Left Review Online April 8, 2022
Editor's Note: "This man cannot remain in power." US President Joe Biden made this remark about Russian leader Vladimir Putin on March 26, 2022 during a speech he made in Poland. Though the White House had tried to explain away the utterance for the president, the real purpose of...more
Earlier this month, the US government named Joseph Yun, who served as US special envoy for North Korea under former US presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, to lead talks with three Pacific Island countries - the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia...more
A Forbes article on Sunday noted that while the world is "distracted by Russia," China is taking the opportunity to "violate" its neighbors' sovereignty. It then hyped Beijing's "violations" of Manila's sovereign rights in the South China Sea (SCS), claiming that China intends to "spy on a US-Philippine...more
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week visited Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Nepal, all of which are China's neighboring countries. Some suggest that Wang's visit is out of "Beijing's fears of diplomatic isolation" amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In regard to the crisis, many of China's...more
The Beijing Winter Olympics successfully closed on Sunday. The sports event, "truly exceptional" as International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach described at Sunday's closing ceremony, showed the world not only the excellent performances of Olympians, but also how China overcame challenges to offer the participants high-quality facilities and...more
La Paz (PL). President of Bolivia Luis Arce called today for unity, particularly within the governing Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), against destabilization attempts, as he ratified his government's commitment to defend the country's natural resources. “Our struggle will not succeed if individual ambitions and internal confrontations flourish”, he...more
Havana (PL). Latin America and the Caribbean are not anyone's backyard or front yard, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, said yesterday, after statements on the matter by the President of the United States, Joe Biden. In his official Twitter account, the foreign minister pointed out that...more
With many teachings and collective deepening, the integral visit of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party and its auxiliary structure to Sancti Spíritus culminated, where the fulfillment of the agreements after the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. The First Secretary of the...more
Moscow, (PL). Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, about cooperation in the fight against Covid-19 and the supply of vaccines, the Kremlin revealed on Friday. During the conversation, occurred on Thursday, the two leaders talked about several current issues of cooperation,...more
Managua, (PL). The integration of the North and South Caribbean zones, after the construction of highways, telecommunications infrastructure and access to health care, education, drinking water and sanitation, currently shows a poverty reduction in Nicaragua. Jose Figueroa, a legislator and executive secretary for the parliamentarian group of the...more
When Americans in New York, Boston, Las Vegas and elsewhere were celebrating the New Year with shouting, kissing and dancing while ignoring health experts' advice to wear masks and keep social distance, the epidemic in the US is riding a roller coaster going up at speed, breaking daily...more
With the US attempting to ring-fence Chinese telecommunications technology, it has become more urgent than ever for China to break the blockade of West-led alliance in consolidating its role in network infrastructure. The US, Australia and Japan announced on Sunday their jointing funding of an undersea communication cable...more
Although many are already predicting the decline of the empire, the United States continues to be one of the most powerful nations in the world from an economic and military point of view. The government has spent millions and millions of dollars to attack Cuba in every possible...more
Editor's Note: How many evils have been committed in the name of democracy? Exporting wars, launching "color revolutions," fomenting extremist ideologies, and promoting economic instability... The US has left endless trails of bloodshed and turmoil around the world. While the American "model of democracy" loses its shine, the US...more
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday released a report entitled "The State of Democracy in the United States." This is the second day in a row that China had publicly stated its views on democracy in response to the US attacks. China's actions on the eve of...more