 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Ricardo Prada Vásquez, a 32-year-old Venezuelan immigrant and father, legally in the United States, has apparently been disappeared to El Salvador after making a wrong turn on the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Ontario, Canada. Nanda Wickremesinghe's political life as a Trotskyist spanned nearly seven decades. Right until the end, despite ailments that forced him to withdraw from active party work, our comrade had never lost his revolutionary spirit. The US Department of Education, aiming to end federal loan support for students, has announced aggressive debt collection measures targeting nearly 10 million former students delinquent or in default on their college loans. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said "trade policy uncertainty is literally off the charts." Fifteen international students have had their visas revoked and terminated at George Mason, as part of the Trump administration's assault on democratic rights. When he speaks before a national audience, Adam Bandt avoids even mentioning Gaza for fear that the mass slaughter of Palestinians will get in the way of the Greens' aspirations for a coalition government with Labor. In the current Australian election, the practice of deception centres on trying to cover up the global economic conditions—the breakdown of the entire capitalist order—under which it is being held. On Friday, April 18, the Trump White House replaced the COVID.gov site with a web page promoting the lie that the COVID pandemic was the product of nefarious activities conducted by China with the assistance of US scientists. Against the backdrop of the prospect of a US-brokered peace deal between the Zelensky and Putin governments, the Ukrainian military has launched another incursion into Russian territory. Annual television production in Los Angeles declined by 58.4 percent in just three years. The implications of multi-million dollar port fees will be nothing short of disastrous for workers inside the US and abroad. The first ever 24-hour strike by senior doctors is the latest in a rising struggle of medical workers against underfunding, under-staffing and low pay in the public health system. The move affects essential workers in housekeeping, catering, portering, estates, and health and safety roles, many of whom are among the lowest-paid staff in the NHS. The next federal government will defend the interests of the property companies and ensure they continue to reap massive profits at the expense of tenants. The single-family home had been illegally converted into at least a dozen cubicle-sized "apartments" creating extremely dangerous conditions, to which the city building department turned a blind eye despite years of complaints. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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