Edited by Ed Newman on November 25, 2024
Monday marked eight years since the physical departure of the eternal Fidel Castro. From the steps of the University of Havana, Cubans — especially young people — paid tribute to the Commander, as a sign that his legacy remains here, in each of the people present and in so many others throughout Cuba and the world. (more…)
By John Perry on November 24, 2024
Nicaragua a threat? with the GDP of a small US city?
In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by his officials on November 22. He had to decide whether Nicaragua still poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”. Presumably he agreed that it does, because he renewed its status as a “national security threat” for a further year, repeating the designation that first began under the last Trump presidency. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on November 26, 2024
US President Joe Biden and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte meet at the APEC summit. photo: Presidencia del Perú
Between November 15 and 16, 2024, the government of Peru hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. This 21-country gathering that first started in 1989 brings together the major countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the major countries that ring the Pacific Ocean, including the United States and China. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on November 22, 2024.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro turns 62.
On November 23, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, celebrates one more year of his life, the sixty-second. A life dedicated, from a very young age, to the ideals of socialism, united to the multitude of young people, inspired by the October revolution and the subsequent ones. (more…)
November 23, 2024
The construction of three photovoltaic solar parks of Chinese technology, with a power of 21.87 megawatts (MW) each, is a priority in Ciego de Avila in view of the very high and continuous deficits of electricity generation that affect the economic and social life in the country. (more…)
November 24, 2024
President Maduro and Palestine youth Watan Jamil Alabed at the International Anti-Fascist Youth Congress.
The head of state of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, presided over the closing ceremony of the International Anti-Fascist Youth Congress this Saturday in Caracas. (more…)
November 23, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
Both the Biden administration and members of Trump’s nominees have unleashed a fury of threats against the leadership of the ICC for issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, the whole world knows that he has led a US sponsored genocide against the Palestinian people. Now the US is acting like international threatening gangsters protecting their main asset in the Middle East. The problem for them is that it is not just Colombia that has recognized the decision of the ICC, many of their allies in Europe have too. – editorial
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By José Ernesto Nováez on November 23, 2024
In addition to the economic cost, sanctions are also a tool that has a high human cost, much more difficult to measure. foto: Huele a Azufre
For decades, the United States and its Western allies have relied on economic sanctions as a tool for the political disciplining of countries and projects perceived as hostile to the established order. The effects of these policies, especially against smaller countries, are clearly visible. (more…)