In an early morning attack on March 1, 2008 Colombian military forces
made an incursion into Ecuadorian territory and murdered several
FARC-EP guerrillas, including spokesperson Raúl Reyes. The goal of this
operation was to undermine the progress that had been made with
Colombia’s government and the FARC-EP as a result of Chávez’s mediation
efforts.
This was the
fourth time that the F. Engels Foundation was present on the Havana International Book Fair. The results could not
have been better, with a marked increase in the sale of books and documents
from last year.
At the beginning of
February the Esquerda Marxista (Marxist Left) group in Brazil held its
congress, where they unanimously voted in favour of their affiliation to the
International Marxist Tendency. The addition of this important grouping, which
gathers within its ranks leaders of the occupied factories, of the Black
Socialist Movement, important trade unionists and many revolutionary youth,
marks a major milestone in the building of a genuine Marxist International in
Latin America and the world.