By Berta Joubert-Ceci on November 3, 2024 from Puerto Rico
This first week of November, here in Puerto Rico, one can feel an atmosphere of both nervousness and profound hope for change. Next Tuesday, November 5th, general elections will be held, and everything indicates that it will be a historic process. (more…)
By Juana Carrasco Martín on November 2, 2024 from Havana
graphic: Ares
This Tuesday, November 5, it is to be decided who will take over the administration of the empire from the White House. The bidding reaches its climax, but not much will change in the general political lines. The main contenders are only two sides of the same coin. (more…)
By John Perry on November 2, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. (more…)
By William Leogrande on November 1, 2024
graphic: Felix Azcuy
From the early 1980s until President Barack Obama announced his intention to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations ten years ago on December 17, 2014, Cuban-American voters in South Florida wielded a virtual veto over U.S. policy toward Cuba. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on November 1, 2024
Gonzalez and Machado, winners of the Sakharov Prize. photo: Cristian Hernandez/Euronews
The world’s peoples recoil in shock over the previously unimaginable barbarity of the US/Zionist assault on Palestine. The European Parliament is not impervious to what is transpiring. On the contrary, the body normalizes the cruelty by awarding its highest human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, to dissident Venezuelan genocide supporters. (more…)
October 31, 2024
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On the morning of Sunday, October 27, former Bolivian president Evo Morales was targeted in an assassination attempt while driving between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. A group of men without uniforms opened fire at two cars, injured one of the drivers, and nearly hit the former president. (more…)
By David Brooks on October 30, 2024
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has been inviting big stars to her campaign events like Bruce Springsteen. photo: Afp
Politics as spectacle or spectacle as politics? In the final stretch of the electoral race in the United States, spectacle prevails, but not only as manipulation, but in response to a reality: in this country, where politicians and democratic institutions -from Congress, the presidency, the courts and even the media- have dismal approval ratings, candidates have to resort to figures with greater credibility than themselves. (more…)
October 30, 2024
Once again the US along with Israel, its partner in genocide against the Palestinian people, were just about alone against the annual vote condemning the blockade of Cuba at the UN.
In a strong statement from the General Assembly of the United Nations, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned the economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States, reaffirming Venezuela’s unwavering support for the Caribbean island. On this occasion, 187 countries joined together to demand the lifting of sanctions that severely affect the Cuban people. (more…)