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Anger as Miami Judge Rules Against Freedom for Alex Saab

by Staff at Fightback News, published December 27, 2022 Miami, FL – A Miami judge ruled against freedom for Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab on December 24. In a two-week-long hearing to determine Saab’s diplomatic status and his right to immunity from prosecution, Saab’s defense team presented stacks of evidence proving his status as a special envoy. The defense even used[…]

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Protests Spread in Peru Demanding President Pedro Castillo be Reinstated

by Abayome Azikiwe, published on Global Research, December 14, 2022 Unrest continued in the South American state of Peru after the December 7 impeachment of socialist President Pedro Castillo. The ousted leader remained in detention after an entire week of demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the former teacher and union leader who was just elected in a[…]

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Perú, Argentina, México: Lessons of Coups and ‘Lawfare’ in Latin America

by John Catalinotto, published on Workers World, December 13, 2022 Coup in Perú Dec. 7. “Lawfare” in Argentina Dec. 6. Confrontation in Mexico Nov. 27. In the past few weeks, Latin America’s reactionary elites, junior partners of U.S. and world imperialism, have challenged leftist elected officials in these three countries. These events illustrate what Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin[…]

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Daniel Ortega: “What We Are Faced With Is a Gang of Assassins”

by Daniel Ortega, published by Chicago Alba Solidarity, November 18, 2022 It’s great when the global south has a well informed, articulate and passionate spokesperson.  We need to listen to them in their own words on occasion.  Of course looking in this dark mirror can  be diquieting, but it is necessary all the same.  [jb] I want to conclude by[…]

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Latin America and the Caribbean – Between Cooperation and Intervention

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Salsa,  October 30, 2022 The military, economic, diplomatic and psychological war between the Russian Federation and NATO has revealed several weaknesses in the ability of the United States and its allies to maintain their dominance in the world. A remarkable fact has been that practically no government in Latin America and the Caribbean[…]

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U.S. Hybrid war Against Venezuela Goes to Court: The Case of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

by Roger Harris and John Philpot, published on Pressenza New York, October 3, 2022 As Venezuela’s special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the U.S. has flouted this principle of international law. Judicial overreach on[…]

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Advisor to late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Speaks in 3 Wisconsin Cities

by Ryan Hamann, published on FightBack News, November 7, 2022 Milwaukee, WI – Dozthor Zurlent, a lifelong political activist and one-time advisor to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has been touring the U.S. since mid-October talking about the achievements and the struggles of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. His trip has also raised the call to free Alex Saab,[…]

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What Worries the US Most About Lula

by  Steve Ellner, published on Consortium News, November 3, 2022 President Joe Biden kept a promise to Lula da Silva by congratulating him for “free, fair and credible” elections minutes after Sunday’s results declared Lula the winner over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Pundits have interpreted the Biden administration’s words on the Brazilian election as a demonstration that it was rooting for[…]

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New US Sanctions Are Designed To Hit Nicaragua’s Poorest Citizens

by John Perry, published on Popular Resistance, October 29, 2022 The Biden administration has announced new sanctions which are intended to hit the poorest Nicaraguans – both in their pockets and in the public services on which they depend. This latest attack on a small Central American country is, as usual, dressed up as promoting democracy: the sanctions will “deny[…]

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