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News from the Pressenza Bureau in New York, United States

Caravana 43 Passed by New York City

In September 2014, dozens of students from Ayotzinapa’s teachers’ college in the Mexican state of Guerrero were attacked by police. #Ayotzi43DCSix people were killed. The police then forcibly disappeared 43 students, who have been missing ever since. The Ayotzinapa 43…

The Greatest Heist in History

By Danny Katch The vast majority of Americans have been the victims of one of the biggest and longest-lasting robberies in history. Danny Katch investigates–and uncovers the culprits. THE TENTH richest person in America stood before a private audience in…

NO NUKES DAY – Unified Action Against Nuclear Power! Remember Fukushima & Halt Restarts!

Photos by Yoko Narita Version in Japanese This Wednesday, March 11th marks the 4th anniversary of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Over the weekend, prior to its anniversary, many memorial services and public…

March for Human Dignity from the Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

With a great spirit of reconciliation, hundreds marched in support of human life. The march was initiated  by Antanas Mockus in Bogota , Colombia and simultaneously in over 50 cities around the world. The March for Life calls to stop violence, the lost of lives in Colombia…

A Life Dedicated to the People

March 5 marks the second anniversary since the passing of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on this honor the Venezuelan Consulate in New York organized an opening celebration of a retrospective exhibition call “A life dedicated to the people” remembering…

Sonia Ines Goéz Orrego on a speaking tour in the U.S. to share her experience building peace in Colombia

New York, March 02 2015 – The presentation was organized by Colombia Human Rights Committee & Latin America Working Group Education Fund at The Graduate Center, CUNY in NYC Sonia Ines Goéz Orrego is the executive director of CEDECIS, a…

Joseph Stiglitz Stands Against Trade Agreements

New York Feb 25 2015 – The United States is trying to impose a strong investment pact within two big, so-called “partnership” agreements that are now being negotiated, one bridging the Atlantic, the other the Pacific. But there is growing…

Japan: In Support of freedom of expression – standing up against political violence

Japanese version A group of journalists, writers, academics, musicians and artists, whose work is about expression of thoughts and ideas, came together in support of freedom of expression. They held a press conference on February 9 and asked the public…

Pablo Iglesias of Podemos in conversation with Amy Goodman

Introduced by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now), Podemos’ General Secretary Pablo Iglesias  occupied the CUNY Graduate Center leaving hundred outside and overload the streaming. You can watch the recording online now.

#‎GreeceSolidarity‬ NYC

Rally in New York to show solidarity with the people of Greece and Europe and to demand an end to the EU austerity policy that for years has subjected millions of people to a humanitarian crisis. Following the election of…

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