The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a shooting attack on Haitian journalist Kendi Zidor in Port-au-Prince and urged Haitian authorities to investigate threats to Zidor and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Read MoreDespite the Ortega regime’s police state and ban on any public protests since last September, a group of students asked the National Police for authorization to march on July 25, in the framework of National Student’s Day, which is celebrated on July 23, to reaffirm the demand for university autonomy.
Read MoreElectricity was back on briefly in Caracas early on Tuesday following a massive blackout that hit Venezuela on Monday, but several regions remained without power. However, even in the capital the joy of electricity didn’t last long. Aporrea reports that shortly after 9 a.m. a new power failure hit Caracas…
Read MoreA historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope.
Read MoreI grew up a few kilometers away from Consolacion del Sur, a town in Pinar del Rio, which was always considered the most elegant and urban in the region, after the provincial capital. I remember it’s wonderful, big park, with lots of shade and full of intense green shrubs.
Read MoreThe price of Ortega’s repression of citizens civic demands has been “extremely high,” said The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in its latest report on Nicaragua. The Economist warned that such a situation has “led to a dramatic deterioration of the economy” and that the current recession threatens to become a “depression.”
Read MoreNamed after British footballer Gary Lineker (who won the Golden Boot during the 1986 World Cup), and born into a family of professional musicians, this Brazilian artist had a name to live up to and at her* young 24 years of age, she has done just that, managing to form a critically-acclaimed band, record an EP, LP, and perform on stages worldwide.
Read MoreThe otherwise Spartan studio of Samaniego Stereo is adorned by a white banner emblazoned with the image of Libardo Montenegro, a veteran reporter for the community radio station in southern Colombia who was shot dead on June 11. Under his photo are the words: “You will live in our hearts forever.”
Read MoreWhen all is said and done, it appears that Thomas Hobbes, the 17th century English philosopher who had a dire vision of man, was not totally wrong.
Read MoreVenezuela on Monday experienced a massive power cut affecting all of its states, The blackout sent 94 per cent of the country’s telecommunications infrastructure offline, according to Netblocks, reported dpa news.
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