AQEL TAQAZ looks warily at the implications of Western states’ proposed recognition of the Palestinian state

PRESIDENTIAL elections will be held in Venezuela on May 20 at the same time as municipal and regional elections.
Contrary to claims from some who support Donald Trump’s “regime change” agenda in the oil-rich country that Venezuela is a dictatorship, these elections will be the 25th national election or referendum since 1998.
Current President Nicolas Maduro is standing, along with opposition candidates. The most prominent of these is Henri Falcon.

TONY BURKE revels in the publication of previously unreleased tracks by the great US folksinger

This is a remarkable set of hop hip, salsa, reggae, soul, cumbia and traditional Mexican music finds TONY BURKE

New releases from Madalitso Band, Gabriel da Rosa, and Femi Kuti

A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966 - 1971, G3, and Buck Owens