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2023-08-04: News Headlines

midwesternmarx (2023-08-04). The revolutionary legacy of the Sandinistas By: Danny Shaw. midwesternmarx.com Today, the workers and oppressed people of the world stand together to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. This article looks at the historic accomplishments of the 1979 revolution and honors the fallen Sandinista fighters who risked and sacrificed everything to free their country. 'A Son of a Bitch, but Our Son of a Bitch' Beginning in 1502, Christopher Columbus and the Spanish empire invaded the land that would come to be known as Nica …

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-08-04). Burkina Faso's New President Condemns Imperialism. popularresistance.org The new president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism, invoking his country's past revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara and quoting Che Guevara. | The West African nation has also formed close diplomatic ties with the revolutionary governments in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran, as well as with NATO's arch-rival Russia. | In January 2022, a group of nationalist military officers in Burkina Faso toppled the president, Roch Kaboré, a wealthy banker who had fostered close ties with the country's former colonizer, France, where he was educated.

Fiona Edwards, Eyes on Latin America. (2023-08-04). Nicaragua Is Standing Firm Against US Imperialism. popularresistance.org The Nicaraguan people have struggled courageously to defend their right to determine their own future in the face of Washington's assaults. From resisting the U.S.'s contra war of the 1980s to opposing the devastating impacts of neo-liberalism in the 1990s and early 2000s, which was imposed on the country following an electoral defeat in 1990 of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in an election taking place under the direct threat of military attacks by the U.S. armed and backed contras, the Sandinistas have led a relentless struggle to defend Nicaragua's sovereignty and improve the living standards…

Daniel Kovalik (2023-08-04). The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored and What Has Happened Since. mronline.org This final article, covering the period from mid-July to the present day, shows how the coup was defeated and what happened in the aftermath.

Editor (2023-08-04). Burkina Faso's new president condemns imperialism, quotes Che Guevara, allies with Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba. mronline.org Burkina Faso's new President Ibrahim Traoré has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism. Pledging a "refoundation of the nation", invoking revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, and quoting Che Guevara, his government has allied with Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba.

Domenico Moro (2023-08-04). La Dialettica di Globalizzazione e Deglobalizzazione nello Scontro tra Usa E Cina. globalresearch.ca Recentemente sono avvenuti dei fatti riguardo ai quali i mass media italiani non hanno dato il giusto risalto e che dimostrano, da una parte, l'estendersi del contrasto tra Usa e Cina e, dall'altra parte, l'emergere di contraddizioni interne, che investono …


mforinoco (2023-08-03). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. orinocotribune.com By Ollantay Itzamná — Jul 31, 2023 | On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. | Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the Central American Parliament and 340 municipal governments. | A total of 9.3 million Guatemalans were called to cast their vote both in Guatemala and abroad. Thirty political organizations and 22 presidential candidates participated. Three presidential binomials, under different argumen…


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