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About Saheli Chowdhury

Saheli Chowdhury is from West Bengal, India, studying physics for a profession, but with a passion for writing. She is interested in history and popular movements around the world, especially in the Global South. She is a contributor and works for Orinoco Tribune.
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    Ukrainian communist Dmitri Kovalevich: Ukraine has become a private mercenary company of NATO to fight against its opponents (Interview)

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on May 19, 2024 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    According to Dmitri Kovalevich, the United States controls all decisions in Ukraine, not only military but also economic. “It is not the Ukrainian [military] command that decides where to advance, what to undermine, what to shell; Ukrainian soldiers are acting on the advice of Western instructors,” he said, referring to the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces.

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    Institutionalized corruption: India’s electoral bonds scandal exposes Modi’s money laundering machine

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on March 27, 2024 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    On February 15, 2024, a five-judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India declared in a unanimous verdict that the electoral bond scheme of anonymous corporate donations to political parties was unconstitutional.

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    Special interview with Khaled Barakat: Gaza demands end of genocide, not ‘ceasefire’

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on November 9, 2023 by Saheli Chowdhury (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    Orinoco Tribune interviewed Palestinian activist and author Khaled Barakat about Palestine and the Palestinian struggle in the context of the Israeli occupation’s genocidal aggression against Gaza following the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7.

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    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on October 20, 2023 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    The U.S. is organizing and funding a military intervention into Haiti, organized under the auspices of the UN, in order to halt Haiti’s revolutionary process, journalist Kim Ives told Orinoco Tribune in a recent interview.

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    Former president of Mexico revealed as CIA asset

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    Declassified documents of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have revealed that former president of Mexico, José López Portillo, who led the country during 1976-1982, was a CIA asset.

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    The pandemic brought the spotlight on many of the wrongs of capitalism, among them the issue of unpaid labor.

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    Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview)

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on April 17, 2023 (more by Orinoco Tribune)  |

    Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky’s rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

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