Shock and outrage erupted in a courtroom in Guatemala City on April 18 as a recused “appeals” judge suspended the genocide trial of Efrain Rios Montt. The former general had come to power through a military coup in 1982. He and his head of intelligence, Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, were finally charged with mass murders that [...]
Right-wing pressure halts Guatemala genocide trial
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Chris Fry April 28, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Who’s to blame as hundreds die in Bangladeshi factory collapse
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Kathy Durkin April 26, 2013 » Add the second comment.
In Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, at least 300 workers, mostly women, died at the Rana Plaza garment factory building collapse on April 24. In addition to the appalling number of deaths, more than 1,200 were injured there in the worst industrial disaster ever to befall this country. The search continues to find [...]
Mariela Castro Espín, a leader of Cuban Revolution, hosted by the International Action Center
New York — An inspiring and electrifying meeting was held at the Solidarity Center in New York City on April 25 featuring Mariela Castro Espín, the director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) in Havana, Cuba, and a deputy of the Cuban parliament, the National Assembly of People’s Power. The meeting was [...]
Nicolás Maduro seeks to deepen revolution
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Berta Joubert-Ceci April 24, 2013 » Add the second comment.
A wonderful civilian-military parade capped the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela on April 19. Maduro took the oath of office in the National Assembly as constitutional president for the period 2013 to 2019. Some 61 international delegations were present, including many heads of state, not only from Latin America and the Caribbean but from [...]
Guantánamo hunger strike spreads
In a paroxysm of vicious brutality, the U.S. government and military have brutally attacked prisoners at the U.S. concentration camp at Guantánamo Bay in an attempt to end their hunger strike. The military admits that over half the prison population is on hunger strike. The real figure could be many more. Army Lt. Col. Samuel [...]
Chris Hani honored in South Africa on 20th anniversary of assassination
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Abayomi Azikiwe April 19, 2013 » Add more comments.
On April 10, 1993, racists in South Africa killed Chris Hani, the general secretary of the South African Communist Party and commander of Um Khonto we Sizwe (MK — “Spear of the Nation”), the military wing of the African National Congress. Hani went out for a morning run and was heading back home when Polish [...]
Colombians demand peace, end to war on FARC
One million Colombians marched in the capital city of Bogotá as well as other cities and towns on April 9 to show their support of peace negotiations between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples Army (FARC-EP). Talks which began in Oslo, Norway, in 2012 are now continuing in Havana, Cuba. Considering that [...]
CIA’s criminal paramilitary actions grew after 9/11
Created in 1947 as a successor to the espionage agency born during World War II for use against the U.S.’s imperialist rivals, Japan and Germany, the Central Intelligence Agency rapidly developed into an international arm of repression for U.S. imperialism against the world’s working-class and liberation movements. It especially targeted the Soviet Union, People’s China [...]
Chavista Maduro wins election
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Berta Joubert-Ceci April 17, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Late in the evening of Sunday, April 14, the National Electoral Council (CNE) issued its ruling: Nicolas Maduro was elected president of Venezuela. Thousands of compatriots were waiting outside the Miraflores presidential palace to celebrate the victory that was not just to win a governmental post, but that means the continuation of the Bolivarian Revolution. [...]
A Tribute to Hugo Chávez Frias
On April 12, beside a portrait of Hugo Chávez Frías at the Bolivarian Hall in Washington, D.C, Dr. Adina Bastidas presented a moving discussion on Chávez’s life, celebrating the victory of democracy and the continuing movement to build socialism in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Dr. Bastidas is the former vice president of Venezuela and [...]
