After almost a year without a government, Mariano Rajoy, leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), was made president at the eleventh hour with the support of the liberal party Ciudadanos and the abstention of the social-democratic PSOE. But, as Arturo Rodríguez comments, this new government is not one of strength but of weakness.

Yesterday in Balochistan, Pakistan, the home of comrade Zareef Rind was attacked by unknown gunmen. His 18-year-old younger brother Hasil – an activist of the Baloch Student Organization (BSO) – was killed by a bullet shot in the head. We publish here a brief statement by the comrades in Pakistan, along with a recent article by Adam Pal discussing the menace of terrorism in Pakistan and how to fight it.

Last week, criminal courts in Venezuela annulled the collection of the signatures needed to activate a recall referendum, ruling out the possibility of President Maduro being removed this year. The hypocrisy of the counter-revolutionaries about “violations of democratic freedoms” is clear. But if the Bolivarian revolution is not completed, this will pave the way for victory of the counter-revolution.