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Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 is blocked by suspected Chinese militia ships as they tried to enter the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea, March 5, 2024
PHILIPPINES: China will not be allowed to remove a Philippine military outpost from a disputed South China Sea shoal, a navy official said today, a day after four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships.
In Manila, officials summoned a Chinese diplomat to receive a strong protest over Tuesday’s confrontation off Second Thomas Shoal, where a small Filipino navy contingent has guarded a stranded warship since the 1990s.
VENEZUELA: This year’s presidential election will take place on July 28, the birthday of the late leader Hugo Chavez, officials announced on Tuesday.
Incumbent Nicolas Maduro is widely expected to seek re-election, but main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been banned from standing after a January ruling by Venezuela’s top court upheld an earlier administrative decision.
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
