Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-06: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-06). US Sanctions Missing From Coverage of Russia's Cuban Soldiers. orinocotribune.com By Julie Hollar — Oct 4, 2023 | When Cubans began telling Reports emerged that Cuban recruits were promised citizenship and a monthly salary far higher than what most Cubans could ever hope…

Jemima Pierre, Taylor, Francis Online. (2023-10-06). Haiti As Empire's Laboratory. popularresistance.org In December 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R.2116, also known as the Global Fragility Act (GFA). Although this act was developed by the conservative United States Institute of Peace, it was introduced to Congress by Democratic Representative Eliot L. Engel, then chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and cosponsored by a bipartisan group of representatives, including, significantly, Democrat Karen Bass. The GFA presents new strategies for deploying U.S. hard and soft power in a changing world. It focuses U.S. foreign policy on the idea that there are so-called "fragile states," countries…

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2023-10-03: News Headlines

Dan La Botz (2023-10-03). Venezuelan immigrants win victory. internationalviewpoint.org "At present as many 9,000 immigrants are crossing the border each day, coming from dozens of countries and Venezuelans making up a large portion of them." | – | / |

Staff (2023-10-03). Venezuela: Opposition Primary Commission Refuses to Modify Election Date. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Although it recognized the CNE's technical assistance proposal and the suggestion to carry it out on November 19, the CNP clarifie…

Staff (2023-10-03). Venezuela's Youth Commemorate 9th Anniversary of Robert Serra's Assassination. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, at the General del Sur Cemetery in Caracas, young Venezuelans laid a floral offering commemorating the anniversary of the 2014 assassination of United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Deputy Robert Serra. A large number of youth spoke about their experiences of meeting Serra. He was known for his humility and as a great leader within the ranks of the Bolivarian Revolution. | The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, commemorated the ninth anniversary of the assassination of the young leader. "Nine years ago, the young Robert Serra and María Herrera were murdered by Colombian hitmen, a fascist oper…

2023-10-03 16:44:50 | 16:44 EST | rz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0