Despite the rain, hundreds of people turned out in Seongju County on September 4 for a candlelight vigil for the 54th night in a row. Their message is clear: no to the United States鈥 planned deployment of the THAAD missile defence system, not in Seongju or anywhere in South Korea.
US imperialism
Although it was not deemed worthy of front page coverage in much of the Western media, the horrific attack against a demonstration in Kabul on July 23 should be known about and condemned by the whole world.
More than 80 people from the Hazara minority were slaughtered in the terrorist attack. Their only crime was to assemble in a crowd to peacefully protest against discrimination and demand justice from the corrupt and puppet government of Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hit out at 鈥渕ounting aggressions鈥 against his government after it was confirmed that a US plane had twice violated Venezuelan airspace.
The US Boeing 707 E-3 Sentry is reported to have illegally entered Venezuela鈥檚 national airspace on May 11 and 13.
Both incursions were detected by Venezuela鈥檚 Bolivarian air force and have sparked rumours that the US might be conducting covert spying operations over Venezuela.
鈥淭his plane has all the mechanisms to carry out electronic espionage,鈥 said Maduro on his television program on May 17.
Photo: Albaciudad.org.
The Venezuelan Supreme Court unanimously ruled on April 11 that a controversial 鈥渁mnesty law鈥 passed by the country's right-wing opposition-controlled parliament is unconstitutional, Venezuela Analysis said the next day.
Once again, the United States and Israel voted against a motion to end economic sanctions at the United Nations General Assembly on October 27. Similar motions have been adopted by overwhelming majorities at the UN for the past 23 years.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented a report that concludes that the economic sanctions, which have caused about US$833.8 billion in damages to the Caribbean island, should be lifted.
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez addressed the UN, calling the blockade a 鈥渇lagrant, massive and systematic violation of human rights of all Cubans鈥.
It all began in 1835 when the British Empire sent a German-born naturalist and explorer to conduct geographical research in the South American territory it had colonised and named British Guiana.
In the course of his explorations, a map was drawn that well-exceeded the original western boundary first occupied by the Dutch and later passed to British control.
The 70th anniversary of the United States' atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a reminder that when the United States' enemies commit crimes, they are crimes. But when the United States commits crimes, they did not happen.
In 1928, Arthur Ponsonby, a British politician, said: 鈥淲hen war is declared, the first casualty is the truth鈥. But he never specified what the distorted 鈥渢ruth鈥 might be. If one were to examine all wars the US has engaged in, however, one might conclude the casualty to be civilian death counts.
鈥淏illionaire hedge fund managers have called on Puerto Rico to lay off teachers and close schools so that the island can pay them back the billions it owes,鈥 on the debt crisis facing the United States' Caribbean colony.
Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, speaks to the National Assembly in Caracas about the Guyana border dispute. Photo: AVN.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the giant oil company Exxon-Mobil and other oil lobbies have been working to undermine his nation's relations with the Caribbean, especially neighbouring Guyana.
President Rafael Correa speaks to thousands of supporters from the presidential palace in Quito's main square, June 15, 2015. Photo: EFE.
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