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Guillermo R Barreto

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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Guillermo R Barreto

    Inside the United Nations Tunnel | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    This month, like every year, the United Nations General Assembly takes place. Heads of State take the floor to send messages to the world. These messages are broadcast on TV, transcribed, and recorded in official documents and the press. We have heard denunciations of violations of international law, calls for peace and coexistence, and also cynical remarks from leaders of genocidal entities. A month of speeches that surely generates revenue for the media and benefits the local economy of New Yo

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Guillermo R Barreto

    21st-Century McCarthyism: Cuba in the Crosshairs | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    It happened on 25 May 2020, in Minneapolis, USA. George Floyd (a Black man) was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pay for a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Police officer Derek Chauvin (a white man) pinned him to the ground and pressed down on his neck for more than 9 minutes. It was to no avail that George Floyd repeated ‘I can’t breathe’ more than 20 times. He lost consciousness and died of asphyxiation. In other words, he was murdered by the police officer. This incident

  3. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Guillermo R Barreto

    Bolívar Remains the Horizon | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    We are living in complex times in which U.S. imperialism is manifesting itself in an extremely aggressive manner, with greater violence and disregard for international law and the sovereignty of peoples, but with a desperation that translates into increasingly irrational decisions that openly threaten not only world peace but the future of all humanity. What we are witnessing is nothing less than the continuation of a process that began with the very founding of the United States, a process that

  4. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Guillermo R Barreto

    The Essence of Childhood Has Been Destroyed | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    It is 19 April 2025. A 12-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother are playing in front of their house in the village of Bert-Furik. A group of Israeli settlers kidnaps them. At knifepoint, they drag the children to an olive grove where they are tied to a tree and gagged. Fortunately, the family manages to arrive and untie them. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. A report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusa

  5. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Guillermo R Barreto

    Earthquake in Venezuela: The Struggle to Survive (opens the original)

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    Photograph Source: Venezolana de Televisión – Public Domain On 24 June, Venezuela was celebrating two important holidays: the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, the battle that sealed the country’s independence, and the feast of St. John the Baptist, declared by UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a celebration with deep spiritual significance, especially for the Afro-descendant communities of Venezuela. A day of celebration that was cut short at 6:04 and 6:05 p.m. by two

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