WFTU Presidential Council Resolution of solidarity with the people of Cuba

Uruguay. Statements by the “progressive” foreign minister: “We do not recognize anyone in Venezuela: neither Maduro nor the one who claimed to have triumphed” / Opinions of a convert

Sebastián Fest / El Mundo / Resumen Latinoamericano / March 4, 2025.

Photo: Journalist Mario Lubetkin, whose career spans more than 40 years, assumes a new position in the Government of Yamandú Orsi: head of diplomacy

Uruguay changes its position on Venezuela: Yamandú Orsi, the new president, does not recognize Nicolás Maduro or Edmundo González Urrutia as heads of state.

Pour toutes informations concernant le congrès, veuillez contacter le camarade Abderrazzak Drissi. Merci.        

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More than a thousand workers, mostly retirees, took over the area around the National Congress on Wednesday, February 19, as they have been doing for 35 years. Despite the threatening and aggressive presence of hundreds of federal police, agents of the Gendarmerie and the National Prefecture, these worthy workers marched around the so-called “house of democracy” and carried out the longest traffic light checkpoint in living memory, in front of the eyes of Patricia Bullrich’s henchmen.

Militant and assertive district conference of EKYSY.

The district conference of EKYSY was held with fighting spirit and

assertiveness today, Tuesday 18 February, in Nicosia, highlighting the

key issues that concern pensioners. Within the framework of the

conference, the participants proceeded to a symbolic protest,

demanding the abolition of the 12% penalty on pensions for those who

choose to retire at the age of 63, the adoption of immediate measures

to address the high prices that particularly affect pensioners, their

Once again the national government gives unequivocal signs of what its objectives are. It does so by ordering the increases for the retired sector starting in February. They fill their mouths saying that retirees do not lose with inflation but that is not true. The increase for February (2.7%) is applied to the minimum income but not to the $70,000 bonus, which is part of the income and has been frozen since March 2024. Conclusion: the increase varies between 2.1 and 1.9% far from the 2.7% announced. Let us agree that they are all misery but they do not even respect their word.