By Alberni Poulot on September 16, 2024
photo: RL Argentina
In one of his emblematic “Aló Presidente” programs, Comandante Chávez told this story: “…I was listening to him for more than six hours, almost without interrupting him, a question, a commentary. A wise man. Do you know what Fidel told me? Well, I am going to tell you this because it is a criticism, but he is right, and I feel obliged to make it public. (more…)
By Jose Luis Granados Ceja on September 17, 2024
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello addresses the media in front of 400 seized firearms linked to an alleged assassination plot.
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello has reported the arrest of a US Navy SEAL alongside two Spanish citizens allegedly linked to intelligence agencies. The foreign citizens are accused of plotting to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking Venezuelan officials. (more…)
By Camilo Rengifo Marin on September 16, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro revealed in Armenia, Quindío, that a plan for a coup d’état is being forged, which has strong financing and would seek that the president of the Senate, Efraín Cepeda, businessman and politician of the Conservative Party, replaces him at the Casa de Nariño. (more…)
By Raphael Machado on September 16, 2024
Argentine Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, X/ @AlertaEcuador7
Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Venezuela, which were already tense due to differing expectations from the leadership of both countries, have become even more strained in recent days due to the debate surrounding the status of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 15, 2024
Thousands march in Tegucigalpa in support of the Xiomara Castro government.
The government of Honduran President Xiomara Castro is under siege. “A plot is being hatched against my government,” she warned at the end of the week, after announcing the government’s decision to cancel the extradition treaty with the United States, in force since 1912. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on September 14, 2024 from Havana
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks with Palestinian medical students in Havana. photo: Presidencia Cuba.
Cuban Government is offering an additional 200 fully-paid scholarships for Palestinian medical students to complete undergraduate and graduate education in the coming years. The announcement was made by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel when he received the ambassador of the State of Palestine, Dr. Akram Mohammad Samhan, who is finishing his diplomatic mission on the Caribbean island nation. (more…)
By Laura V. Mor on September 12, 2024 from Havana
The Cuban 5 soon after their freedom. Photo: Ismael Francisco
Twenty-six years ago today, those known worldwide as the Cuban Five heroes were unjustly detained by the FBI for defending Cuba’s sovereignty and preventing new terrorist attacks planned from the United States. (more…)
By Marc Vandepitte on September 13, 2024
Electoral parade in favor of Nicolás Maduro, July 26, 2024. Photo: REDH
Media manipulation is not only about what is said, but also about what is covered and what is not. The recent events in Venezuela are a good illustration of this. (more…)