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Venezuela

Venezuela earthquake update: Friday afternoon (Jorge Rodríguez)

The official death toll in Venezuela has risen to 920, with 3,360 injured and many still trapped under the rubble.  President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, provided a live update at 1:15pm Friday in which he assured that rescue teams are tirelessly trying to reach those trapped under buildings, particularly in La […]

Venezuela

Why we continue to support Venezuela

The current political situation in Venezuela cannot be explained solely by the events following January 3, 2026. We need to contextualize what has been happening over the past four decades. In the 1990s, there was total U.S. hegemony on the continent, which imposed the NAFTA agreement on us, and then sought to impose the FTAA

Venezuela

Report: Venezuelans reflect four months on from U.S. attack

Members of the Comuna Socialista Simón Bolívar in Caracas’ 23 de enero neighborhood share how they experienced the U.S. terrorist attack on Venezuela on January 3rd, in which they killed 130 people and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, while targeting civilian infrastructure. They also express their views on the situation in the country,

Iran

Iran: Nicaragua’s ambassador visits sites hit by US-Israeli airstrikes

The ambassador of Nicaragua to Iran, Ramón Moncada, along with ambassadors and diplomats from more than thirty countries, paid a visit to the sites of civilian buildings in Tehran which were destroyed or damaged in attacks perpetrated by the United States and Zionist regime. Diplomats from Oman, India, Russia, Belarus, Uruguay, Chile, Vietnam, Indonesia, Turkey, Armenia,

Palestine

On ‘alternative’ and ‘independent’ media

I would not rely on Al Jazeera for so much as the weather. I don’t share, amplify, or in any way legitimize Al Jazeera. There are other ways to get news from Palestine, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Lebanon, and Syria, without the need of foreigners. Al Jazeera has always amplified the imperialist human rights

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About

Camila Escalante is a journalist and news correspondent recognized for her in-the-field reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since her years as a broadcast editor, presenter and anchor at teleSUR English—working from newsrooms in Quito, Caracas and Havana—Camila has delivered first-hand reporting from key events across the region. Camila co-founded Kawsachun News alongside Oliver

Cuba

Cuba Resists: An interview with Boris Luis Cabrera

Shopping for produce in Havana. Photo by Camila Escalante (2018) Boris Luis Cabrera, 53, is a veteran Cuban sports journalist who writes in a style clearly influenced by the cinematic, new journalism of the 1970s. He covers a wide range of topics and, for the last 10 years, has worked as a sports reporter for the

Cuba

Cuba: “Beyond ideologies, all states are in danger”

The following is the intervention by Ambassador of Cuba, Rodolfo Benítez Verson, at the 61st ordinary session of the Human Rights Council on March 2, 2026. Mr. President: Mr. High Commissioner: Humanity is at a historic crossroads. A global dictatorship is being imposed before our very eyes. The United States proclaims the exceptional and supreme

United States

Calls mount for FIFA World Cup boycott amid U.S. rights abuses

International calls to boycott the US-hosted FIFA World Cup 2026 are increasing in response to widespread U.S. human rights violations domestically and Washington’s atrocities and malign activities abroad. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has become the latest prominent voice to echo calls for football fans to boycott World Cup matches in the United States as the world

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