Latin America & Caribbean

Dilma Rousseff
In 2003, "Leftists" applauded the inauguration of Luis Ignacio da Silva as a victory against neoliberalism, without acknowledging that Lula's PT had embraced the demands of Wall Street and the IMF. In the words of IMF Managing Director (2003) "the IMF listens to President Lula and the economic team".
The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism. In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration and struggle...
Fidel Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution has passed. The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism.
The Junta ordered a hike in the price of bread from 11 to 40 escudos. While food prices had skyrocketed, wages had been frozen. From one day to the next, an entire country had been precipitated into abysmal poverty; in less than a year the price of bread in Chile increased thirty-six fold.
Media Reports “Good News”: Kids Are Dying in Venezuela, Sanctions are Working… By David William Pear, January 15, 2019
A New Day for Mexican Workers By David Bacon, January 14, 2019
The Plantation Called Haiti: Feudal Pillage Masking as Humanitarian Aid By Ezili Dantò, January 13, 2019
Brazil and the Illusion of the Rich: An Island of Prosperity Surrounded by Misery and Suffering By Frei Betto and Dr. T. P. Wilkinson, January 13, 2019
Climate Disruption: “The End of Ice” and Other Threats to the Planet By Michael Welch and Dahr Jamail, January 13, 2019
Nicaragua – The Irony of the NICA Act Being Signed into Law by Trump By Lauren Smith, January 11, 2019
The “Lima Group” Mandate to Trigger Regime Change in Venezuela By Nino Pagliccia, January 10, 2019
Trudeau’s Vacuous Haiti Declaration Ignores Revolution, Slavery By Yves Engler, January 10, 2019
Jair Bolsonaro
President Trump’s Losing Strategy: Embracing Bolsonoro’s Brazil and Confronting China By Prof. James Petras, January 09, 2019
Cuba: Trump Turns the Vise. Social Inequality and Cuba’s Dual Currency System. The Creation of a Well-Off Middle Class By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, January 08, 2019
U.S.
A Foreign Affair: Trump’s Dominican Republic Deal By Julie Anne Miranda-Brobeck, January 08, 2019
Illegal Logging in Peru By David Hill, January 08, 2019
Bolivia, Uruguay Reject Lima Group Intervention in Venezuela By Telesur, January 07, 2019
NAFTA Renewed. Now What? By Prof. Sam Gindin, January 07, 2019
US Secretary of State Pompeo Enlists Allies to ‘Return Democracy’ to Venezuela By Ricardo Vaz, January 07, 2019
Rio de Janeiro State Governor and Bolsonaro Ally Calls for Brazil to “Open Its Own Guantanamo” By Reprieve, January 06, 2019
Nicolas Maduro Moros
Britain’s Foreign Policy Meddling in Venezuela, Supportive of Washington’s Aggressive Stance By Nina Cross, January 06, 2019
‘The Decision Is Taken’: Brazil to Move Its Embassy to Jerusalem, Says Bolsonaro By Middle East Eye, January 06, 2019
Within Hours of Taking Office, “Trump of the Tropics” Starts Assault on the Amazon By Andy Rowell, January 06, 2019
Bolsonaro and the Rainforest By Paul R. Pillar, January 06, 2019
Global Research News Hour: Global Economy, Geo-Politics, Militarization. The Most Significant Stories of 2018, Projections for 2019 By Michael Welch, Rick Rozoff, Andy Lee Roth, Dr. Jack Rasmus, and Dmitry Orlov, January 05, 2019
Nicaragua and the Corruption, Co-optation of Human Rights By Stephen Sefton, January 05, 2019
NAFTA 2.0: Nothing for Workers By Bruce Allen, January 04, 2019
Sixteen Environmental, Public-health Organizations Oppose Greenwashing of Fracked Gas-to-methanol Refinery By Center For Biological Diversity, January 02, 2019
Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil Would be a Disaster for the Amazon and Global Climate Change By Ed Atkins, December 31, 2018
Bolsonaro Against Cuba By Elson Concepción Pérez, December 31, 2018
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: ‘We Need Good Brothers Like Netanyahu’ By Telesur, December 30, 2018
Brazil: The Economic and Social Plan of the Bolsonaro Government By Prof. Joao Marcio and João Pedro Stedile, December 28, 2018
U.S. Immigration Policy Contributes to Another Child Death By Physicians for Human Rights, December 28, 2018
The Plight of Children in a Neoliberal World By Peter Koenig, December 28, 2018
Failed Regime Change in Nicaragua. OAS and Amnesty International: Killing, Torturing Sandinistas Is OK By Stephen Sefton, December 27, 2018
What is Really Happening in Venezuela? By Michael Welch and Steve Ellner, December 26, 2018
Cuba: A U.S. Obsession By Gabriela Ávila Gómez, December 20, 2018
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says He Will Target Venezuela, Cuba By Telesur, December 20, 2018
Have the Russian Military Aircrafts in Venezuela Breached the Door to “America’s Backyard”? By Nino Pagliccia, December 18, 2018
Brazil: Fascism on the Verge of Power? By Jörg Nowak, December 17, 2018
Slowing Down the Beast of American Empire: A Salute to the Life and Legacy of William Blum By Michael Welch, William Blum, Chris Agee, Louis Wolf, and Barrie Zwicker, December 16, 2018
A People’s History of George H. W. Bush. “Soldier Statesman” or Criminal War Profiteer? By Michael Welch, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Stephen Lendman, and John Buchanan, December 09, 2018
A Two-Pronged Policy Needed to Stem the Flow of Migrants: Poverty Alleviation, Economic and Social Development By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, December 07, 2018
Canada Backs Repression, Killing of Protestors in Haiti By Yves Engler, December 04, 2018
Mexico on the Eve of AMLO – “So Far from God and So Close to the United States” By Roger D. Harris, December 03, 2018
Mexico: AMLO Opens Presidential House ‘Los Pinos’ to the Public By Telesur, December 03, 2018
The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America By Michael Welch and Tyler Shipley, December 02, 2018
George H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State-Sponsored Terrorism By Robert Parry, December 01, 2018
Assange vs. the Trump-Pence Cabal By Renee Parsons, November 30, 2018
Guardian Escalates Its Vilification of Julian Assange By Jonathan Cook, November 30, 2018
The War on WikiLeaks: Trump’s Newest Puppet, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno By Timothy Alexander Guzman, November 30, 2018
Assange Never Met Manafort. Luke Harding and the Guardian Publish Still More Blatant MI6 Lies By Craig Murray, November 29, 2018
Argentina and France – Opponents of IMF versus Yellow Vests – Where Is the Correlation? By Peter Koenig, November 29, 2018
The Inhumanity of U.S. Immigration Policies Exposed Again in a Single Image By Network in Defense of Humanity, November 28, 2018
Will the Argentina-China Partnership Undermine Trump’s “Fortress America” in the Southern Cone By Andrew Korybko, November 28, 2018
Brazil’s Bolsonaro, “More Doctors” from Cuba , and a Déjà Vu By Lisandra Fariñas Acosta, November 27, 2018
Ecuador in Cahoots with US and UK Against Assange. Ecuador Ambassador to UK Carlos Abad Is Removed By Stephen Lendman, November 26, 2018
Fidel Castro, Two Years Later: “Morality and Science are not Separated” By Prof Susan Babbitt, November 22, 2018
Calling for ‘Corridor of Life and Culture,’ in The Amazon: Indigenous Groups Propose Creation of Largest Protected Area on Earth By Jessica Corbett, November 22, 2018
International Book Fair in Venezuela: Being Educated Is the Only Way to Be Free By Alicia Jrapko, November 21, 2018
USA Prepares to Add Venezuela to Its Terrorism List – Its Got a Lot of Oil You Know By True Publica, November 21, 2018
Forty Years After Jonestown, the People Still Refuse to Wake Up By David W. Mathisen, November 19, 2018
The Legacy of Néstor García Iturbe, Cuban Intellectual By Arnold August, November 17, 2018
Brazil Will Miss Cuban Doctors By Granma, November 17, 2018
Video: Che Guevara Calls for “Good Relations with the US” (1964) By Che Guevara, November 16, 2018
Environmental Disasters Foretold: Toxic Waste from Mining Disasters. Tailings Dam Spills at Mount Polley and Mariana By Judith Marshall, November 14, 2018
Video: Che Guevara Talks About Imperialism (1965) By Che Guevara, November 14, 2018
The Return of a US Imperialist Monroe Doctrine By Martin Varese, November 14, 2018
Why Fascism Won in Brazil? By Carlos Serrano Ferreira, November 14, 2018
Are Actions Against the Venezuelan Government Really About Oil? By John Foster, November 14, 2018
BRICS: A Future in Limbo? By Peter Koenig, November 11, 2018
BRICS and the Future of Multilateralism By Beenish Sultan and Andrew Korybko, November 11, 2018
Maduro in the Cross-hairs: What You are not Being Told about the Crisis in Venezuela By Michael Welch and Mike Prysner, November 11, 2018
Citizens’ Petition to Lift All Sanctions Against Venezuela Is Rejected by Canadian Parliament By Nino Pagliccia, November 09, 2018
Nicaragua and the U.S. Neo-fascist Offensive By Fabián Escalante Font, November 09, 2018
Bank of England Refuses Venezuela’s Request to Return $550 Million In Gold – Report By Sputnik, November 08, 2018
Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro’s Sons Wearing Israel’s IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral By Randi Nord, November 07, 2018
Challenges for Cuba’s New Constitution By Tom Hansen, November 07, 2018
Brazil’s Deep-seated Economic and Social Crisis By Edu Montesanti, November 06, 2018
With Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Israel Finds Another Natural Partner on the Far-right By Jonathan Cook, November 06, 2018
NAFTA
Dissecting the US-NAFTA 2.0 Deal By Dr. Jack Rasmus, November 04, 2018
Rigged US Elections and the new NAFTA By Michael Welch, Bob Fitrakis, and Dr. Jack Rasmus, November 04, 2018
Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud Support for Ethno-Nationalist Politicians Abroad By Whitney Webb, November 03, 2018
Washington Imposes New Sanctions Against Venezuela and Cuba By Bill Van Auken, November 03, 2018