Mass protests break out across Cuba
…the embargo. (CiberCuba) Ávila also garnered controversy last year for his provocative pro-Trump rallies in the Miami area. (El Nuevo Herald, July 28, 2020) Photo: Marcos Evora via Havana Times…
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Haiti: president killed amid paramilitary strife
…on July 7, 2021. An apparent plot to kidnap the president resulted in his death. Palacios evaded arrest in Haiti and traveled to Jamaica, from where he was deported. US…
Hong Kong authorities shut down Tiananmen massacre vigil
For the second year running, authorities in Hong Kong banned the annual June 4 vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Citing the ongoing restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19, hundreds…
Keystone XL pipeline cancelled —struggle continues
…suspended following the revocation of its US presidential permit on Jan. 20. The company said in a statement that it will “continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups…
Biden admin grants protected status for Haitians
…human rights experts on Oct. 25 condemned the US policy of mass expulsions of Haitian migrants and refugees, warning that collective expulsions violate international law. Thousands of Haitian refugees have…
Migrant kids languish at Fort Bliss
…youths who were released from HHS custody to go work on an egg farm in Ohio, evidently against their will. (AP, Feb. 26; WaPo, Feb. 23) Photo via Border Report…
Survivors struggle four years after battle of Raqqa
Children in Raqqa, northeast Syria, are still living among ruins, with limited water, electricity, and access to education, four years after the city was taken from ISIS, according to a…
Fascist pseudo-anti-fascism in Belarus
Let’s start by stating the obvious. Under long-ruling dictator Alexander Lukashenko, a fascistic order has long obtained in Belarus—and it may now be going over the edge into outright fascism….
Greece urged to end pushback of asylum seekers
…during the COVID-19 pandemic, linking these methods to the death of more than 2,000 people. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in 2020 almost 100,000 migrants arrived in…
ISIS regroups amid slow rebuilding in Iraq
A suicide bomb killed at least 30 in Baghdad on July 19, exploding in a busy market as people prepared for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The so-called Islamic…
Haiti: gang warfare hinders earthquake recovery
More than 500,000 people are in need of emergency assistance in Haiti’s southern peninsula, where last week’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 2,100 people and injured more than 12,200….
Tunisia: president accused of ‘coup’
Tunisian President Kais Saied was accused by opposition parties of launching a “coup” with the help of the country’s military after firing the prime minister and freezing parliament July 25….