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News from the Pressenza Bureau in New York, United States

Has Cuba’s Hesitation with Beijing and Moscow Facilitated Trump’s “Friendly Takeover”?

On February 27, 2026, President Donald Trump floated a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, claiming the island lacks money, food, and fuel — brought about by US sanctions, tariffs and blockade — which has weakened the Cuban government opening up the possibility for a soft…

Erasing The Palestinians’ National Identity: Netanyahu’s Means Of Achieving Greater Israel

Prime Minister Netanyahu does not seek a negotiated peace with the Palestinians; instead, he perpetuates constant hostilities as a means to incrementally seize ever more territory in the West Bank and Gaza—territory he knows he could never secure at the…

100 Days From the World Cup, an International Coalition is Calling on FIFA to Move the Games From the U.S.

The U.S. is Unsafe for Non-Europeans and is Operating as a rogue State With the FIFA World Cup 2026 now 100 days away, an international coalition has launched a coordinated boycott campaign demanding that FIFA move matches from the United…

Peace Boat Statement: Condemning the Military Attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States and Calling for a Peaceful Resolution

Peace Boat strongly condemns the military attacks initiated against Iran today by Israel and the United States, and calls for their immediate cessation. We urge all parties concerned to exercise the utmost restraint. Carrying out a preemptive military strike against…

Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy in Transition: Key Challenges

“Friendship to All, Malice to None” is the main motto of Bangladesh’s foreign policy. It portrays Bangladesh’s intention to the external world that they seek to keep foreign relations through the respect of the sovereign state, regional integrity, not interested…

U.S. Executive Order 9066, we are repeating history

Mike Ishii, director of Tsuru for Solidarity, pen an article published in The Seattle Times — “84 years after Executive Order 9066, we are repeating history”— with a reminder that history does not disappear simply because time has passed. Eighty-four…

The Decapitation that Failed: Venezuela after the Abduction of President Maduro

The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence that it would face little immediate consequence. By Roger…

One Battle After Another and the Seduction of Endless Struggle

We live in an age that prides itself on vigilance. We are told—often correctly—that history never ends, that reaction never sleeps, that injustice returns in new guises the moment we look away. The lesson appears sober, even responsible: there will…

The Writing Is On The Wall: Trump is Intent on Hijacking the Midterm Election

Terrified by the likelihood of losing the Republican majority in the House and facing the prospect of impeachment, Trump is determined to steal the midterm election by any means, however menacing or unconstitutional they may be, to deprive the Democrats…

Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela

Laura Dogu, newly appointed US envoy to Venezuela, is described by the Los Angeles Times as an appropriate choice because she “navigated crises” in Nicaragua and Honduras during periods of “social and political volatility.” What the LA Times fails to…

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