In a growing demonstration of intolerance of public protests that don’t come from their governing parties, the administrations in Venezuela and Nicaragua both sent out the riot police on Saturday to impede the passing of International Women’s Day marches.
Read MoreA new contingent of 4,000 Cuban doctors is currently arriving in Brazil adding to the 7,400 already working in the “More Doctors” program of President Dilma Rousseff. Back in January the Brazilian ambassador in Havana had announced his country’s intention to raise the number of Cuban doctors in the program to 11,000.
Read MoreHaving thus far withstood nearly a month of protests, some of which that ended in violence with 20 dead, hundreds injured and hundreds of arrests, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has gone full circle in his threats and retractions regarding the CNN network.
Read MorePalestinian President Abbas announced this week that any peace deal with Israeli will be subject to a referendum by the Palestinian people first; meanwhile Israeli army and settlers’ attacks targeting Palestinians communities leave three killed this week.
Read MoreThe ongoing protests in Venezuela have left at least 20 people dead since breaking out last month. Both sides have staged massive rallies, with opponents accusing President Nicolas Maduro of authoritarianism and mishandling the economy and supporters backing his continuation of Hugo Chavez’s legacy of social welfare. Maduro has bristled at outside attempts to intervene.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced today the severance of relations with Panama after accusing President Ricardo Martinelli of conspiring against the country and seeking foreign intervention via the OAS.
Read MoreIn a Democracy Now! exclusive, former Black Panther Party leader Marshall “Eddie” Conway joins us less than 24 hours after his release from nearly 44 years in prison. Supporters describe Conway as one of the country’s longest-held political prisoners.
Read MoreAn Iranian parliamentary delegation left Teheran for Havana Monday morning (March 3), according to a brief news item from IRNA the Iranian News Agency. The group is headed by Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Assembly’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
Read MoreU.S. peace activist Medea Benjamin was detained Monday at Cairo’s airport by Egyptian police without explanation. She says she was questioned, held overnight in an airport prison cell and then violently handcuffed by Egyptian officials, who dislocated her shoulder and broke her arm.
Read MoreThough the Venezuelan economy began showing signs of crisis when Comandante Hugo Chavez was dying at the beginning of 2013, his successor Nicolas Maduro has attributed current difficulties to a supposed “economic war” being waged by unscrupulous business people, DPA reported.
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