2025

From the Union of Cuban Journalists on Cuban Press Day, 133 years after José Martí gave life to the newspaper Patria

Argentina is in the streets. The Milei-Bullich regime is beating and gassing pensioners and those who support them in their just demands. (more…)

Landless Workers’ Movement Pressures the Government with Occupations in Brazil

By Carolina Bataier on March 14, 2025 in Sao Paulo

Protestors denounce problems caused by eucalyptus monoculture including aerial spraying of pesticides and concentration of ownership. Photo Grabriela Moncau

A series of actions on Thursday  led by women from Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST, in Portuguese) increased the pressure on the Lula government (Workers’ Party) to push agrarian reform policies forward. (more…)

Cuba: A Feat by Doctors in Cienfuegos in the Midst of a Blackout

March 15, 2025

On Friday night Cuba was hit by a national blackout at around 8:15 pm. “Apagones” are a daily feature of Cuban life but usually certain areas are hit at a time, but this event affected the entire island at once. The Ministry of Energy and Mines reported that some micro systems were now back up in some provinces. (more…)

Solidarity with the Argentine People against the Fascist Government of Milei and Bullrich

March 14, 2025

Milei’s storm troopers attack pensioners

We, the social organizations of the Alba-Movimientos, strongly condemn the brutal repression unleashed by the government of Javier Milei and his Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich  against pensioners, football fans and social organizations that mobilized peacefully to reject the neoliberal austerity to which the government of La Libertad Avanza is subjecting the Argentine people. (more…)

Ecuador Allies with U.S. Blackwater, Despite Their Record of Terror

By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on March 13, 2025

Notorious military contractor Erik Prince, meeting with Ecuador President Daniel Noboa, son of the richest person in the country.

Ecuador is preparing for the second round of presidential elections, marked by a strong background of drug trafficking violence, especially in the city of Guayaquil. President Daniel Noboa, candidate for reelection, announced that he was entering into a “strategic alliance” with Erik Prince, a controversial figure providing private paramilitary services and founder of the Blackwater firm. (more…)

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