The Biggest Obstacle to Free and Fair Elections in Venezuela is the US: Prospects for the Presidential Contest under Conditions of Blackmail

By Roger D. Harris on May 19, 2024

For all the hullabaloo about “free and fair elections” in Venezuela by the US government, its sycophantic corporate press deliberately ignores the elephant in the room – namely, the so-called sanctions designed to make life so miserable that the people will acquiesce to Washington’s plan for regime change. (more…)

Whatever Happened to Reversing Trump’s Cuba Policies?

By David Montgomery on May 16, 2024

May 1, Havana, Internationalists call for an end to the blockade of Cuba in front of the US embassy, photo: Bill Hackwell

After campaigning on reversing Trump’s regressive policies in the region, Cuban Americans are frustrated by the president’s subsequent passivity. (more…)

Cuba Has Never Stood Idly By

May 15, 2024 from Havana

Foto: Estudios Revolución

Interview granted by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, to Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish professor and journalist, at the Palace of the Revolution, on May 11, 2024, “Year 66 of the Revolution”. (more…)

Brazil: Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold

By Eric Nepomuceno on May 15, 2024

Initial estimates indicate that two billion dollars will be needed to recover what was destroyed in Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul, as the name implies, is the southernmost of the Brazilian states. It has an extensive border with Uruguay and, to a lesser extent, with Argentina and Paraguay. Its population oscillates, according to the institutes, between the fifth and sixth largest in Brazil. And it has the fourth largest economy in the country. (more…)

Mexican President Demands Suspension of US blockade against Cuba

May 14, 2024, Prensa Latina from Mexico City

My Country, Better Without the Blockade, photo: Bill Hackwell, Havana

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday reiterated his call to the United States to suspend the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, and applauded a recent decision on remittances to the Caribbean Island. (more…)

Venezuela on Alert Amid US Air Force Overflights in Guyana

By Aura Torrealba on May 13, 2024

Venezuelan Def. Minister Vladimir Padrino addresses the press at Miraflores Palace, Caracas. Photo: Manaure Quintero.

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino condemned the announcement of the deployment of US F-18 fighter jets in Guyana and said that the Venezuelan Integral Aerospace Defense System has been activated amid this threat and provocation. (more…)

US State Dept. Acknowledges Lie but Leaves Cuba on Sponsors of Terrorism List

By Randy Alonso Falcón on May 15, 2024

In a tacit acknowledgement that the lie is unsustainable, the U.S. State Department announced today that Cuba is not included in its 2023 report on countries that do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism. (more…)

U.S. and Cuba Join Voices for Greater Co operation in Agricultural Development

By Alejandra Garcia on May 14, 2024 from Havana

US – Cuba agricultural conference, photo: Abel Padrón Padilla

 This Monday, business people and politicians from the United States and Cuba began a new round of talks to identify potential agricultural businesses that contribute to food supply and nutritional security on both sides of the Straits of Florida. The U.S. blockade against Cuba hits every sector of the country’s economy hard, but most especially the agricultural sector. (more…)

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