Senate Approves AMLO’s Request for US Military Personnel in Mexico

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

This past Wednesday, December 13, the Senate approved the request from president Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the presence of US military personnel in Mexican territory.
Senate Approves AMLO’s Request for US Military Personnel in Mexico

The request to the Mexican Senate for the entry of 11 armed US personnel to participate in the exercise “Strengthen the capabilities of the Special Forces of the Ministry of National Defense” was signed by López Obrador less than a week after he met with US President Joe Biden in San Francisco on November 17.

On the strategic relationship between Venezuela and China

December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

During a state visit to the People’s Republic of China in September 2023, Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro met president Xi Jinping and both agreed to strengthen the relationship of their countries by establishing seven sub commissions to elevate it to the level of ‘all-weather strategic partnership’. This is the culmination of a relationship that began with president Hugo Chavez’s first visit to Beijing in 1999, the very first year of his presidency.
On the strategic relationship between Venezuela and China

World Court orders Venezuela to refrain from action in border dispute with Guyana + More

December 1, 2023December 7, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

World Court orders Venezuela to refrain from action in border dispute with Guyana

Friday’s ruling is the latest development in the larger border dispute. The ICJ said in April it had jurisdiction over the case, but a final ruling could be years away.

Interestingly, Judge Joan Donoghue used to work for the US State Department. 🤔

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A Veteran Remembers, by Howard Zinn + How the U.S. Poisoned its Veterans

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Let’s go back to the beginning of Veterans Day. It used to be Armistice Day, because at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I came to an end.
A Veteran Remembers, by Howard Zinn + How the U.S. Poisoned its Veterans

[2005] The Myth of the Leftist Media

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Myth of the Leftist Media – Michael Parenti

Transcript.

Still true. They’re all owned by big corporations!

Relations Sour Between US and Colombia Over Colombian President Petro’s Refusal To Condemn Hamas

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

“The only way for Palestinian children to sleep in peace is for Israeli children to sleep in peace. The only way for Israeli children to sleep in peace is for Palestinian children to sleep in peace. War will never achieve this.”
Relations Sour Between US and Colombia Over Colombian President Petro’s Refusal To Condemn Hamas

Venezuela Signs Migration Agreement With the US

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

TeleSUR English

“Venezuelan migration in recent years is a direct consequence of the application of unilateral coercive measures and the blockade to our economy.”
Venezuela Signs Migration Agreement With the US

Presidential centers issue rare call to maintain civil discourse, protect democracy

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Foundations representing nearly every former president from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama released a joint letter on Thursday calling on Americans to engage in civil political discourse, and to remember that tolerance and respect are key to peaceful coexistence.
Presidential centers issue rare call to maintain civil discourse, protect democracy

AOC-Led Delegation Can Push for New Approach to Latin America

September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

You might not know it by the relatively scant news coverage, but the U.S. congressional delegation, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that visited Brazil, Chile, and Colombia in August marked a big step forward in the development of a new U.S. approach to Latin America and highlighted the important role that the U.S. progressive left has to play in it.
AOC-Led Delegation Can Push for New Approach to Latin America

Asked if the left needs to build a counterweight network, Ocasio-Cortez, whose trip to Latin America was branded “AOC’s socialist sympathy tour” by Rupert Murdoch’s conservative Wall Street Journal newspaper, replied: “I absolutely believe that the battle for democracy must be transnational and it must be global, and it especially must be hemispheric.