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México Elects First Woman President in Historic Election

July 29, 2024

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Maribel Nolasco and Rubén Sierra Honolulu, Hawai‘i  History was made on June 2, 2024. Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman to be elected President of México and the first democratically-elected woman to lead a country in North America. President-elect Sheinbaum will take the reins from her predecessor ... <a title="México Elects First Woman President in Historic Election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/mexico-elects-first-woman-president-in-historic-election/" aria-label="Read more about México Elects First Woman President in Historic Election">Read more</a>

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Beware of Attempts to Discredit Venezuela’s Election and Launch Regime Change: A Letter from Organizations in the US

July 29, 2024

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) has signed onto the following letter urging respect for the electoral process underway in Venezuela and opposing outside interference. July 27, 2024 On July 28, millions of Venezuelans will go to the polls to choose between ten presidential candidates, including incumbent Nicolás ... <a title="Beware of Attempts to Discredit Venezuela’s Election and Launch Regime Change: A Letter from Organizations in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/beware-of-attempts-to-discredit-venezuelas-election-and-launch-regime-change-a-letter-from-organizations-in-the-us/" aria-label="Read more about Beware of Attempts to Discredit Venezuela’s Election and Launch Regime Change: A Letter from Organizations in the US">Read more</a>

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How the Campaign to Free Venezuelan Political Prisoner Alex Saab Succeeded

December 22, 2023

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Roger D. Harris Alex Saab was freed from US captivity in what Venezuelan Prof. Maria Victor Paez described as “a triumph of Venezuelan diplomacy.” The diplomat had been imprisoned for trying to bring humanitarian supplies to Venezuela in legal international trade but in circumvention of Washington’s illegal economic coercive measures, ... <a title="How the Campaign to Free Venezuelan Political Prisoner Alex Saab Succeeded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/22/how-the-campaign-to-free-venezuelan-political-prisoner-alex-saab-succeeded/" aria-label="Read more about How the Campaign to Free Venezuelan Political Prisoner Alex Saab Succeeded">Read more</a>

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Reflection on the Liberatory Legacy of Enrique Dussel

November 27, 2023

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) receives the news of the passing of the great Argentine Mexican philosopher, Enrique Dussel on Sunday, November 5, with deep sadness and extends our condolences to the family, the members of the Association of Philosophy and Liberation (AFyL), and other loved ones ... <a title="Reflection on the Liberatory Legacy of Enrique Dussel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/reflection-on-the-liberatory-legacy-of-enrique-dussel/" aria-label="Read more about Reflection on the Liberatory Legacy of Enrique Dussel">Read more</a>

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Canada’s Steadfast Support for Big Agriculture’s Assault on Mexican Biodiversity

November 27, 2023

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Sameer Gupta and Armaan Johal From Toronto, ON Although Mexico has maintained a ban on genetically modified (GM) corn since the 1990s, the move by Mexican President Andres Manuel Luiz Obrador (AMLO) in 2020 to eventually ban the import of GM corn in order to promote domestic cultivation ... <a title="Canada’s Steadfast Support for Big Agriculture’s Assault on Mexican Biodiversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/canadas-steadfast-support-for-big-agricultures-assault-on-mexican-biodiversity/" aria-label="Read more about Canada’s Steadfast Support for Big Agriculture’s Assault on Mexican Biodiversity">Read more</a>

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US Moves to Curtail China’s Economic Investment in the Caribbean

July 31, 2023

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Tamanisha J. John From Toronto, Ontario On March 8, 2023, General Laura J. Richardson of the United States (U.S.) Southern Command gave testimony at a congressional hearing wherein she issued a warning to U.S. lawmakers about the expansion of Chinese influence in the Caribbean that were at ... <a title="US Moves to Curtail China’s Economic Investment in the Caribbean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/us-moves-to-curtail-chinas-economic-investment-in-the-caribbean/" aria-label="Read more about US Moves to Curtail China’s Economic Investment in the Caribbean">Read more</a>

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Nicaragua: On the Fifth Anniversary of a Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist

July 8, 2023

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage John Perry, Masaya, Nicaragua On the fifth anniversary of the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, conflicting accounts of the violence and killings still persist. The mainstream media has characterized the opposition protests as generally peaceful and cases of opposition violence as counter violence against brutal repression of dissent ... <a title="Nicaragua: On the Fifth Anniversary of a Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/08/nicaragua-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-a-coup-attempt-conflicting-accounts-persist/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua: On the Fifth Anniversary of a Coup Attempt, Conflicting Accounts Persist">Read more</a>

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Saab Hearing Proves He Deserves Diplomatic Immunity, Exposes Prosecution’s Duplicity

December 17, 2022

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Daniel Kovalik Miami On December 12 to 13, 2022, an evidentiary hearing in the case of The United States v. Alex Saab was heard before Judge Robert Scola in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  The only issue in the hearing was the question ... <a title="Saab Hearing Proves He Deserves Diplomatic Immunity, Exposes Prosecution’s Duplicity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/17/saab-hearing-proves-he-deserves-diplomatic-immunity-exposes-prosecutions-duplicity/" aria-label="Read more about Saab Hearing Proves He Deserves Diplomatic Immunity, Exposes Prosecution’s Duplicity">Read more</a>

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Decolonization, Multipolarity, and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine

December 7, 2022

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage William Camacaro, CaracasFrederick Mills, Washington DC “It is no longer possible, in the case of America, to continue with the Monroe Doctrinenor with the slogan ‘America for the Americans.’”Andrés Manuel López Obrador December 3, 2023 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. It will also mark ... <a title="Decolonization, Multipolarity, and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/07/decolonization-multipolarity-and-the-demise-of-the-monroe-doctrine/" aria-label="Read more about Decolonization, Multipolarity, and the Demise of the Monroe Doctrine">Read more</a>

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Evo Morales: “A democratic rebellion is underway throughout Latin America and the Caribbean”

October 1, 2022

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Alina Duarte Mexico City Evo Morales, former President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and President of the Six Federations of the Tropic of Cochabamba, was a special guest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during festivities marking the 212th anniversary of Mexico’s independence. The other international ... <a title="Evo Morales: “A democratic rebellion is underway throughout Latin America and the Caribbean”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/01/evo-morales-a-democratic-rebellion-is-underway-throughout-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/" aria-label="Read more about Evo Morales: “A democratic rebellion is underway throughout Latin America and the Caribbean”">Read more</a>

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Brazil: More Fascism and Neocolonialism or a Path Back to Self-Determination?

September 28, 2022

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Danny ShawRío de Janeiro (The author has changed certain names and details to protect individuals’ privacy.) When you arrive in another country, there is nothing more precious than new friends who adopt you, protect you, and teach you about their language, music, culture, and traditions. For an open-minded ... <a title="Brazil: More Fascism and Neocolonialism or a Path Back to Self-Determination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/28/brazil-more-fascism-and-neocolonialism-or-a-path-back-to-self-determination/" aria-label="Read more about Brazil: More Fascism and Neocolonialism or a Path Back to Self-Determination?">Read more</a>

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Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation

July 20, 2022

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage John PerryMasaya, Nicaragua July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it’s yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. We’ll hear ... <a title="Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/20/nicaragua-celebrates-43-years-of-revolution-a-clash-between-reality-and-media-misrepresentation/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation">Read more</a>