May 9, 2020 - No. 16 - 75th Anniversary of Victory Over Fascism in Europe - Virtual Celebrations and Tributes

All of it shows that to forestall the collapse of the imperialist economy and the possible loss of control of the financial oligarchy over the political and economic affairs of the countries within the imperialist system of states, the ruling elite has unleashed the power of the state to manage the crisis in a way that favours their private interests. [...] 13 I urge the State Department to adopt, with the utmost urgency, the measures necessary to ensure full compliance with its responsibilities under the Vienna Convention and to guarantee the security and safety of the Cuban embassy, the Cuban Permanent Mission to the United Nations, and the staff that works at both missions and their accompanying family members. [...] "What the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated again is that the prevailing policies of the IMF and WBG are unhelpful to the majority of nations of the world, including the Caribbean, that are classified as middle or high income, disregarding the many other factors of their underdevelopment and vulnerabilities. [...] Enrique) 22 International Campaign in the Philippines On April 25, the Toronto Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in Canada (ICHRP-Canada) hosted an online event to bring to light the struggle of the people in the Philippines in general, and Negros Island in particular, against the violence of the Duterte regime. [...] Negros, the fourth largest island in the Philippines, is the most important sugar producing region in the country and a critical region in the people's struggle, led by the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army, to liberate their country from the clutches of U.