Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez has once again denounced the use of USAID against Cuba. Between 1998 and 1999 alone, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spent more than six million dollars (USD) to carry out hundreds of illegal operations in Cuba. Between 2001 and 2006, it allocated $61 million for 142 […]
Luisa González, candidate of the Citizens’ Revolution at a campaign event. Ecuador’s presidential race is going to a second round. With 96% of valid votes counted in the first round vote, the top two candidates, Luisa González and incumbent Daniel Noboa, have found themselves in a statistical tie. Official figures shown on the results portal
The towering peaks of Caracas’ mountaintops captured the attention of the delegates from Burkina Faso even before their airplane hit the ground at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela. Venezuela’s imposing mountainous coastline is a sharp contrast to the long stretch of flat savanna that makes up the majority of Burkina Faso’s landscape.
Juan Guaido shakes hands with VP Mike Pence in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday, February 25, 2019. The room was filled with supposed humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela. Photo: Martin Mejia/AP This article has been translated from Spanish by Kawsachun News. Read the original on Mision Verdad. The headquarters of the United States Agency for International
Traditional field work by a pair of oxen in a (non-GMO) corn field in the northern department of Madriz. Photo: Friends of the ATC Nicaragua has communicated its withdrawal from the FAO following the publication of a report which contained false information, disseminated in a malicious manner for political purposes in order to discredit Nicaragua’s
On Monday, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) held its XII Extraordinary Summit where the regional entity proposed effective coordination mechanisms to demand respect and human rights for migrants. Hosted in Caracas, Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro opened the meeting via videoconference by emphasizing that: “Firstly, we must address the
Voting simulation is held in Ecuador and abroad to prepare technical and logistical aspects ahead of election day. January 26, 2025. Photo: CNE Ecuador The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) has released a statement denouncing a lack of transparency and guarantees in the upcoming general election process in Ecuador on Sunday (Feb. 9).
Ecuadorians are gearing up to cast their ballots in the February 9 general elections with sixteen candidates vying for the presidency. Leading the race are interim head of state and leader of the National Democratic Action party, Daniel Noboa, and the Citizen’s Revolution party candidate, Luisa Gonzalez. Voters will also decide who will represent their
Honduras’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enrique Reina, explains in an interview on CNN, why the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) cancelled its emergency meeting scheduled for January 30 which was requested by the president of Colombia Gustavo Petro. On the meeting agenda was discussion of U.S. migratory policies and the measures being
Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) has denounced the planned use of the island’s occupied territory of Guantanamo and the U.S. torture camp there, to incarcerate migrants forcibly expelled from the United States. Officials described the announcement by President Donald Trump as a demonstration of brutality, through which his government is acting to supposedly rectify
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