The End of the Age of Sanctions?

How America’s Adversaries Shielded Themselves By Agathe Demarais Foreign Affairs December 27, 2022 Agathe Demarais is Global Forecasting Director at the Economist Intelligence Unit and the author of Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests. Sanctions have long been the United States’ favored diplomatic weapon. The Biden administration’s response to Russia’s invasion of … Continue reading The End of the Age of Sanctions?

Cuba’s Deepening Economic Crisis Is Putting Diaz-Canel in a Bind

A woman selling avocados waits for customers in Havana, Cuba, July 9, 2022 (AP photo by Ramon Espinosa). By William LeoGrande Cuba’s Deepening Economic Crisis Is Putting Diaz-Canel in a Bind HAVANA—Cuba is suffering. That was the inescapable conclusion from a recent trip to the island. The aged electrical grid is collapsing for lack of … Continue reading Cuba’s Deepening Economic Crisis Is Putting Diaz-Canel in a Bind

Letter of Alex Saab – August 10, 2020

Date: August 10, 2020 Title: My name is Alex Saab Addressed to: Ulisses Correia Your Excellency Ulisses Correia e Silva Prime Minister of the Republic of Cape Verde Varzea Government Palace, Cidade da Praia, Ilha de Santiago, Republic of Cape Verde. Dear Prime Minister, my name is Alex Nain Saab Moran and I have been … Continue reading Letter of Alex Saab – August 10, 2020

Latin America rallies behind Julian Assange

Meriem Laribi. Le Monde Diplomatique. January 31, 2023 https://mondediplo.com/2023/02/03latin-america-assange?emci=7c1c2058-38a2-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&emdi=b7164738-39a2-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&ceid=8735174 There’s one America that persecutes Julian Assange, another that supports him. When WikiLeaks made its explosive revelations of classified documents in 2010, Fidel Castro said that Assange had ‘morally brought [the US] to its knees’. He wrote that Assange was ‘demonstrating that the most powerful empire … Continue reading Latin America rallies behind Julian Assange

16 Years of Sandinista Government

Erving Vega, January 10, 2022 16 Años de Gobierno Sandinista The truth is that we have gone from being the worst at everything to being the best, or being among the best, at everything. And if we take into account that we started to breathe not because the current was in our favor, then the merit … Continue reading 16 Years of Sandinista Government

New Year 2023 Interview with Venezuela President Maduro by Ignacio Ramonet

Spanish original here. French here. Ignacio Ramonet - Mr. President, first of all I would like to thank you for receiving me again for this interview, it is good to continue this tradition - this is already the seventh time that we meet at the end of a year to discuss the next one based … Continue reading New Year 2023 Interview with Venezuela President Maduro by Ignacio Ramonet

Judge Decision Denying Alex Saab’s Right to Diplomatic Immunity

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida United States of America, Plaintiff v. Alex Nain Saab Moran, Defendant. Criminal Case No. 19-20450-CR-Scola Final Order on the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the Indictment This cause is before the Court upon Defendant Alex Nain Saab Moran’s motion to dismiss the indictment based upon his … Continue reading Judge Decision Denying Alex Saab’s Right to Diplomatic Immunity

Bolivia: Aftermath of the San Cruz strike: Three Criminal Complaints lodged against Rightwing Leaders and Seven More Coming

Santa Cruz Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, President of the Pro Santa Cruz Committee, Calvo Local authorities reported Saturday November 25 that the conservative opposition Pro Santa Cruz Committee declared Saturday November 25 the lifting of the strike after 36 days of strike, announced the president of the association Romulo Calvo. "As of this moment, we … Continue reading Bolivia: Aftermath of the San Cruz strike: Three Criminal Complaints lodged against Rightwing Leaders and Seven More Coming

Speech delivered by Esteban Lazo, president of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power: “Cuba warned and denounced early on that the conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided if the United States and NATO had not pushed NATO to the borders of the Russian Federation, and if an increasingly offensive military doctrine had not prevailed in that alliance, which it ignored for decades the repeated concerns and well-founded claims of security guarantees by Russia.”

ESTEBAN LAZO: RUSIA SIEMPRE PODRÁ CONTAR CON LA AMISTAD DE CUBA Her Excellency Valentina Matvienko, President of the Federation Council Distinguished members of the Federation Council: I am grateful for the special distinction you make to my people by granting me the privilege of addressing you, which allows me to convey to you, with great … Continue reading Speech delivered by Esteban Lazo, president of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power: “Cuba warned and denounced early on that the conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided if the United States and NATO had not pushed NATO to the borders of the Russian Federation, and if an increasingly offensive military doctrine had not prevailed in that alliance, which it ignored for decades the repeated concerns and well-founded claims of security guarantees by Russia.”

Statement Issued by Jorge Rodriguez, head of the Venezuelan delegation, on the Dialogue in Mexico

The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we address the country and the world to report on the national dialogue process. Under the methodology established in the Memorandum of Understanding signed last year, we have agreed to sign in Mexico the Second Partial Agreement for the Protection of the Venezuelan People, which has been … Continue reading Statement Issued by Jorge Rodriguez, head of the Venezuelan delegation, on the Dialogue in Mexico