Not a week had passed before Cuba, which was removed from the US State Department’s State-Sponsor of Terrorism list by the outgoing Biden administration, was placed right back on it by Donald Trump. The move was consecrated on Monday (January 20, 2025) via executive order just hours after Trump was inaugurated for his second nonconsecutive […]
Panamanian demonstrators gathered outside the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Panama to protest threats made by newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump to retake the Panama Canal. Some protesters held a sign that read: “Donald Trump: The Panama Canal Is Not For Sale!” At one point, a U.S. flag was set ablaze during the demonstration, which
The government of Mexico has sent up to 75 firefighters to Los Angeles, California to help put out multiple wildfires in the region. “We’re looking to get as much resources as we possibly can,” said California governor Gavin Newsom. Greeting the Mexican firefighters at Los Angeles International Airport, he added, “we’re honored that the Mexican
On Wednesday evening, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro delivered the Annual Message to the Nation address. Speaking before members of the National Assembly and supporters at the Teresa Carreño Cultural Theatre Complex in Caracas, he opened the speech by stating that 2025, “must be a year marked by gatherings, meetings, speaking (to one another), dialogue, and,
What’s Latin America’s Role In A World On The Brink Of Nuclear War? The China Academy recently hosted a conversation between University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer and the philosopher and politologist Alexander Dugin. A World on the Brink of Nuclear War was the topic of the discussion. Camila Escalante, Editor of Kawsachun News, was
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela’s (PSUV) Vice President of International Affairs, Rander Peña, is accusing Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gilberto Murillo, of being on the take. His paymaster? Not Bogotá but the U.S. State Department and its policy objectives in the region. Meanwhile, former right-wing Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos is said to
The U.S. president has signed an official certification to remove Cuba from the U.S. State Department’s “State Sponsor of Terrorism” list. The document, dated January 14, 2025, ends a period of arbitrarily listing, initiated in the final days of the Trump administration and maintained all four years under President Biden. With only six governing days
Below is a declaration made by Caribbean delegations who participated in the World Festival of Anti-Fascist International in Caracas, Venezuela, held January 9-11. The event coincided with the January 10 inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro. DECLARATION BY CARIBBEAN DELEGATIONS ATTENDING THE CLOSING OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANTI-FASCIST INTERNATIONAL IN VENEZUELA ON JANUARY 11, 2025
Chile’s Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR) is sending a message to Gabriel Boric in repudiation of his position on Venezuela in the context of renewed foreign intervention surrounding the presidential inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro. Read the full text below. RESPONSE TO MR. BORIC Today, the inauguration of a new presidential term in the Bolivarian
Venezuela’s military high command has categorically rejected calls for a military coup made over social media by opposition figure and former presidential candidate, Edmundo González, from the United States. Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López reiterated in a televised statement that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela will recognize President Nicolás Maduro on January
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