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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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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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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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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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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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July 19, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Arturo López LevyOakland, California. I don’t remember when I started listening to Silvio Rodríguez’ songs. It must have been during college prep, once I was grown up and wanted to be able to express things better so that the ones that I loved would be more receptive ... <a title="Interview with Mythical Cuban Troubadour, Silvio Rodríguez: “I am closing ranks with my people who have been subjected to systematic torture for six decades”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/19/interview-with-mythical-cuban-troubadour-silvio-rodriguez-i-am-closing-ranks-with-my-people-who-have-been-subjected-to-systematic-torture-for-six-decades/" aria-label="Read more about Interview with Mythical Cuban Troubadour, Silvio Rodríguez: “I am closing ranks with my people who have been subjected to systematic torture for six decades”">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patrick Synan Boston As the trial of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández proceeds,[1] as Guatemalan Attorney General María Consuelo Porras begins her controversial second term,[2] and as the state of exception in El Salvador enters its 3rd month[3], progressive members of Congress and the Senate maintain ... <a title="Progressive Legislators Call to Cut Aid to Northern Triangle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/09/progressive-legislators-call-to-cut-aid-to-northern-triangle/" aria-label="Read more about Progressive Legislators Call to Cut Aid to Northern Triangle">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Ben Gutman From Washington D.C. In a bold and consequential decision with rippling geopolitical implications, Nicaragua recognized the “One-China Principle” and resumed diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the first time since the beginning of the neoliberal period in 1990.[1] This was announced ... <a title="Nicaragua: A Renewed Partnership with China Defangs US Regime Change Tactics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/nicaragua-a-renewed-partnership-with-china-defangs-us-regime-change-tactics/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua: A Renewed Partnership with China Defangs US Regime Change Tactics">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano Washington DC Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, visited Honduras the week before the presidential elections. His stated purpose was to “encourage the peaceful, transparent conduct of free and fair national elections.” He did not meet with the de facto President, ... <a title="Hondurans Break the U.S.-imposed Narco Siege of their Government by Electing Xiomara Castro as New President" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/hondurans-break-the-u-s-imposed-narco-siege-of-their-government-by-electing-xiomara-castro-as-new-president/" aria-label="Read more about Hondurans Break the U.S.-imposed Narco Siege of their Government by Electing Xiomara Castro as New President">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By William Camacaro and Frederick MillsFrom Caracas, Venezuela On Sunday, November 21, Venezuela held mega-elections in which more than 70,000 candidates from across the political spectrum ran for 3,083 state, city and local offices, marking a resounding victory for this nation’s sovereignty and democratic institutions in the face ... <a title="Venezuela’s Mega-Elections: Despite U.S. Sanctions, COVID, and Economic Crisis, Chavismo Wins Majority of States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/23/venezuelas-mega-elections-despite-u-s-sanctions-covid-and-economic-crisis-chavismo-wins-majority-of-states/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela’s Mega-Elections: Despite U.S. Sanctions, COVID, and Economic Crisis, Chavismo Wins Majority of States">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua Official results from Nicaragua’s elections on November 7 showed Daniel Ortega re-elected as president with 75% of the vote. On the same day, President Joe Biden dismissed the ballot as a “pantomime election”[1] and within 48 hours the Organization of American States ... <a title="If there was “fraud” in Nicaragua’s elections, where is the proof?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/17/if-there-was-fraud-in-nicaraguas-elections-where-is-the-proof/" aria-label="Read more about If there was “fraud” in Nicaragua’s elections, where is the proof?">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rita Jill Clark-Gollub Managua, Nicaragua Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council declared President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) winners in an election that drew 65% of the eligible 4.4 million voters. Although Washington and its allies in the region denounced ... <a title="Despite US led Dirty Campaign, Nicaraguans Came Out in Force in Support of the FSLN " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/12/despite-us-led-dirty-campaign-nicaraguans-came-out-in-force-in-support-of-the-fsln/" aria-label="Read more about Despite US led Dirty Campaign, Nicaraguans Came Out in Force in Support of the FSLN ">Read more</a>
