2024-12-24: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-12-24). Peru's crisis-ridden president launches police-state buildup. wsws.org The rearming of the Peruvian state is part of a global shift towards dictatorial measures amid the drive to war and attacks on democratic rights.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-12-24). China subraya importancia de ampliación del grupo Brics. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 dic (RHC) China destacó hoy la importancia de la expansión del grupo Brics con Indonesia, Malasia, Tailandia, Bielorrusia, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazajstán, Uzbekistán y Uganda.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-12-24). Autoridad de Bolivia admite dos elecciones conjuntas en 2025. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 dic (RHC) La posibilidad de realizar simultáneamente en 2025 elecciones generales y comicios para completar el Poder Judicial en Bolivia es hoy una realidad, aseguró el vicepresidente del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), Francisco Vargas.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-12-24). Galapagos islands sanctuary, not military base, organizations demand. plenglish.com Quito, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) A coalition of 50 social, national and international organizations today rejected the foreign military presence in the Galapagos Islands, because it violates the Constitution of Ecuador, threatens the conservation of the archipelago and compromises national sovereignty.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-12-24). UN asks Ecuador for urgent measures for missing minors. plenglish.com Quito, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) The Committee on Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations (UN) issued today urgent action measures after the disappearance for more than two weeks of four minors in Ecuador, a case involving military.

Staff (2024-12-24). La ONU exige acción urgente tras desaparición de cuatro menores en Ecuador con presunto involucramiento militar. cubadebate.cu El Comité de Desapariciones Forzadas de la ONU ordenó medidas de acción inmediata por la desaparición de cuatro menores en Ecuador hace más de dos semanas, un caso que involucra a militares. La resolución, difundida por el Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Guayaquil, fija un plazo al Estado ecuatoriano hasta el 7 de enero de 2025.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-12-24). Organizaciones argentinas celebran Nochebuena con necesitados. radiohc.cu La Habana, 24 dic (RHC) Agrupaciones sociales argentinas realizarán hoy una cena de Nochebuena frente al Congreso para miles de personas pobres y en situación de calle.

María Candela (2024-12-24). Milei coquetea con el FMI. radiohc.cu El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, parece no haber entendido las lecciones de las experiencias del país suramericano con el Fondo Monetario internacional, y busca un nuevo acuerdo con el organismo financiero, pues el actual finalizará el venidero día 31.

infobrics (2024-12-24). As BRICS Welcomes Nigeria as Partner. infobrics.org The 16th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit took place in the city of Kazan, Russia with an enlarged compliment of countries attending as new members and observers…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-12-24). Haiti's international airport, more wishes than planes. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) A plane that flew to Brazil with 200 passengers sowed the belief about a normalization of air traffic in Haiti, but the desire multiplied by anxiety today is equal to a great disappointment.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-12-24). Average of 16 deaths per day on Brazil's federal roads. plenglish.com Brasilia, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Highway Police (PFR) recorded an average of 16 deaths per day on Brazil's roads between January and October, the corporation revealed, quoted by the portal R7.

infobrics (2024-12-23). Mercenaries eager for money but do not want to die for Ukraine. infobrics.org Private military involvement in Ukraine is quite limited but the largest number comes from Poland, then from the United States, and recently, many mercenaries have been arriving from Latin America, especially from Colombia and Bolivia.

tvbrics (2024-12-23). Venezuela leads Latin America in economic growth in 2024. tvbrics.com Regional growth is expected to reach 2.4 per cent in 2025…

Maria Paez Victor (2024-12-23). I Am Sorry for My Friends in USA. orinocotribune.com By Maria Páez Victor — Dec 20, 2024 | The Global North, empire-like countries, do not think generally they have anything to learn from the smaller, weaker, or poorer ones. This is hubris, and this attitude is to their detriment. I recall that in Venezuela, when Hugo Chávez was elected at the end of 1999, he overthrew a plutocratic system whereby the business elites of that country had dominated the two main parties which had governed for 40 years dispensing oil revenues to themselves and their associates. They were governed by the rich for the rich. On his very first days in office, President Chávez received…

United World International (2024-12-23). What will Marcos Rubio do? uwidata.com By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein President Donald Trump has chosen Mark Burnett, producer of the TV game shows "The Voice" and "The Apprentice," as special envoy for the United Kingdom. He also appointed: Richard Allen Grennel, ambassador to Germany during his first term, as presidential envoy for special missions to Venezuela and the Democratic People's Republic …

Maria Paez Victor (2024-12-23). I Am Sorry for My Friends in USA. orinocotribune.com By Maria Páez Victor — Dec 20, 2024 | The Global North, empire-like countries, do not think generally they have anything to learn from the smaller, weaker, or poorer ones. This is hubris, and this attitude is to their detriment. I recall that in Venezuela, when Hugo Chávez was elected at the end of 1999, he overthrew a plutocratic system whereby the business elites of that country had dominated the two main parties which had governed for 40 years dispensing oil revenues to themselves and their associates. They were governed by the rich for the rich. On his very first days in office, President Chávez received…

aljazeera (2024-12-23). Small plane crashes into Brazil town popular with tourists, killing 10. aljazeera.com Twin-engine plane crashed in largely residential neighborhood of Gramado shortly after takeoff, authorities say.

Lucia Posteraro (2024-12-23). Brazil: Piquiá de Baixo's community members resettled to safe houses away from mining pollution. fidh.org

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-12-23). Investigation into irregularities in centers for minors in Uruguay. plenglish.com Montevideo, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan authorities of the Institute of Children and Adolescents (INAU) are going to Parliament to answer about irregularities affecting minors in their care.

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