Colombian government and FARC dissident group announce bilateral ceasefire
The Gustavo Petro government and the Estado Mayor Central, a dissident group of the demobilized FARC-EP guerrilla group, have reached an agreement for a 10-month bilateral ceasefire
Lula takes a stand before Joe Biden by condemning the embargo on Cuba
Experts say Lula’s attitude was a “slap” in Biden’s face and shows Brazil’s “relative autonomy”
Cuba returns to Harlem to honor Malcolm X
Ahead of his address at the UN General Assembly, Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel paid tribute to Malcolm X in Harlem. The ceremony marked 63 years since the historic meeting between Malcolm X and former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
Ecuador’s leftist presidential candidate Luisa González denounces attempt on her life, files complaint
González is the winner of the first round of presidential elections in Ecuador. She said that with the complaint, she not only intends to safeguard her life and shed light on the plan aimed at physically eliminating her, but also draw attention to the impunity in the country
A new and more just global contract is imperative, says Cuba’s Miguel Díaz-Canel at UN General Assembly
Speaking at the UN General Assembly session, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stressed the need for “changes that can no longer be postponed in the midst of the unjust, irrational and abusive international economic order”
Brazilian youth protest outside US consulate to demand an end to sanctions against Cuba
The youth specifically highlighted the unjust nature of the inclusion of Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list
Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arévalo suspends government transition
The announcement came after the State Attorney General’s Office raided electoral facilities and opened ballot boxes of the June elections in which Arévalo had pulled ahead of the candidates acceptable to the establishment and advanced to the August run-off
Brazilian government must develop ‘new cooperation’ with Haiti
Camille Chalmers highlighted the negative legacy of MINUSTAH for the country
Venezuela and China strengthen ties on Maduro’s first visit in five years
The Global South socialist nations vowed to work to build multilateralism and support each other’s national development
“Not one woman less!”: Ecuadorian women march against gender-based violence
The march took place on year after the femicide of 34-year-old lawyer María Belén Bernal at the hands of her cop husband Germán Fernando Cáceres inside the Quito Police Training High School
Allende lives
A series of activities have been organized over the past week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état against then Chilean President Salvador Allende
Colombia and Mexico call for new international anti-drug policy
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President AMLO condemned the US militarized war on drugs, and called for a new international anti-drug policy from a non-militaristic vision, which promotes social justice and attention to the root causes
- Capitalism is the greatest threat to public health, warn researchers and activists
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demands renewal of peace process, full UN membership
- Haiti and Kenya establish diplomatic ties as UNSC mulls deployment of controversial “security support mission”
- Syrian president visits China, seeks to increase economic cooperation
- Colombian government and FARC dissident group announce bilateral ceasefire
