Ecuador
The Grayzone: Corrupt firm funded by right-wing candidate will produce Ecuador election exit polls
COHA: Presidential Elections Could Bring Back the Citizens’ Revolution
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Venezuela
FAIR (Ricardo Vaz): US Media Require No Evidence for Claims of Electoral Fraud—in Venezuela
PeoplesDispatch (VijayPrashad): How ExxonMobil uses divide and rule to get its way in South America What lies behind the fueling the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela: oil and imperialism.
Pasqualina Curcio: The Negative Repercussions of Sanctions At the invitation of President Nicolás Maduro, Dr. Alena Douhan will visit our nation. Dr. Douhan is the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Commission covering the negative impact that unilateral coercive measures has on the enjoyment of human rights. How the Venezuelan people, the government and the armed forces have resisted democratically and peacefully for 8 years in the face of such an onslaught is invaluable information that Dr. Douhan should gather during her visit. Perhaps scheduling meetings with ordinary people could contribute to this important task that was entrusted to him.
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Cuba
Peoples Dispatch: Cuba: crisis, blockade and changes in 2021
Review of Helen Yaffe’s How Cuba Survived and Surprised in a Post-Soviet World From the Jacobin, which explains why an informative review barely mentions the role of the US blockade’s destruction of the Cuban economy.
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Recent and Upcoming Webinars
Video: How the US blockade impacts Cuban agriculture
Video: Nicaragua’s Popular Economy and Creative Development
Video: Jose Marti – Revolutionary, Visionary, Leader
February 7: Importance of US, Canada & Cuba health collaboration
February 10: Nicaragua, climate justice and agroecology
February 10: How to manage covid-19 – lessons from Cuba (part 1)
February 13: Trump has gone – time to end US sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
March 8: Women’s Voices from Central America Hear from women from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, countries heavily impacted by US foreign policy
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