Latin America & Caribbean

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...
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, 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.
Poor Utilization of the Land Behind Food Shortages in Venezuela By Global Research News, May 27, 2013
Latin America’s Social Movements and the ALBA Alliance By Federico Fuentes, May 27, 2013
Monsanto Expands in the Caribbean: Puerto Rico is the Testing Ground By Timothy Alexander Guzman, May 26, 2013
Students, Youth Movements, Women’s Organizations, Labor Unions, Farmers: Declaration of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) By Global Research News, May 24, 2013
Puerto Rico’s Colonial Status and the U.S. Invasion By Timothy Alexander Guzman, May 24, 2013
Israel-Mexico: Military Cooperation to Crush Zapatistas Liberation Movement By Jimmy Johnson and Linda Quiquivix, May 24, 2013
HAITI: Continental Conference to End Military Occupation by UN’s MINUSTAH By Kim Ives, May 23, 2013
Argentina’s General Videla and the “War on Terror” By Bill Van Auken, May 22, 2013
HAITI: Massive March Signals Resurrection of Aristide’s Lavalas Movement By Kim Ives, May 21, 2013
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court Overturns Rios Montt’s Genocide Conviction By Stephen Lendman, May 21, 2013
Correa’s Re-election in Ecuador: Sweeping Triumph of Socialist Economic Program By Asad Ismi, May 20, 2013
Reagan Backed Ex-Dictator Jorge Videla and Argentina’s Dirty War By Robert Parry, May 20, 2013
“Cuban Democracy” versus “American Democracy” By Julie Lévesque, May 16, 2013
Beyond Theory – the Practice of Building Socialism in Latin America By Jorge Capelan and Toni Solo, May 15, 2013
“U.S. Guilty of Genocide in Guatemala” Should be the Real Headline.The Conviction of Former Dictator Efrain Rios Montt. Who was Pulling The Strings? By Ajamu Baraka, May 14, 2013
Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide – Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Guilty of Mayan Genocide By Robert Parry, May 13, 2013
Crimes Against Humanity: No Amnesty for Guatemala’s Former Dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt By J. B. Gerald, May 13, 2013
HAITI: Independence Debt, Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism, and International “Aid” By Kim Ives, May 10, 2013
Ríos Montt’s Trial: Former US-Backed Guatemalan Dictator’s War “Without Limits” – Militarization, Social Control, Indoctrination and Massacres By Kate Doyle, May 10, 2013
No More “Fast Food” in Bolivia: McDonald’s Has Closed Down All Its Restaurants By Global Research News, May 09, 2013
Obama Attacks Legitimacy of Venezuelan Government By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim, May 07, 2013
Like Russia, Bolivia Expels USAID for Supporting Political Destabilization Activities By Ria Novosti, May 05, 2013
U.S. Seeks to Get Rid of Left Governments in Latin America By Mark Weisbrot, May 01, 2013
Paraguay: Towards a New Narco-State in Latin America By Tom Burghardt, April 29, 2013
Boston and Venezuela: Terrorism There and Here By Prof. James Petras, April 26, 2013
Nicolas Maduro did not Steal the Venezuelan Elections By Greg Palast, April 24, 2013
Israeli Weapons Exports to Brazil By Soraya Misleh, April 24, 2013
Guatemala: Historic Genocide Trial against Former Dictator. Court Procedures Disrupted By J. B. Gerald, April 23, 2013
Food Sovereignty: Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba By Christina Ergas, April 19, 2013
The New Pope: A “Geopolitical” Interpretation By Daniele Scalea, April 18, 2013
Post-Election Sabotage: Washington Seeks to Destabilize Venezuela By Stephen Lendman, April 18, 2013
US Sponsored Dictators: Tales of Reagan’s Guatemala Genocide By Robert Parry, April 18, 2013
Washington Wants to Sabotage New Venezuelan Government: Maduro accuses US Embassy of Supporting Violent Protests By RT, April 17, 2013
Getting It Right: Hugo Chávez and the “Arab Spring” By Maximilian Forte, April 16, 2013
Venezuela: Media Smear of Newly Elected President Nicolas Maduro By Stephen Lendman, April 16, 2013
Chavismo Wins: Nicolas Maduro, the New President of Venezuela By Stephen Lendman, April 15, 2013
Venezuelan Presidential Elections: Nicolas Maduro Wins with a Narrow Margin By Global Research News, April 15, 2013
Venezuelans Vote: Presidential Elections. Maduro vs. Capriles By Stephen Lendman, April 14, 2013
Venezuelan Government Foils Plot to Destabilize the Country: Arrest of Foreign Mercenaries By Global Research News, April 13, 2013
“Creating Chaos” and Sabotage in Lead up to Venezuelan Elections: Government Denounces the Presence of Foreign “Mercenaries” By Chris Carlson, April 10, 2013
Operation Destabilize Venezuela and the Secret US Embassy Cables: Infiltrate, “Divide Chavismo”, “Isolate Chavez Internationally” By William Blum, April 09, 2013
Illegal Payments to Colombian Terrorist Groups: Chiquita Banana Giant Blocking Release of Files By The National Security Archive, April 09, 2013
The CIA’s “Mystery Man” in Baghdad: Salvador-Style Death Squads in Iraq By William Boardman, April 08, 2013
“Dark Alliance” 2.0: The Federal Reserve, Wall Street and the Laundering of Drug Money By Tom Burghardt, April 08, 2013
Washington’s Secret “Five Point Plan” to Destabilize Venezuela By Stephen Lendman, April 08, 2013
Crimes against Humanity in Guatemala: How the CIA and the Pentagon Supported the Military Dictatorship By J. B. Gerald, April 06, 2013
Secret US Embassy Cable Reveals Comprehensive Plan to Infiltrate and Destabilize Chavez Government By RT, April 05, 2013
Hugo Chavez Leaves a Prodigious Legacy That Will Never Die By Asad Ismi, April 04, 2013
U.S. Aid to Haiti: “Troubling” Lack of Transparency, Effectiveness By Center for Economic and Policy Research, April 03, 2013
Post-Chavez Latin America Will Continue to Drift Away from the United States By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 01, 2013
Honduran Police State Repression By Stephen Lendman, March 29, 2013
Environmental Crisis in the Amazon due to Oil Contamination. Peru Declares State of Emergency By Global Research News, March 27, 2013
Political Assassinations: Chavez Knew US Special Services Were After Him By Nil Nikandrov, March 25, 2013
U.S.-Sponsored Genocides: From Guatemala to Congo By Glen Ford, March 23, 2013
Children of the “Dirty War”: Argentina’s Stolen Orphans By Francisco Goldman, March 21, 2013
Pope Francis’ Role in Argentina’s “Dirty War”. Interview with Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner, March 21, 2013
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution: Legacy and Challenges By Manuel Larrabure, March 20, 2013
Self-Determination for Falklands but Nowhere Else in the Remaining British Empire By Wayne Madsen, March 19, 2013
Pope Francis and the Dirty War By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and The Corbett Report, March 19, 2013
“Change of Skin”, From Argentina’s “Dirty War” to the Vatican: Pope Francis “Dissociates Himself” from Father Bergoglio By Horacio Verbitsky, March 19, 2013
Pope Francis and Argentina’s Military Junta’s Policy of Mass Assassinations By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and James Corbett, March 19, 2013
‘Smoking Gun’ Memo Proves Pope Francis Collaborated with Military Junta By Global Research News, March 18, 2013
Haiti “Open for Business”: Sourcing Slave Labor for U.S.-Based Companies By Haiti Grassroots Watch, March 18, 2013
Pope Francis, CIA and ‘Death Squads’ By Robert Parry, March 18, 2013
Who Was Hugo Chavez? By John Pilger, March 18, 2013
Global Research News Hour: The Legacy of Hugo Chavez and The Korean Powder Keg By Michael Welch, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, and Gregory Elich, March 16, 2013
The Truth Behind Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis: Breaking the Silence, the Catholic Church in Argentina and the ‘Dirty War’ By Horacio Verbitsky, March 16, 2013
“Murió Chávez”: Architect of a New Latin America: Chávez Has Died By Arnold August, March 15, 2013
Venezuela: Did Opposition Presidential Candidate Henrique Capriles have a Falling Out with his US Handlers? By John Robles, March 15, 2013
The Geopolitics of the South Atlantic: The Falklanders Have the Right to be Stupid By Craig Murray, March 15, 2013
New Pope Tied to Argentina’s Dirty War By Kurt Nimmo, March 14, 2013
CIA Media Disinformation and US Proxy Wars: Fallouts of Iran-Contra’s “Lost Chapter” By Robert Parry, March 14, 2013
The Idea of Hugo Chavez and What it Means for the Future of Venezuela By Timothy Alexander Guzman, March 14, 2013
Chavez Poisoned? Venezuela To Investigate Whether Late President Was Infected With Cancer By ‘Dark Forces’ By Global Research News, March 14, 2013
Pope Francis I: Bergoglio Has Ties To A Dark Period For The Catholic Church By Global Research News, March 13, 2013
Hugo Chavez: Friend of the American People, Enemy of US Hegemony and Washington’s Injustice By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 13, 2013
“Scientific Assassinations” Are Part of the CIA’s Modus Operandi By Wayne Madsen, March 12, 2013
The Precious Art of Assassinating “Legally”: Hugo Chávez on the Hit List of “United States Inc.” By William Blum, March 11, 2013
The Life and Death of Hugo Chávez in Perspective By Global Research News, March 11, 2013
Hugo Chávez Frías: An Unforgettable and Victorious Permanence By Maximilian Forte, March 11, 2013