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Leonardo Flores: How Venezuela is rebuilding its industrial base, one volunteer at a time
An organization of 2,270 volunteer workers is helping Venezuela boost its industrial capacity, devastated by years of U.S. economic sanctions. By Leonardo Flores / Globetrotter “We don’t just repair machines; we repair consciences,†says Sergio Requena of the Productive Workers…
Migrant women are holding society together during this pandemic
By Taroa Zuñiga Silva / Globetrotter The past year has seen several lockdowns as a result of the pandemic, which have had a deep impact on education, employment and the way we work globally. These factors have had an especially…
Venezuela’s borderlands have been assaulted by COVID-19
By Vijay Prashad, Eduardo Viloria Daboín, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC / Independent Media Institute Sixty percent of Venezuela’s COVID-19 cases are in its border states of Apure, Bolívar, Táchira, and Zulia. Roughly 70,000 Venezuelans who had moved to nearby countries…
Defeat of a Dirty Military Incursion into Venezuela on a Sunday Morning
By Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC / Independent Media Institute In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to cross the…
Colombia’s Government acts like a doormat for the United States—and its people aren’t going along with it
By Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC From Independent Media Institute Last year, on November 21, the Colombian people took to the streets in massive numbers to reject the policies of the government led by President Iván…
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Stay in the Loop for the Week ending 22 November, 2019
From CARICOM Secretariat STAY IN THE LOOP In this episode, Communications Officers at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Tusankine English-Francis and Ms Michelle Nurse, present a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community.Highlights:46:27 – CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors Meeting in Georgetown01:26:03 –…
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EU hosts Venezuela migrant talks as region struggles to cope
By Lorne Cook from Caribbean Life BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of representatives from governments, international agencies and charity groups gathered in Brussels Monday for a “solidarity conference” to drum up support for millions of Venezuelans who have fled the political…
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New convention will address poor intra-regional mobility
By Stig Arne Skjerven and Helge Schwitters From University World News During the International Conference of States in July in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Latin American and the Caribbean region adopted a new convention on the recognition of studies, diplomas and degrees…
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Sir Ronald Sanders: How long will Venezuela remain a pawn in the Game of Global Chess?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Tribune 242 By SIR RONALD SANDERS MICHELLE Bachelet is a torture survivor. She was arrested in 1975 by the late dictator Augusto Pinochet’s political police and detained in the notorious Villa Grimaldi torture centre. So,…
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Venezuela jet ‘aggressively shadows’ US aircraft over Caribbean Sea
By Lily Puckett The Independent From Yahoo News A Venezuelan fighter jet harassed a US Navy surveillance plane over international waters, the US Southern Command (Southcom) has revealed. The Russian-made Venezuelan jet took off from an airfield 200 miles east of Caracas on Friday,…
