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.
Venezuela Election Aftermath: Privatization Looms By Telesur, December 14, 2015
Venezuelan Election Results: The Electoral System and Democracy By Arnold August, December 12, 2015
Latin America: The Aborted Neo-Liberal Offensive By Prof. James Petras, December 09, 2015
Final Venezuelan Electoral Results By Stephen Lendman, December 09, 2015
Haitian Government Reinstates the Army By John Marion, December 09, 2015
Haiti’s Donor Supported “Democratic Dictatorship” By Justin Podur, December 09, 2015
Chilean Military Exercises Fuel Tensions with Bolivia and Peru By Cesar Uco, December 08, 2015
Venezuelan Opposition Fails to Win a Two Thirds Majority. Constitutional Changes Cannot be Enacted By Stephen Lendman, December 08, 2015
The Causes and Consequences of the Venezuelan Election Results By Telesur, December 07, 2015
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Accepts National Assembly Loss, Opposition Coalition Wins 99 Seats By Telesur, December 07, 2015
Venezuela versus Haiti: A Tale of Two Elections By Keane Bhatt, December 06, 2015
Understanding Venezuela’s National Assembly Elections. Background Analysis By Telesur, December 06, 2015
Elections in Venezuela. Report By Telesur, December 06, 2015
Venezuela’s Elections: Setting the Record Straight. Hugo Chávez’s Legacy is At Stake on December 6 By Steve Ellner, December 06, 2015
Venezuela Elections: US Corporate Media Seek to Undermine Venezuelan Democracy with Lies and Distortions By Eric Draitser, December 06, 2015
The world's focus will be on Venezuela's election Sunday. | Photo: AFP
Venezuela’s Elections: Courage in the Face of Economic and Psychological Warfare By Eric Draitser, December 06, 2015
The Roots of the Current Situation in Venezuela By Gregory Wilpert, December 06, 2015
Venezuela: Obama’s Real Concerns By Arnold August, December 06, 2015
Argentina: A Quiet Neoliberal Coup d’Etat in Latin America’s Southern Cone By Peter Koenig, December 01, 2015
Wampis Nation of Peruvian Amazon Declares Creation of First Autonomous Indigenous Government in Peru By Forest Peoples Programme, November 30, 2015
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP): America’s “Economic War” Against Asia And Latin America By Ulises Noyola Rodríguez, November 28, 2015
What the ‘Monsanto Law’ in South America has Done to Farmers’ Rights By Christina Sarich, November 27, 2015
‘Provocation’: Israel outraged over Spain’s Netanyahu Arrest Warrant By RT, November 20, 2015
“We are Going to Kill You”: Indigenous Activist’s Life in Danger after Opposing Destruction of Peruvian Amazon by Oil palm Companies By Forest Peoples Programme, November 18, 2015
An outside view of Guantanamo Bay prison | Photo: Reuters
Close Guantanamo and Return It to Cuba By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, November 15, 2015
Cuba–US Relations and the Perspicacity of Fidel Castro’s Thinking By Arnold August, November 12, 2015
TransCanada’s Next Move After Keystone XL: Flood Mexico with Fracked Gas with Support of US State Department By Steve Horn, November 12, 2015
Neoliberal Water under the Bridge: How Politics and Business Unite in the U.S., Honduras and Israel By Charity Crouse, November 10, 2015
Criminal Law Suit Against Latin American Media for Expressing “Solidarity with the Palestinian People” By Carlos Aznárez, November 09, 2015
Africa’s Children Return! Cuba and African Liberation By Isaac Saney, November 06, 2015
Illegal Deforestation of Peru’s Amazon, 5000 Hectares for Palm Oil: Peruvian Indigenous Leader By Forest Peoples Programme, November 02, 2015
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Calls on US Government to Normalize Relations with Cuba, End Persecution of Anti-Blockade Activists By National Lawyers Guild International, November 01, 2015
The Normalization of Relations with Cuba: Obama, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is on Cuba By Art Heitzer and Prof. Marjorie Cohn, November 01, 2015
The Continuing US Blockade of Cuba, the UN General Assembly Vote illustrates the Cold Reality By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 30, 2015
The Defeat of the FTAA. The Emergence of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) By Arnold August, October 30, 2015
UN Votes in Favor of Ending Cuban Blockade 191-2 By Telesur, October 29, 2015
World Health Organization Describes Cuba’s Health System as Exemplary By Prensa Latina, October 29, 2015
Cuba’s National Hero: Camilo Cienfuegos By Dr. Birsen Filip, October 28, 2015
US Denies WikiLeaks Claims of Plot To Topple Bolivian President. Alleged Report that Washington “Had Plotted an Assassination Attempt against Evo Morales” By Dimitri ODonnell, October 26, 2015
US Election Scams in Haiti By Ezili Dantò, October 26, 2015
US Sponsored “Occupation Democracy”: Haiti’s Cité Soleil Fights Back By Dady Chery, October 25, 2015
Tampons, Sterile Cotton, Sanitary Pads Contaminated with Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide (Glyphosate) – Study By RT, October 24, 2015
State Terror or Capitalist Terror, Military Coup or Capitalist Coup By Prof. James Petras, October 23, 2015
Media Disinformation: The Imaginary Cuban Troops in Syria By Matt Peppe, October 19, 2015
Cuba: End The Blockade Immediately! By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, October 18, 2015
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Sweden Aims To Become The World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation By Amanda Froelich, October 12, 2015
The Bush Family, Batista and the Contras Dark Alliances. The Role of Jeb Bush By Greg Guma, October 12, 2015
The CIA in Guatemala: A Chilling Account of Dirty Secrets and Covert Operations By WhoWhatWhy, October 10, 2015
Fleeing Europe and North America. Stop Millions Of Western Immigrants! By Andre Vltchek, October 10, 2015
Guatemala’s Current Situation Can be Traced back to the 1954 CIA-led Coup. US Guide Book on Political Assassination By Edward Curtin, October 08, 2015
Staged Return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Push Haiti Elections. Maryse Narcisse for President? By Dady Chery, October 08, 2015
Why Americans Should Closely Watch Unfolding Events in Guatemala, A Trail of Bodies Leads Back to the USA By Edward Curtin, October 08, 2015
Jorge Risquet, Cuban Revolutionary Leader in African Affairs, Dies 40 Years After Angolan Campaign By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 06, 2015
US Military Intervention against the FARC Insurgency and Plan Colombia: Misrepresentation of the Colombian Conflict By Matt Peppe, October 05, 2015
Occupied Guantanamo. US-Cuba Relations By Leonid Savin, September 29, 2015
Cuba: The Long Road to Utopia By Ricardo Alarcón, September 29, 2015
The U.N. Resolution Condemning the US Trade Embargo on Cuba By Dr. Birsen Filip, September 28, 2015
Guantanamo, Tip of America’s Global Torture Prison Network, One of Many US “Black Sites” By Stephen Lendman, September 27, 2015
Reversing the Tide of Water Privatization By Tom Lawson, September 27, 2015
The Truth About Hugo Chávez: “Bernie Sanders is Wrong — Hugo Chávez was no Dictator” By Gabriel Hetland, September 22, 2015
Guatemala: “Soft Coup” Scenario By Nil Nikandrov, September 21, 2015
Monsanto Teams Up With World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to Convert Amazon Rain Forest into Giant GMO Plantation By L.J. Devon, September 18, 2015
Subversion Against Cuba Continues Uninterrupted Amidst Normalization By Matt Peppe, September 16, 2015
When Will MINUSTAH Leave Haiti? The UN “Destabilization Mission” By Dady Chery, September 11, 2015
Solidarity as a Weapon against US Imperialism. Che Guevara By Prof Susan Babbitt, September 11, 2015
Canadian Gunboat Diplomacy By Yves Engler, September 09, 2015
Cuba-US Relations and Freedom of the Press By Arnold August, September 09, 2015
“Silent Invasion”: The US and the Militarization of Latin America By Eric Draitser, September 09, 2015
Human Rights Watch Is Not about Human Rights By Dave Alpert, September 08, 2015
The Clinton Plan for Haiti. America’s Neo-Colonial Mandate By Dady Chery, September 07, 2015
Latin America: The Counter-Offensive against US Imperialism By Marco Consolo, September 07, 2015
Haiti and the Profoundly Silent Chelsea Clinton By Ezili Dantò, September 04, 2015
Democracy in Cuba and the Legacy of José Martí By Prof Susan Babbitt, August 27, 2015
Cuba-US Relations: Long and Contentious History Stands In the Way of “Normalization” By Keith Bolender, August 25, 2015
Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil: US Dark Forces Stoke Violence and Instability in Latin America By Stephen Lendman, August 22, 2015
Pentagon Chief Calls for Gitmo Closure under Obama, States Oppose Detainee Transfers By RT, August 22, 2015
US Government Acts as “Mediator” in Mexico’s Lucrative Oil and Gas Privatization By Steve Horn, August 21, 2015
“Butterfly Prison”. The New World Order of Poverty, Oppression, Despair and Destitution By Andre Vltchek, August 19, 2015
John Kerry, Cuba and Exporting US “Democracy” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 18, 2015
John Kerry Lectures Cubans About Democracy By Stephen Lendman, August 16, 2015