The US is using “blackmail and coercion” to intensify the blockade, says Cuba
The White House’s decisions aim to energetically destroy an island already burdened by a US economic blockade. Several politicians and experts have warned that Trump’s decision could lead to a humanitarian crisis.
Right-wing triumphs in Costa Rica’s presidential race
Fernández has based her campaign on continuing the controversial neoliberal and conservative project of the current president, Rodrigo Chaves. The opposition fears a loss of freedoms under the justification of the fight against drug trafficking.
One month after the attack on Venezuela: the resurgence of imperialist “diplomacy”
One month after the attack, US authorities have resumed their imperialist rhetoric. Venezuelan authorities have been forced to change the historic course of the Venezuelan oil industry under threat of a second attack.
More than 20 dead and 50,000 evacuated due to fires in Chile
Authorities have not yet managed to control all the fires. Experts warn that drought, strong winds, aggressive human intervention in nature, and climate change have created a perfect scenario for disaster.
China and Russia reaffirm commitment to Cuba
Deprived of oil shipments following the US attack on Venezuela, Cuba has made moves to survive the economic blockade.
“Even though our weapons were smaller, we didn’t stop fighting”: the testimony of a Cuban combatant after the US attack on Venezuela
Yohandris Varona Torres, a Cuban combatant and survivor of the US attack on Venezuela, describes the events of January 3.
Bolivian government removes TeleSur from national television programming
Journalists and opposition politicians described the decision to remove TeleSur from national TV programming as censorship against alternative and critical journalism.
“The Yankee Empire is in irreversible decline”: Cubans respond to Trump’s threats
In the wake of the unilateral US attack on Venezuela, an emboldened empire has sought to intimidate and threaten other nations which threaten its total hegemony.