(2024-01-05). Festive Moods: 11 U.S. Holidays in 2024 Versus Latin America, A Cultural Calendar Contrast. latintimes.com The U.S. is among the countries with the least amount of public holidays in the region…
2024-01-04: News Headlines
(2024-01-04). Despite the cover-up, current coronavirus wave reaches new heights in Germany. wsws.org In contrast to official propaganda about the end of the pandemic, COVID continues to spread and cost many lives.
(2024-01-04). On the Road of Flight. counterpunch.org
"Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S.," (New York Times, December 28, 2023), brought back memories of the 1980s and the protest movement to stop US military interventions, particularly in countries in Central America. The article graphically illustrates where migrant children are coming from, and it was no surprise that the
2024-01-03: News Headlines
(2024-01-03). Realizan revisión médica a Rolando àÅlvarez Lagos en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El médico certificó que los signos vitales y el estado de salud de Álvarez Lagos está bien, y no se le extrajo sangre porque había ingerido alimentos previamente.
(2024-01-02). Realizan revisión médica a Rolando àÅlvarez Lagos en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El médico certificó que los signos vitales y el estado de salud de Álvarez Lagos está bien, y no se le extrajo sangre porque había ingerido alimentos previamente.
(2024-01-02). Entra en vigencia TLC entre China y Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El Tratado de Libre Comercio entra en vigencia de manera inmediata a partir de este 1 de enero de 2024, dicho acuerdo fue firmado el pasado 31 de agosto de 2023 entre ambas naciones.
(2024-01-02). Western Imperialist Nations As The Greatest Enemy Of Humanity. popularresistance.org In November, 2023, a delegation from the US Peace Council traveled to China for meetings at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. Ajamu Baraka, who participated in that delegation, speaks with Clearing the FOG about what he witnessed and the contrasts between US/Western and Chinese approaches to development, diplomacy and global security. He also discusses the broader conflicts in the world, particularly in Western Asia, the fall of US hegemony, the black radical tradition's definition of peace and the Peoples-Centered Human Rights Framework. Baraka advises us to understand…
(2024-01-02). Unilateral Coercive Measures and Human Rights. orinocotribune.com By Alfred de Zayas — Dec 29, 2023 | As a matter of proper terminology, it is best not to use the term "sanctions" too loosely, because the term is judgmental and implies that the entity imposing them has the legal or moral authority to do so. This is the case e.g. when the United Nations imposes certain coercive measures under article 41 of the Charter. By contrast, what politicians and media routinely denominate sanctions are actually "unilateral coercive measures"[1] (UCMs) imposed by a country in pursuance of its geopolitical agenda and lacking any international legitimacy. Such measures actually constitu…
2023-12-31: News Headlines
(2023-12-31). Nicaragua resalta lucha antimperialista de pueblos de todo el mundo. telesurtv.net A través de un mensaje de fin de año, Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo saludan a las naciones y pueblos que defienden el bien común, la paz, el trabajo, la seguridad y la alegría.
(2023-12-30). Nicaragua greets the people of the world for the new year. plenglish.com Managua, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua today conveyed a New Year's greeting to the people, governments, social, labor and cultural movements of the world and urged them to continue the fight against injustice.
(2023-12-30). Daniel Ortega Sends Year-End Message to Nicaraguan People. telesurenglish.net The Nicaraguan preisdent daniel ortega and his spouse, the vice-president Rosario Murillo sended a hopeful message by New Years Eve to the people of Nicaragua and to the whole world. | RELATED: | "We salute ourselves as a Union of Nations and Peoples that believe in our Rights and defend Justice, Common Good, Peace, Work, Security and Joy, as a World Heritage Site." reads the leader's communique. | In the message the Nicaraguan presi…
(2023-12-30). Genocide on the Installment Plan. counterpunch.org In contrast to other historical atrocities, the crimes against the people of Gaza—mass murder, manufactured famine, dispossession, looting of property, demolition of cultural and religious heritage, and forced expulsion—have all been committed in the open—the genocidal plans have been written about in newspaper columns and freely expounded on talk shows. You won't have to excavate through secret archives, the evidence of these grotesque crimes is there for all to see. What they've said and what they've done is on the record. There can be no hiding from it. And those who've armed, funded, abetted…
2023-12-28: News Headlines
(2023-12-27). Contrasting Strategies Of The United States And China. popularresistance.org In the latest salvo preparing the US for confrontation with China, Nicholas Burns flat out said, "I don't feel optimistic about the future of US-China relations." Burns should know. He is Washington's ambassador to Beijing. | The US stance on bilateral relations with China, according to Burns, is one of "strategic competition in the coming decades… vying for global power as well as regional power." Indeed, the US is preparing for war with China. High-ranking US Airforce General Mike Minihan foresees war as early as 2025. | This contrasts with the Chinese approach of cooperation for mutual benefit to solve the m…
(2023-12-27). Contrasting Strategies Of The United States And China. popularresistance.org
(2023-12-27). Contrasting Strategies of the US and China. counterpunch.org
(2023-12-27). U.S. Must Find a Better Solution for Migrants. counterpunch.org
A caravan of over 6,000 people, reportedly the largest in more than a year, departed recently from Mexico's southern border with Guatemala and is on its way to the United States. The migrants hail from countries in Central America, Venezuela, and even Cuba. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to Mexico
2023-12-26: News Headlines
(2023-12-26). Plane Full Of Indians Flying To Nicaragua To Enter The US, Raises New Immigration Worries. latintimes.com Indian nationals mostly from the western Gujarat state and working in the UAE formed the majority of those onboard the flight. They were flying to Nicaragua to migrate to the U.S. or Canada, reports said.
(2023-12-26). Contrasting Strategies of the US and China: Prospects for Peace and Solving Global Problems. pressenza.com
(2023-12-26). Contrasting Strategies of the US and China. dissidentvoice.org Xi Jinping: "It is unrealistic for one side to remodel the other… the planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed." Joe Biden: "We will not leave our future vulnerable to the whims of those who do not share our vision." In the latest salvo preparing the US for confrontation with China, …