Latin America

Venezuelan President Criticized for Not Being a Proper Dictator

February 17, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Democracy and Consent, Immigrants, Imperial Lies and Liars, Latin America, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, War on the Poor

by Roger D. Harris, published on Internationalist 360°, February 2, 2025 Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? Bloomberg approvingly quotes an opposition-supporting Venezuelan living in Chile that Venezuela’s scheduling of parliamentary and[…]

Whether Biden Or Trump, US’ Latin American Policy Will Be Contemptible

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Deportation, Latin America, Neocolonialism, U.S. Hegemony, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by John Perry and Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, January 30 2025 Migration, Drugs, and Tariffs. With Donald Trump as the new US president, pundits are speculating about how US policy towards Latin America might change. In this article, we look at some of the speculation, then address three specific instances of how the US’s policy priorities may[…]

The US Once Again Fails To Impose Its Will On The Venezuelan People

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Democracy, US Intervention, Venezuela

by Manolo De Los Santos, published on Popular Resistance, January 12, 2025 Originally published on People’s Dispatch The US once again brought out its “democracy and human rights” talking points in an attempt to install opposition leader Edmundo González as president. While this effort failed, they will not stop in attempts to loot the country’s resources. On Friday, January 10,[…]

As Trump’s War on Migrants Transcends Borders, Resistance Grows in Latin America

February 4, 2025 UNAC Editor Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America, Migrants and Refugees

by Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, published on Truthout, February 2, 2025 Colombia, along with Mexico, Brazil and Honduras, are already resisting the Trump administration’s neo-imperial regional aspirations. Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a former political prisoner who played a leading role in Colombia’s revolutionary movement, is the first head of state both in the region and globally who has challenged Donald Trump directly,[…]

Mexican President Sheinbaum Steps Up

January 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Mexico, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

src: Resumen LatinoAmericano, published on Resumen English, January 8, 2028 Mexico’s president has recalled that the name of the Gulf of Mexico dates back to the 17th century, branding the elected US president as “misinformed”. Trump proposed to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America”, to which Mexico, through the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has responded Wednesday[…]

What’s Left in Latin American and the Caribbean: Year 2024 in Review

January 1, 2025 UNAC Editor Latin America, Multipolar World, New Pink Tide, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socio-Economic Struggles, South America, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Roger D. Harris and John Perry, published on Internationalist 360º, December 26, 2024 The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power[…]

‘New Chapter in Cooperation’: Iran, Venezuela Sign New MoUs

December 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Diplomacy, Iran, Trade, Venezuela

News From PressTV, November 22, 2024 Iran and Venezuela have signed a series of cooperation documents in Caracas where Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh is visiting at the helm of a high-ranking delegation. Nasirzadeh, who traveled to Caracas on Tuesday to participate at the 10th meeting of the Iran-Venezuela joint economic cooperation commission, met President Nicolas Maduro who[…]

Sanctions, Syria and the Need for Solidarity

December 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Hybrid Warfare, Latin America, Palestine, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 16, 2024 The following article is based on a talk given at the “Americas Without Sanctions” hybrid meeting. This program was held in-person at the historic Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2024 — Human Rights Day. In addition, more than 400 people registered for the Zoom. The program[…]

Biden Declares Another “National Emergency” Because of the Threat Posed by Tiny Nicaragua

December 7, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Global South, Latin America, Nicaragua

by John Perry, published on Counterpunch, November 27, 2024 Why is it that everything the US does in Latin America is so surreal? ~jb In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by his officials on November 22. He had to decide whether Nicaragua still poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national[…]

Peru’s Choices Between a New Deep-Water Port and Used Metro Cars

November 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, China, Global Trade, Peru

*Featured Image: “We are building inclusive economic growth,” Biden said. | Source: EFE/Presidency by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, November 25, 2024 The Imperial Center, once again, embarrasses itself with offers that are insulting to our friends in the Global South. Meanwhile, this is the conservative U.S. supported president who came to office by sidelining and jailing the popular left-leaning[…]