https://znetwork.org/author/salimlamrani/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:04:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/salimlamrani/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/venezuela-the-united-states-against-the-sovereignty-of-nations/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/venezuela-the-united-states-against-the-sovereignty-of-nations/#respond Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:04:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293117 On January 3, 2026, at two o’clock in the morning, the United States declared war on Venezuela by bombing several strategic sectors of the capital and kidnapping the elected president, Nicolás Maduro. 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In the early 19th century, the Haitian people, guided by the example of Toussaint Louverture, broke the chains of slavery and defeated Napoleon’s army on the battlefield, delivering France’s [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jose-marti-and-the-second-cuban-war-of-independence/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unanimous-rejection-of-u-s-economic-sanctions-against-cuba/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unanimous-rejection-of-u-s-economic-sanctions-against-cuba/#respond Sat, 02 Nov 2024 16:33:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1274697 On October 30, 2024, at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, and for the 32nd consecutive year, 187 countries demanded the lifting of unilateral U.S. economic sanctions that have been suffocating the Cuban population since 1960. As usual, only Israel aligned itself with Washington, opposing the resolution put forward by Havana. Moldova, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unanimous-rejection-of-u-s-economic-sanctions-against-cuba/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/thirty-years-ago-jean-bertrand-aristide-returned-to-haiti/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/thirty-years-ago-jean-bertrand-aristide-returned-to-haiti/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272876 Thirty years ago, President Aristide, victim of a military putsch, returned to power following the intervention of the United Nations.  On December 16, 1990, at the end of an electoral campaign supervised by the UN but marked by violence, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, candidate of the National Front for Change and Democracy (FNCD), was elected President of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/thirty-years-ago-jean-bertrand-aristide-returned-to-haiti/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cuba-the-island-of-olympic-champions/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cuba-the-island-of-olympic-champions/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:24:17 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270041 Before 1959, Cuba had a modest record of five Olympic medals, four of them gold, won in Paris in 1900, Saint-Louis in 1904 and London in 1948. 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