Latin America & Caribbean

To the People of Cuba: Is Washington Preparing a “Soft Coup”? The Co-optation of Cuban Intellectuals By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 23, 2024
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...
Brazil: Neoliberalism with a “Human Face”. Lula Presidency = Extended Dollarization, Subservient to the Washington Consensus By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 26, 2024
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".
Fidel Castro Ruz. His Legacy Will Live Forever. Truth as A Revolutionary Instrument By Fidel Castro Ruz and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 25, 2021
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.
Chile, September 11, 1973: The Inauguration of Neoliberalism,”Shock Treatment” and the Instruments of Economic Repression: The Junta’s Deadly “Economic Medicine” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 14, 2021
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.
Power versus the Press: The Extradition Cases of Pinochet & Assange By Elizabeth Vos, July 06, 2019
Can Haitians Help “Make Canada Better”? By Jean Saint-Vil, July 05, 2019
Video: ‘The Coup Turned Honduras into Hell’: Interview with President Manuel Zelaya on the 10th Anniversary of Overthrow by the US By Manuel Zelaya and Anya Parampil, July 04, 2019
Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon By Joe Catron, July 04, 2019
China’s Careful New Focus on Latin America By Joseph S. Tulchin, July 03, 2019
Bolsonaro’s Brazil Is a Pretty Bleak Place to Live By Andrew Korybko, July 03, 2019
Brazil Moves to Ban Cuba’s Cohiba Cigars By Telesur, July 02, 2019
Canada, Honduras, and Enslaving “Free Trade” By Mark Taliano, July 01, 2019
How Sen. Rick Scott Became Big Oil’s Point Man on Venezuelan Regime Change By Dan Cohen, July 01, 2019
US Special Envoy Abrams Welcomes Venezuela’s Former Intelligence Chief to the US, Reaffirms Trump’s Commitment to Ousting Maduro By Paul Dobson, June 28, 2019
Reparations and the Liberation of the African American People By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 26, 2019
Canada Enables Corrupt Haitian President to Remain in Power By Yves Engler, June 25, 2019
Lying by Omission Is Still Lying By Nino Pagliccia, June 24, 2019
‘Lies, Slander’: Cuba Rejects US “Human Trafficking” Blacklist By Telesur, June 22, 2019
Sorting Out Reality from Fiction About Venezuela By Nino Pagliccia, June 22, 2019
On Global Capitalist Crises: Resisting US Financial Imperialism in Venezuela By Dr. Jack Rasmus and Mohsen Abdelmoumen, June 21, 2019
Sanctions Are “Genocidal”, and They Are America’s “Favorite Weapon” By Justin Podur, June 20, 2019
Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil under Bolsonaro: A Different Form of “Hybrid War” By Andrew Korybko, June 20, 2019
Eternal Builder of Dreams and Hopes: Marta Harnecker (1937 – 2019) By Marta Harnecker and Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity, June 19, 2019
Venezuela: Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido’s Political Future By Alexander Rubinstein, June 19, 2019
US and Canada Are Backing an Elite White Supremacist Minority in Venezuela By David William Pear, June 18, 2019
U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage that Is Deadly, Illegal and Ineffective By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, June 18, 2019
Is the Venezuelan Economy Stabilizing or Is the Worst Still to Come? By 15yÚltimo, June 16, 2019
Brazil Guts Environmental Agencies, Clears Way for Unchecked Deforestation By Sue Branford and Thais Borges, June 16, 2019
Asylum-Seeking Children from Central America Suffer Multi-Dimensional, Recurrent, Sustained Trauma By Physicians for Human Rights, June 11, 2019
Lula
Top Brazilian Judge Clears for Trial Lula’s Request for Freedom By Telesur, June 11, 2019
Here’s Why the US Has No Right to Interfere in Nicaragua By John Perry, June 11, 2019
I Grew Up in Rural Jamaica. I Witnessed Abject Poverty By Tina Renier, June 11, 2019
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution in the Crosshairs of US Imperialism By Roger D. Harris, June 11, 2019
The US-Mexican Deal Advances “Fortress America”, Softens China’s “Counter-Sanctions” By Andrew Korybko, June 10, 2019
Haiti, the Silent Chaos! By Joël Léon, June 10, 2019
Threats and Bullying: Trump’s Mexico “Trade Deal” By Stephen Lendman, June 09, 2019
The Solidarity and Unity of Venezuelans against U.S. Interventionism By Nino Pagliccia, June 09, 2019
US Sanctions against Cuba. US Cruise Lines Begin to Withdraw. Sea Crossings to Cuba from the US are Declared “Illegal” By Bertha Mojena Milián, June 09, 2019
Trump’s New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 09, 2019
US Treasury Department Tightens Sanctions on Venezuela Oil Sector By Ricardo Vaz, June 09, 2019
Tightening the Noose on Cuba By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, June 08, 2019
A Third Brazilian Mine Tailings Dam Disaster Is About to Occur. The Dangers of Experimental Copper Mining in Minnesota By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, June 06, 2019
Trudeau Government Squeezes Cuba By Yves Engler, June 05, 2019
US Bans Educational and Recreational Travel to Cuba By Telesur, June 05, 2019
Dubious Report on Russia Withdrawing Defense Support to Venezuela By Stephen Lendman, June 04, 2019
President Lopez Obrador of Mexico’s Letter to Donald Trump. “I Don’t Want Confrontation…” By President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, June 04, 2019
Canada Closes Venezuela Embassy as Guaido Promises Maduro Out by End of Year By Paul Dobson, June 04, 2019
The Murdering of Julian Assange By Peter Koenig, June 04, 2019
Hands Off Venezuela! Resolution of the Solidarity Event in Berlin on May 28, 2019 By International Rosa Luxemburg Conference, June 03, 2019
Cuba’s New Blockade By Adrian Weir, June 02, 2019
Findings of Torture: The UN Rapporteur and Julian Assange By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 01, 2019
Canada’s Trudeau Government Supportive of Venezuela Anti-democratic Hardline Elements By Yves Engler, May 31, 2019
US Hints at Sanctions Against Venezuela CLAP Food Programme. Bolivarian Militia to Protect CLAP By Paul Dobson, May 31, 2019
The American People Are the True Victims of the US Sponsored “Coup” against Venezuela By Eleanor Goldfield, May 30, 2019
Sabotage to Ten Cargo Ships Preventing Them from Arriving in Venezuela By Maritime Herald, May 29, 2019
The Decline of Jamaica’s Trade Union Movement in the Era of Capitalist Globalization By Tina Renier, May 29, 2019
The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart By Barbara Nimri Aziz, May 29, 2019
US Senator Calls for Grenada-like Invasion of Venezuela By Telesur, May 29, 2019
Maduro: “Only Dialogue Can Resolve the Crisis” By Prof Susan Babbitt, May 27, 2019
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Warmongering “Pacifists” By Arnold August, May 26, 2019
Trump Regime Targeting of Venezuela’s Food Distribution Program. Starve Venezuelans into Submission? By Stephen Lendman, May 24, 2019
Venezuela: Amnesty International in Service of Empire By Roger D. Harris, May 24, 2019
Haiti: The Unsustainable Presidency By Nancy Roc, May 22, 2019
Julian Assange Suffered Severe Psychological and Physical Harm in Ecuadorian Embassy, Doctors Say By James Risen, May 21, 2019
Nicaragua in the Shadow of Western Fascism By Stephen Sefton, May 21, 2019
Unlawful Arrests of Venezuelan DC Embassy Protectors Symbolic of US Decadence By Stephen Lendman, May 19, 2019
US ‘Bid to Destroy Venezuela’ Threatens the Foundations of International Law, Ambassador Warns By Ben Chacko, May 19, 2019
Green Party of the United States Statement – Venezuelan Embassy By Green Party of the United States, May 18, 2019
Who’s Behind the Pro-Guaidó Crowd Besieging Venezuela’s D.C. Embassy? By Jeb Sprague and Alexander Rubinstein, May 18, 2019
Trump – from China to Iran to Venezuela – Threats and Sanctions Everywhere – A Chronicle of Disorganized Chaos Foretold By Peter Koenig, May 17, 2019
Who Knows? Who Cares? If the Media Claim 50 Countries Reject Venezuela’s Elected President and Repeat It Enough It Must be True By Dave Lindorff, May 17, 2019
US Illegally Evicts Protectors from Venezuelan Embassy By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, May 17, 2019
Venezuelan Embassy: Peace Activists Put US Mission on Notice By Lauren Smith, May 16, 2019
Answering the Mysterious Call of An Artist’s Spiritual Vocation By Edward Curtin, May 16, 2019
Truth, Justice and Declassification: Secret Archives Show US Helped Argentine Military Wage ‘Dirty War’ that Killed 30,000 By Prof. Rut Diamint, May 16, 2019
Guaido Requests US Military ‘Cooperation’ to Oust Maduro as US Vessel Violates Venezuelan Waters By Paul Dobson, May 14, 2019
Cuba’s Earthy Traditions, and Jean Vanier By Prof Susan Babbitt, May 14, 2019
Why ‘Anti-imperialist’ in the U.S. Still Means ‘Paid for by Russia’ By Black Alliance for Peace, May 14, 2019
Guaido ‘Open’ to Accepting a US Offer to Invade Venezuela By Jason Ditz, May 13, 2019
The Bolivarian Revolution Metes Out Poetic Justice By Arnold August, May 13, 2019
Venezuelan Embassy: Water Shut Off, Police Block Entry of Food By Telesur, May 13, 2019
Viewing Venezuela through a Fairy Tale Lens By Gerrard Bonello, May 13, 2019
Pompeo Suffers Meltdown over Venezuela’s Arrest of Coup-Backer, Zambrano By Joaquin Flores, May 11, 2019
Venezuela: President Maduro Reveals General Behind Coup Recruited by CIA By Telesur, May 11, 2019