(2023-06-16). Fixing An American Mess: China, Iran, Pakistan Link Up To Secure Afghanistan. popularresistance.org Last week, Beijing hosted the first-ever tripartite security dialogue between Iran, Pakistan, and China. The gathering took place against the backdrop of recent border skirmishes between Iran and Afghanistan, and the Taliban government's reluctance to crack down on militant groups operating within its borders. | While Pakistani officials insist that the dialogue is intended to address local security issues and not act as an "an Afghan affairs watchdog" to fill the void left by the 2021 US troop withdrawal, geopolitical analysts say the talks will shape a new regional security and trade paradigm involving China, I…
(2023-06-16). Alex Saab's Illegal Detention Reaches Three Years. popularresistance.org This Monday marked three years of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's illegal detention in a United States prison, in a case in which violations of international law and diplomatic conventions by the US regime stand out. | On June 12, 2020, Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on a diplomatic mission for the Venezuelan government to negotiate medical supplies and food for the Venezuelan people amid the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the strengthening of illegal US and European sanctions. | The Venezuelan government plane Saab was traveling in stopped on Sal island in Cape Verde, an archipelago country off t…
(2023-06-16). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Concludes Visit with Renewed Focus on South-South Cooperation. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi (standing-L) and Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel watch as senior officials from the two countries sign cooperation deals in the Palace of the Revolution in the Cuban capital Havana on June 15, 2023. (Photo: Press TV) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to three Latin American countries — Venezuela, Cuba, and…
(2023-06-16). The West is a Dictatorship in Decline: Interview with Venezuela's Foreign Minister. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen Al Mayadeen interviewed Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, asking him about various topics from the recent visit may by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to the country to the US sanctions stifling the Venezuelan economy. The interview aired Friday and saw the top Venezuelan diplomat talk about his country's people and its development despite the Western draconian…
(2023-06-16). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concludes visit to three Latin American countries with renewed focus on South-South cooperation. peoplesdispatch.org Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to three Latin American countries — Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua — was aimed at fostering multipolarity and strengthening the anti-hegemonic and anti-imperialist struggle in world politics…
(2023-06-17). President Raisi's Latin America Tour Aims To Build Solidarity. popularresistance.org Several experts have emphasized that this visit aims to highlight similarities between the Islamic Republic and the three Latin American countries, particularly in their political stance towards the West. | It's important here to explain the political similarities between them from a historical perspective with a focus on the connection between Western ideology and colonialism. | To understand the critique of the colonial project from an external perspective to the Western discourse, it is essential to grasp this ontological relationship between the West and colonialism..
(2023-06-16). House GOP panel releases budget that would 'destroy Social Security as we know i'. nationofchange.org "The largest group of House Republicans just released a budget that calls for massive tax cuts for the super-rich and raising the Social Security retirement age, a benefit cut for millions of Americans."