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Mexico: The Supreme Court of Justice Makes a Historic Decision in Favor of the Referendum

La Jornada, Editorial on October 2, 2020

Mexico National Supreme Court of Justice building, Photo: Víctor Camacho

The Upper Chamber of the National Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico, with six of the 11 court justices voting in favor, approved the constitutionality of the general  public (more…)

How Ecuador’s Democracy is being Suffocated

By Vijay Prashad and Pilar Troya Fernández on October 1, 2020

UNES’ presidential ticket, Andrés Arauz and Carlos Rabascall, Photo: Twitter

A recent poll showed that if Andrés Arauz Galarza were allowed to run in Ecuador’s presidential election of 2021, he would win in the first round with 45.9 percent of the vote. The pollsters (more…)

The Microscopic Virus that Threatens the Most Powerful Man in the World

 By Patricio Zamorano on October 2, 2020

Of course, it is impossible to think of a greater irony than the one that emanated like wildfire in the early morning hours today from Donald Trump’s Twitter account. After months of (more…)

UN Report on Venezuela Omits the Greatest Violation of Human Rights: US Aggression

By Leonardo Flores on October 2, 2020

Fundalatin President María Eugenia Russián outside of the United Nations.

On September 23, María Eugenia Russián, president of Fundalatin, Venezuela’s oldest human rights organization, testified to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and decried (more…)

During Bolsonaro’s First Year in Office, 113 Indigenous People Were Murdered

By Pedro Rafael Vilela on September 30, 2020

Sonia Guajajara, well known indigenous community leaders in Brazil. Photo: Mídia Ninja

Confirming all expectations, the first year of the Jair Bolsonaro government was marred by a significant rise in all sorts of violence against indigenous people in Brazil. A report (more…)

Criminal Obsession

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on October 1, 2020

“The people who suffer most are the ordinary Cubans”, Photo: Bill Hackwell

“Criminal Obsession” is a well-known horror movie and is also the stage where the Trump administration is occupied regarding Cuba. The U.S. government struck again at the Cuban (more…)

Counter-Revolutionary Frenzy in the US

By Ángel Guerra Cabrera October 1, 2020

Recipients of Washington’s war against Venezuela, Photo: Bill Hackwell

The latest economic attacks and other horrifying maneuvers carried out by the United States against Venezuela and Cuba have an unmistakable electoral stink about them. The 29 (more…)

US’ Failure to Recognize Cuba’s Medical Efforts during Covid is Due to an Innate Fear of Linking Socialism with Anything Positive

 By Dan Kovalik on September 29, 2020

Photo: Abel Rojas Barallobre

As clamor grows for Cuban doctors to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their international work during the pandemic, the US continues to oppose their efforts. It cannot be seen to endorse (more…)

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