Daniel Noboa and Luisa González starred in a heated debate in which accusations prevailed. The presidential runoff will be held on April 13.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/25/accusations-and-attacks-the-last-presidential-debate-in-ecuador-between-noboa-and-gonzalez/

“We must enter into trade negotiations with the USA because our economy and our people need them. But we must never trade our sovereignty, lest we be told that China and Cuba cannot be our friends,” said veteran diplomat Ebrahim Rasool on his return to South Africa.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/25/i-will-wear-my-persona-non-grata-as-a-badge-of-dignity-said-south-african-ambassador-expelled-by-the-us/

The Venezuelan government has initiated all possible steps (political and legal) to achieve the return of its citizens. A US judge claimed “Nazis got better treatment” than the Venezuelans accused of gang activity.

238 detained Venezuelan migrants have been transferred from detention in the US to an infamous mega-prison in El Salvador. The migrants are accused of belonging to the criminal gang called Tren de Aragua”.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/26/venezuelan-families-demand-justice-for-their-relatives-deported-to-el-salvador/

🥳Give The People What They Want! Trump is back, so are we!

After a hiatus, your favorite weekly movement news round-up is back! Tune in for a special episode with Peoples Dispatch editor Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, to discuss the resumption of the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza, the arms race in Europe, the wars in the DRC and Sudan, and the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador by the Trump administration.

📹 Tune in Wednesday 15h NYC/19h UK. Listen later as a podcast!
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Rallies have been held following the sudden ICE abductions of immigrant activists Jeanette Vizguerra in Colorado and Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez in Washington State.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/26/ice-is-kidnapping-immigrant-and-labor-rights-activists/

“The situation is not good. The killings continue in areas controlled by M23. It’s very difficult for civilians as there is no humanitarian assistance now, as many people have run because of war, and their homes including displacement camps have been destroyed. The humanitarian situation is very bad, and crimes against civilians and the minerals of the country continue to be robbed, even in areas where the Congolese army is in control.”

Steward Muhindo, a member of Congolese civil society organization LUCHA, described the dire conditions faced by civilians in dialogue with Peoples Dispatch.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/26/crisis-escalates-in-the-congo-m23-advances-peace-talks-collapse/

Historian Vijay Prashad calls for a new development theory to break free from debt, deindustrialization, and despair. His warning? 3.3 billion people live in countries where debt interest payments exceed spending on education or healthcare.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/26/can-we-exit-from-a-world-of-debt/

🇦🇷 "We can't [afford] to eat" – Argentina’s pensioners protest Milei’s cuts and are brutally repressed

Retirees, backed by unions and football fans, march weekly in Buenos Aires against far-right President Javier Milei’s "chainsaw" austerity. With their pensions not even covering food or medicine, protesters warn: "We can't eat. And it's not a joke. It's not a slogan. It's not a phrase. We can't eat! We can't make ends meet or buy medicine."

Israeli officials have invited European far-right parties to participate in an antisemitism conference held in Jerusalem.


Among those present are French MEPs Jordan Bardella, leader of the National Rally, and Marion Maréchal of Identity-Liberties, joined by delegates from far-right formations in Spain, Sweden, Hungary, and the Netherlands. While no invitation has been extended to the Alternative for Germany or Austria’s Freedom Party this time, recent signals from Israeli officials suggest that rapprochement with these groups is not completely off the table.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/27/israels-antisemitism-conference-shaken-by-its-own-contradictions-with-attendance-of-europes-far-right/

Farmers, under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) or United Farmers Front, will gather in front of all district headquarters across India to demand an end to the repression against their movements along with several other demands.

The ultra-right-wing government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pushing for corporate entry into Indian agriculture, despite opposition from the majority of Indian farmers.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/27/farmers-in-india-stand-against-state-crackdown-on-their-right-to-protest/

Emboldened by an ultra-right wing and extremely pro-Zionist administration in the US, Israel has resumed its genocidal bombardment of Gaza. Meanwhile, in the United States, Trump and his immigration authorities are rounding up and detaining student organizers for standing in solidarity with Palestine.

The Palestinian Youth Movement and other organizations plan to demonstrate in Washington, DC to oppose Israel’s genocide and call for an arms embargo.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/27/undeterred-by-trumps-attacks-pro-palestine-organizations-will-mobilize-in-washington-dc-on-april-5/

🇺🇸🇨🇳Liberals in the US clamor to defend a "democracy" dominated by corporations and weapons manufacturers. Is this really the model for the world?

Beijing-based Brazilian journalist Mauro Ramos draws comparisons between the US system and China's whole-process people’s democracy.

Ms. Wang Yinxiang, a small farmer, a village party secretary, and deputy to the Two Sessions told Ramos: “Democracy in China is a comprehensive process that fully values ​​the opinions of people from all walks of life and sectors of society, allowing everyone to understand and participate. I am a representative of the peasants, coming from the grassroots. You can see that our representatives come from diverse professions and sectors, reflecting different perspectives and backgrounds. This allows us to observe how the Party and the government serve the people.”
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/27/what-are-the-differences-between-us-and-chinese-democracy/

🇵🇸 Activists demand: "Free Mahmoud!"

Supporters of imprisoned pro-Palestine activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil rallied outside of his court hearing in Newark, New Jersey on Friday, March 28. Newark federal court Judge Michael Farbiarz declined to hear arguments in favor of Khalil’s freedom, but his legal team and his supporters across the country have vowed to continue to fight for his release, and for the release of the dozens of students and activists across the country also kidnapped by Trump’s immigration authorities.

🌍Renowned economists, sociologists, and movement leaders from Mexico, Russia, Benin, China, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Argentina, and more, will come together in São Paulo, Brazil from April 7-11 to participate in the IV International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference: Perspectives for Social Transformation.

The conference is organized by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, and the International Peoples’ Assembly (IPA).

It will seek to address key questions such as:

-How can left and progressive movements in capitalist societies build projects and programs to combat inequality and hunger?
-How can Global South nations advance the productive forces in their country and move from exporters of raw materials to industrial producers?
-How can progressive governments in the Global South invest in critical public sector social programs to eliminate historic inequalities while they are overwhelmed by external debt?

📲Read the full article on our website
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/27/sao-paulo-to-host-international-conference-on-perspectives-for-building-sovereign-socialist-economic-policies/

For nearly two weeks, the US has conducted daily airstrikes on Yemen. The UK also took part in the heavy, non-stop aggression in different areas across Yemen.


These came after Ansar Allah resumed Red Sea operations in retaliation for Israel’s renewed genocide and aid ban in Gaza.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/28/us-and-uk-escalate-aggression-on-yemen-as-signal-scandal-unfolds/

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims that the State Department has revoked the visas of over 300 students since the start of Trump’s second term.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/30/every-time-i-find-one-of-these-lunatics-i-take-away-their-visa-trump-admin-details-shocking-attack-on-students/

Over 60 Palestinians were killed in multiple Israeli airstrikes that rocked different parts of the Gaza strip, on Sunday, March 30, which also marked the first day of Eid Al-Fitr holiday.

The mass killings tainted the supposedly joyful occasion in Gaza with blood, and replaced celebrations with funerals.

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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/30/israel-turns-gazas-eid-into-tragedy-with-new-massacres/

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been barred from seeking public office for five years and sentenced to a four-year jail term in an embezzlement case involving misuse of European Union funds, a French court ruled on Monday, March 31.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/31/marine-le-pen-barred-from-seeking-public-office-in-eu-funds-embezzlement-case/

Belgium’s two largest trade union confederations have launched a general strike in protest against the Arizona government’s austerity agenda

From the early hours of Monday, hundreds of picket lines formed across the country. The strike resonated across sectors, with some of the most notable results found in transport and logistics: both of Brussels’ main airports were forced to cancel departures as a result of the actions, while disruptions delayed the processing of dozens of ships in Antwerp’s port. Workers in culture, retail, industry, education, and healthcare also joined the mobilization in large numbers.
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https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/31/belgium-on-strike-against-arizona-coalitions-austerity-plans/