Commentary (CNS): The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding adversary, sowing division and instability in a world already grappling with profound economic, social, and environmental challenges.
Sana (Al Mayadeen): The Yemeni Armed Forces successfully thwarted an American-British attack on the country, shooting down an F-18, forcing the USS Harry Truman to withdraw, and warning of further action to defend Yemen and support Palestine.
Castries (The Voice): A fellow regional political observer -also a colleague journalist, friend and Comrade- responding to regional reports on the Saint Lucia Prime Minister’s 2024 end-of-year press conference, told me by phone Thursday: “Under Philip J. Pierre, these past three years have been seeing progress in Saint Lucia on steroids!”
Ciudad de Panamá (El Siglo): El presidente de la República, José Raúl Mulino, respondió a las amenazas del presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sobre el Canal de Panamá.
Puerto Príncipe (Le National): A principios de 2025, los principales proyectos de transición siguen estancados, lo que exacerba las preocupaciones sobre una crisis de seguridad persistente.
Beijing (China Daily): China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the United States' report on China's military and security development, Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Saturday.
Washington (Liberation): December 17 marks the anniversary of a historic development in U.S.-Cuba relations. On this day 10 years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced an agreement to open diplomatic relations between the two countries. In addition, the three remaining Cuban Five — men wrongly imprisoned since 1998 in the United States for protecting Cuba from U.S.-sponsored terrorism — were freed and allowed to return home.
Maputo (AIM): Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi assured the nation he has no intention of staying in office beyond the end of his current term, in mid-January 2025.
La Paz (ABI): El presidente Luis Arce alertó que la derecha internacional no se va a “dormir” y actuará en las próximas elecciones generales de Bolivia, como lo hizo en el golpe de Estado de 2019, para poner a disposición del imperio los recursos naturales.
Dakar (Africa News): It's been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades.
