Daily Archives: June 17, 2023

2023-06-17: News Headlines

John Perry, The Grayzone. (2023-06-17). Nicaragua Rebuilds: Five Years After US-Funded Terror Was Defeated. popularresistance.org Masaya, Nicaragua — The story begins a month before the incident I'm about to describe. I live in the city, and I'd written in my diary that "Saturday, May 12th must be counted as the worst day in Masaya since the earthquake in 2000." | During the previous night, opposition vandals had destroyed the house of the former deputy mayor, then went on to set fire to the town hall, an old colonial building that also housed Masaya's Museum of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Revolution. Opposition roadblocks which had sprung up in Masaya's streets in April had been cleared in early May, often by local people, but they…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-16). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concludes visit to three Latin American countries with renewed focus on South-South cooperation. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to three Latin American countries — Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua — was aimed at fostering multipolarity and strengthening the anti-hegemonic and anti-imperialist struggle in world politics…

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Venezuela, Cuba Reject US Trafficking in Persons Report Claims. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report, in which Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela appear among the countries that do not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking. | RELATED: | In reaction to those statements, the Venezuelan authorities stressed that such a report seeks to justify the extension of the U.S. sanctions against the Boliv…

Bruce Lerro (2023-06-16). Promethean City Builders vs Finance Capital Malthusians. dissidentvoice.org Orientation Summary of Part I In Part I of this article, I contrasted the differences between rising Multipolarism with a declining Anglo-American empire. Taking the side of the multipolarists of the East, I identified Lyndon LaRouche as someone who bridged the gap between East and West. His concept of "The American system" defends the Enlightenment …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-06-16). When corporate media fail, independent media rise up. nationofchange.org Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-06-17). El Salvador week with Central American games and twisted politics. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The week that ends today in El Salvador was colored by the final offensive to guarantee the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games, and the crooked policies that cast a shadow over the 2024 presidential elections.

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