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The Israëli-Saudi-Egyptian agreement on the islands of Tiran and Sanafir

3 May 2016

Since the 11th April 2016, date at which the islands of Tiran and Sanafir were given by Egypt to Saudi Arabia, the two governments have been multiplying their declarations affirming that they had always been Saudi, in an attempt to soothe the anger of Egyptian nationalists [1].
The two (...)

War crimes in Syria

17 January 2014

Two Turkish groups have released a report on the war crimes perpetrated against the Syrian people. According to them, the events started in Deraa on the “Day of Wrath” against the neoliberal policies of the Assad administration. However, the revolt lost its meaning after the constitutional (...)

The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and International Law

by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights

London (United Kingdom) | 6 June 2010

The Turkish Ministry of Justice has been carefully examining a memorandum from the British association "Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights", according to which the attack on the Mavi Marmara by Israeli forces violates several international treaties to which Israel is party. Moreover, Israel (...)

Active Participation of Cuban President Raul Castro in Mexican Summit for Unity

Mexico City (Mexico) | 23 February 2010

Cuban President Raul Castro participated actively in the sessions
that took place on Monday at the Summit for Latin American and Caribbean Unity, underway at the Mayan Riviera in Mexico.

Haiti: Grants to repay an odious debt ?

by Éric Toussaint , Sophie Perchellet

19 January 2010

Geography and bad luck are only partly to blame for Haiti’s tragedy. Haiti was born of slavery and revolution, declaring independence from France on 1 January 1804. In exchange for diplomatic recognition, France forced the new republic to pay enormous reparations. Ever since, Haiti has been (...)

Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at 64th Session of UN General Assembly on Embargo Against Cuba

New York (USA) | 28 October 2009

SPEECH BY FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRÍGUEZ PARRILLA AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE ITEM "NECESSITY OF ENDING THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST CUBA".
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 28, 2009
Mr. President,
Permanent (...)

Military coup or not military coup?

Washington on Honduras: The Tight Rope Walker

by Arnold August

Montreal (Canada) | 15 August 2009

What is Washington’s position with regard to the events in Honduras? At first, in the name of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the United States vigorously denounced the ousting of President Zelaya. But a closer look shows that they condemned the coup d’état while at the same time (...)

Obama’s Real Message to Latin America?

The Coup in Honduras

by Nikolas Kozloff

29 June 2009

On July 28, troops in Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya and flew him out of the country. Praised by the traditional left for his economic policies and social reforms, Zelaya’s alliance with Hugo Chavez and growing relationship with the ALBA countries were sharply rebuked by the more (...)

Human Rights Watch in Venezuela

Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups

by James Petras

New York (USA) | 29 September 2008

Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy, has issued a report “A Decade (...)

The U.S. army uses chemical weapons against the Iraqi population

by Arthur Lepic

22 November 2005

Last year, after the Coalition’s attack against Fallujah, independent journalist Dahr Jamail published photos of civilian bodies whose wounds were similar to the ones caused by white phosphorus (deep burns in the skin, even melted skin), a chemical weapon which falls under the category of (...)

“Was Newsweek Really Wrong?”

by Linda S. Heard

20 May 2005

The entire Muslim world rebelled after Newsweek published an article affirming that interrogators at Guantanamo, the most famous of American gulags, had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet. There were violent demonstrations in Afghanistan in which Muslims leaders demanded the culprits be (...)

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