By Jose Carlos Llerena on April 16, 2024
Palestine solidarity action in Cusco, Photo: Cusco con Palestina
On the night of Thursday, April 11, in Cusco’s Plaza de Armas, a group of four Israeli tourists attacked people participating in a vigil in solidarity with the Palestinian people that the committee holds every week. (more…)
April 17, 2024
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, criticized the Chilean government’s interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela, and stressed that through dialogue and respect it will be possible to combat transnational organized crime. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on April 18, 2024
artwork by Julie Duarte
Against the terrain of Brazil’s wretched social hierarchies, the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) of Brazil seeks to deepen its solidarity with Palestine. Tricontinental newsletter and our April dossier look at the MST’s tactics and organisational methods – such as solidarity – forty years since its foundation. (more…)
By John Perry on April 15, 2024
Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta with other doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza
Last Thursday, Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, the British-Palestinian war surgeon, gave his first address as the newly-appointed rector of Glasgow University, chosen in recognition of his work at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. The following day he flew to Berlin, where he had been invited to address a major conference about Palestine. On arrival he was taken away by police, (more…)
By Leonel Nodal on April 15, 2024 from Havana
Iranian drone factory
The recklessness and adventurism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his attempt to escape from the political, moral and military failure in Gaza -through an escalation that involved the United States in an undesirable war with Iran- only succeeded in revealing the colonial submission of the Zionist state to Washington’s warlike protection, (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 16, 2024 from Havana
Corner of 23rd and 12th in the Vedado district of the capital. photo: Bill Hackwell
Every April 16, Cuba celebrates three glorious anniversaries. First, the declaration of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution. Second, the Day of the Militiaman. And the third, the founding of the Cuban Communist Party. These three events are nourished by a single root: patriotism, unity, and the people’s willingness to defend the Revolution at any cost. (more…)
April 12, 2024
Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington
The U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) has announced that the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) will deploy to its area of operations. (more…)
By Roger Ricardo Luis on April 15, 2024
Panama Canal
The control of maritime routes since time immemorial is a matter of exercising power of the highest priority, for as the saying sums up: “…he who dominates the sea, dominates the land”. (more…)