Venezuela & ALBA News 11.15.2024: Bolivarian Historic Bloc Meets; Venezuela’s Economic Recovery; Nicaragua Remembers Carlos Fonseca; Ramon Labanino’s Prison Diary; Upcoming Events and Tours

John Perry: Latin American Governments Pay a Price for Challenging Israel’s Genocidal War Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. Of the 165 countries that recognise Israel, only four have … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 11.15.2024: Bolivarian Historic Bloc Meets; Venezuela’s Economic Recovery; Nicaragua Remembers Carlos Fonseca; Ramon Labanino’s Prison Diary; Upcoming Events and Tours

Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 9: Prison and Coexistence; Saturday, September 6, 2003; Saturday, November 22; Money in Prison; Indians in the Prisons, White Bear; To Be or Not to Be a Boss in Prison; Rafael Garden

Prison and coexistence In prison it is very difficult to help or be in solidarity with someone, because sometimes you can be misunderstood. On several occasions I felt sorry for those I thought were unprotected, because they had a disability or thought they were fragile, when I saw how others abused or mistreated them, so … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 9: Prison and Coexistence; Saturday, September 6, 2003; Saturday, November 22; Money in Prison; Indians in the Prisons, White Bear; To Be or Not to Be a Boss in Prison; Rafael Garden

https://misionverdad.com/venezuela/tres-datos-que-narran-el-crecimiento-economico-de-venezuela Following the global pandemic, Venezuela's main economic indicators have shown a growing improvement. This is a sustained recovery in which the country has boosted oil activity, the main source of national income, but also other activities such as construction, financial services and insurance, mining, trade, manufacturing and agriculture. This is because, since 2018, the … Continue reading Three Facts that Tell of Venezuela’s Economic Takeoff

Address by Compañera Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of Venezuela,at the World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum I think that if anyone deserves, standing up, with applause of our Recognition, it is the Palestinian People for their Heroism demonstrated every second in this year of Resistance, in the face of one of the most terrible policies of genocide, … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 11.8.2024: Delcy Rodriguez Speech at conference against fascism; The Compatible Left against Venezuela; Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino

High, medium, and low security prisons The outside part of the cell is what is called the yard or the camp out. It is the open area where you can sunbathe and walk around the yard, and it includes all the outside area, where you can move from one place to another, go from the … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 8: High, medium, and low security prisons; The different prisons I have been in; Provocations; Cook for hire; The white priest; Friday, May 30, 2003; Friday, June 6, 2003; Saturday, June 7, 2003

Canciller de Nicaragua: "Los BRICS rompen la lógica hegemónica impositiva del norte global" The BRICS represent a huge opportunity to break with Western unipolarity by paving the way for the emergence of a new world order, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker, whose country applied to join the group in April this year, told … Continue reading Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Valdrack Jaentschke : “The BRICS break the hegemonic logic imposed by the global north”

Two Genociders vs the World: US, Israel Oppose Ending Cuba Blockade Cuba Granma: An emphatic victory for Cuba at the UN: 187 votes against the US blockade As part of the voting process, two nations (the United States and Israel) maintained their historic position in support of the blockade and one (Moldova) abstained. From March … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 11.1.2024: United Nations votes 187-2 to end the Blockade of Cuba; Venezuela responds to Brazil’s BRICS Veto; Ramon Labanino Prison Diary

The cursed television Johnson was a real big guy. Dark, almost six feet tall and four hundred pounds. In Beaumont everyone respected him. He was the only one who dared to work cleaning the guards' offices, because those who did so were branded as informers and could not live in peace. But he had a … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino Part 7: The cursed television; Handball practice and physical injuries; Light in the Darkness; Excerpts from the Radio Rebelde program La Luz en la Oscuridad. March 1st, 2015; The cells

Venezuelanalysis: Former Venezuelan Oil Minister Arrested Over Alleged Ties to US Intelligence; Alex Saab New oil Minister Authorities arrested former Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea over accusations of corruption and ties to US intelligence. Tellechea is accused of handing over the automatized control system of state oil company PDVSA to a firm controlled by US intelligence … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News #530, 10.25.2024: BRICS makes Simon Bolivar’s Dream a Reality; Ramon Labanino Prison Diary, Part 6; Cuba and Bolivia join BRICS; Donate for Cuba

Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases Another sensitive issue I had to face was the fact that in prisons there are many people with tuberculosis. There were also people with AIDS. Its contagion was high and frequent, mainly in drug addicts, since they shared the needles with which they injected the drug. This disease they tried … Continue reading Hombre del Silencio: The Prison Diary of Ramon Labanino [one of the Cuban 5 heroes] Part 6: Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases; Aggressive sexuality; Maggie; Boniato (Sweet potato); A chair out of place; Internal life of the mafias; A death threat