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Colombia’s Other Pandemic: Unchecked State Violence in the Time of COVID-19

June 25, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By Danny Shaw From NY The human rights group Indepaz reports that 800 activists have been killed in the past three and a half years in Colombia, since November 24, 2016, the ... <a title="Colombia’s Other Pandemic: Unchecked State Violence in the Time of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/colombias-other-pandemic-unchecked-state-violence-in-the-time-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Colombia’s Other Pandemic: Unchecked State Violence in the Time of COVID-19">Read more</a>

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COVID-19 in Latin America: Growing Challenges in the World’s Most Unequal Region

June 20, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rafael R. IorisFrom Denver, Colorado Confirming what scientists had been saying for the last several years, a new global pandemic has brought the entire world to a halt in the last three months. The rapid spreading of a new form of Coronavirus, called COVID-19, stalled global commercial ... <a title="COVID-19 in Latin America: Growing Challenges in the World’s Most Unequal Region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/20/covid-19-in-latin-america-growing-challenges-in-the-worlds-most-unequal-region/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 in Latin America: Growing Challenges in the World’s Most Unequal Region">Read more</a>

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“We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza

May 26, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Roger D. Harris Corte Madera, California As Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke to COHA Friday night, five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela in defiance of Washington. Within hours the first tanker arrived through the Caribbean where an armada of US warships were deployed. The Venezuelan ... <a title="“We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/we-are-on-the-right-side-of-history-coha-exclusive-interview-with-venezuelan-foreign-minister-jorge-arreaza/" aria-label="Read more about “We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza">Read more</a>

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Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions

May 24, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA urges Washington to allow safe passage of the Iranian fuel tankers. Any action to impede their arrival at Venezuelan ports would be illegal, counter-productive, and could ignite an international conflict with unforeseeable consequences. It is time for the US to end the use of economic sanctions and ... <a title="Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/tehran-caracas-cooperation-defends-venezuelans-against-illegal-us-sanctions/" aria-label="Read more about Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions">Read more</a>

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US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance

May 20, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Five Iranian supertankers, filled with approximately 45.5 million gallons of gasoline and related fuel products are presently crossing the Atlantic with Venezuela their likely ultimate destination. US authorities speculate that Venezuela will pay for these shipments in gold.[1] Venezuela and Iran, both subject to crippling US sanctions, are ... <a title="US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/us-threatens-to-prevent-iranian-venezuelan-mutual-assistance/" aria-label="Read more about US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance">Read more</a>

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New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela

May 9, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Analysis by Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC New information divulged this week reveals that Juan Guaidó was designated as “commander and chief” of the mercenary operation that completely unraveled on the shores of Venezuela. The 41 page contract that formed the basis of the already known eight page General Services ... <a title="New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/new-information-guaido-was-the-commander-in-chief-of-the-failed-mercenary-operation-against-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela">Read more</a>

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Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption

May 6, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the country’s fractured, ... <a title="Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/06/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption">Read more</a>

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Open letter with 100 signatures opposes release of Pinochet era perpetrators of crimes against humanity

April 24, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here In an extraordinary step backward a Chilean Court of Appeals granted release and sentence reductions to 17 State actors convicted of crimes against humanity perpetrated against thousands of Chilean citizens during the ... <a title="Open letter with 100 signatures opposes release of Pinochet era perpetrators of crimes against humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/open-letter-with-100-signatures-opposes-release-of-pinochet-era-perpetrators-of-crimes-against-humanity/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter with 100 signatures opposes release of Pinochet era perpetrators of crimes against humanity">Read more</a>

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Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy

April 18, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Marcia Cury Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s statements are at first shocking, leaving one wondering what he really means. But they are not surprising in the context of the paranoid rhetoric that has always characterized his administration. Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the ... <a title="Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/bolsonaro-covid-19-and-the-crisis-of-brazilian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy">Read more</a>

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Despite US Military Threats against Venezuela, Country Remains Strong against COVID-19

April 7, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny ShawFrom New York In the midst of the public health emergency ripping through the world, the United Nations and progressive forces throughout the Americas have called for a unified effort, transcending ideological differences, in defense of human life in the face of the COVID-10 pandemic. Russia ... <a title="Despite US Military Threats against Venezuela, Country Remains Strong against COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/despite-us-military-threats-against-venezuela-country-remains-strong-against-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Despite US Military Threats against Venezuela, Country Remains Strong against COVID-19">Read more</a>

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Now the People Speak: International Congress of Social Communicators

December 17, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny ShawFrom Caracas “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” Malcolm X From December 2 through 5, 1,700 international and local journalists and media activists gathered in Venezuela to ... <a title="Now the People Speak: International Congress of Social Communicators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/now-the-people-speak-international-congress-of-social-communicators/" aria-label="Read more about Now the People Speak: International Congress of Social Communicators">Read more</a>

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31 US organizations denounce the brutal repression in Bolivia

December 2, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage We, the undersigned US organizations condemn the civic-military coup in Bolivia and the brutal repression unleashed by the police and military authorized by the self-proclaimed anti-Indigenous “President” of Bolivia, Senator Jeanine Áñez.  The regime has burned the Wiphala, flag of the Indigenous nations of Bolivia; decreed an exemption ... <a title="31 US organizations denounce the brutal repression in Bolivia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/02/31-us-organizations-denounce-the-brutal-repression-in-bolivia/" aria-label="Read more about 31 US organizations denounce the brutal repression in Bolivia">Read more</a>