Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
In Pictures: Puerto Rico is still a mess
A woman places one of the hundreds of shoes in memory of those killed by Hurricane Maria in front of the Puerto Rico Capitol, in San Juan
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
SINCE Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, US President Donald Trump and his right-wing scoundrels have done little to alleviate the dire situation on the US’s bankrupt Caribbean colony.
Instead they have focused their efforts on victim blaming, cuts to public services, and plans to privatise everything (including the island’s power supply and schools), as well as refusing to write off Puerto Rico’s $74 billion (£56bn) debt.
Maria lashed the island with winds of up to 155mph, causing landslides and floods, destroying homes, hospitals and police stations; turning streets into rivers; blocking roads, and cutting electrical power to Puerto Rico, home to some 3.4 million people.
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