Latin America

The Aftermath Of 2019 Bolivian Coup

July 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia

by Yanis Iqbal, published on Countercurrents, June 10, 2020 Ever since the racist right-wing government of Jeanine Anez has assumed power, Bolivia is continuously experiencing politico-economic tumult. Recently, seven legislators of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) filed a complaint against the Ministers of Government and Defense, Arturo Murillo and Luis Fernando López, for misconduct in the purchase of riot gear equipments. As[…]

Post-Coup Covid-19 Report from Bolivia

July 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Counter Revolution, Indigenous peoples

from Resumen English, by Primera Linea, published July 21, 2020 Bolivia has surpassed the 61,000 person barrier of Covid-19 with more than 2,200 deaths in four distressing months of the pandemic. However, the official data only shows a small part of the reality, that which is used for inscrutable purposes. In the midst of this spiral of contagion that attacks[…]

Nicaragua – Virtual Reality and Human Rights

July 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Propaganda

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Sal, July 5th 2020 This is a well drawn example of a technique used over and over by the US and international ‘human rights’ machine to target governments and movements that are displeasing to the US agenda of global hegemony. We have seen it in repeatedly in reference to Yugoslavia, Syria and Ukraine. […]

Let the Rich Pay for the Crisis

July 6, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Economic Collapse, Latin America, Public Health

by Katu Arkonada, published on Resumen, July 4, 2020 After the economic crisis of 2008, there was a sector that not only recovered quickly but continued to grow exponentially, the luxury goods sector. While a large part of the population saw their social and labor rights cut back, the occupation of 5-star hotels, the sale of real estate by luxury[…]

Missing Perspective in Media: Iran/Venezuela Ties Are None of US’s Business

July 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Multipolar World, Propaganda, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Gregory Shupak, published on Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, June 10, 2020 The American state not only snuffs out lives by pressing knees to necks domestically, it also seeks to asphyxiate entire countries like Iran and Venezuela. When the US empire’s foes defy Washington’s dictates, corporate media willingly participate in drumming up a crisis over it—even when what’s at[…]

Latin American Leaders Support Call for Sanctions on Israel

July 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Israel, Latin America, Palestine, South Africa

Statement by the Palestinian BDS National Committee Ex-Presidents Dilma Rousseff, Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, José Mujica, Rafael Correa among 320 public figures supporting Palestinian call for sanctions to stop Israel’s annexation and apartheid. July 3, 2020 – Former Latin American Presidents Dilma Rousseff (Brazil), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Ernesto Samper (Colombia), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), José Mujica[…]

Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective Wins Legal Victory Before Hostile Judge

June 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

The sentencing of the final four from the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective marked another defeat for Juan Guaidó and his DC-based coup administration. Prior to handing it down, however, an Obama-appointed judge delivered an unhinged law-and-order tirade denigrating the defendants. By Anya Parampil On the morning of June 3, four U.S. citizens from the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective (EPC) who[…]

Federal Charges Against Four Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Dropped

June 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, Venezuela

by Embassy Protectors, published on Popular Resistance, June 3, 2020 Work to Oppose US Imperialism and Build International Solidarity Continues Washington, DC – The federal charge of “interfering with certain protective functions” levied against four members of the Embassy Protection Collective was formally dropped today in a hearing before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell in US District Court. The four[…]

The Social and Cultural Accomplishments of the Sandinista Model in Nicaragua

June 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Democracy, Nicaragua

by the Nicaraguan Government, published on TeleSUR English, May 29, 2020 In the entire history of Nicaragua, it is only with the two governments of the Sandinista Front, that the popular interests of the great majority, that are poor, have been prioritized. The strength of the Sandinista Model is based on characteristics and results. The characteristics are that the FSLN[…]

Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade

May 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Economics, Iran, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

By Kathy Durkin posted on Workers World, May 26, 2020 In an act of solidarity, Iran is sending a fleet of five tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of needed gasoline and related fuel products to Venezuela. On May 23 and 25, the first two ships traveled through the Caribbean Sea and entered Venezuelan territorial waters with a Venezuelan naval and[…]