Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

Sanctions, Syria and the Need for Solidarity

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[…]

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Biden Declares Another “National Emergency” Because of the Threat Posed by Tiny 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[…]

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

*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[…]

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Delcy Rodriguez in the World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum

by Delcy Rodriguez, published on Tortilla Con Sal, November 6, 2024 Long live the Free Peoples of the World! Long live this Great Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum, convened in Caracas, Venezuela, where, on behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, of the Venezuelan people, we have welcomed all the Parliamentary Delegations that have gathered in this capital city to raise their voice against[…]

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Latin American Governments Pay a Price For Challenging Israel’s Genocidal War

by John Perry, published on CovertAction Magazine, November 1, 2024 Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. Adrienne Pine, a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, said during a recent webinar hosted by[…]

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Why Brazil Opposes Venezuela’s Entry Into BRICS

by Misión Verdad Orinoco Tribune, published on Popular Resistance, October 24, 2024 Looks like Lula Inácio da Silva’s “Get Out of Jail Free” card was not free, after all.  Too bad for Venezuela ….and Brazil. On Monday, it was reported that Brazil would oppose Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS group. The 16th Summit of the BRICS organization is taking place[…]

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Is It Nicaragua That Is ‘Weaponizing’ Immigration? Or Is It Washington?

by John Perry, published on Popular Resistance, September 16, 2024 Claims that Nicaragua is “weaponizing” immigration by allowing free passage of migrants towards the U.S. border have been appearing regularly in the media over the last twelve months. The claim was made on NPR in January, in the Associated Press last October, in El Pais last November and by the[…]

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Southern Command Launches an Attack on China and Russia in Latin America

by MissionVerdad, published on Resumen English, September 23, 2024 Laura Richardson, leader of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, recently called for the development of a new “Marshall Plan”, aimed at Latin America to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the region. During the annual security forum of the Aspen Institute, a platform that has become one of the[…]

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President Xiomara Castro: ‘Honduras Belongs to the People’

by Alejandra Garcia, published on Resumen English, September 15, 2024 The government of Honduran President Xiomara Castro is under siege. “A plot is being hatched against my government,” she warned at the end of the week, after announcing the government’s decision to cancel the extradition treaty with the United States, in force since 1912. The announcement of this measure led[…]

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Imperialism: Everywhere You Look

by Karlos Berman, published on Socialist Action, September 2, 2024 On August 27, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador [photo above] announced that his country had “paused” relations with the embassies of the United States and Canada. He stressed that the “pause” applied to the embassies and not to the countries themselves, whatever that may mean or imply. Some news[…]

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