Regional Solutions

Latin America and the Caribbean – Between Cooperation and Intervention

November 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Latin America, Regional Solutions

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Salsa, October 30, 2022 The military, economic, diplomatic and psychological war between the Russian Federation and NATO has revealed several weaknesses in the ability of the United States and its allies to maintain their dominance in the world. A remarkable fact has been that practically no government in Latin America and the Caribbean[…]

The Pink Tide Surges in Latin America

July 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, Regional Solutions, Socialism, South America

by Roger D. Harris, published on Resumen English, July 13, 2022 While the political balance between progressive and reactionary states south of the Rio Grande continues to tip to the left, even the corporate press pronounced Biden’s June Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles a flop. Most recently, Colombia elected its first left-leaning president, following similar victories in[…]

Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US

November 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Cuba, Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation, Political Analysis, Regional Solutions, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Socialism, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 10, 2021 Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to US class warfare. One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua[…]

Power to the People! Policing and Caribbean Autonomy in Nicaragua

October 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua, Regional Solutions, Socialism, Women

Normally I wouldn’t post a webinar, but this is special. Friends of Latin America produced this webinar where 3 women from Nicaragua speak about their experiences with Community policing. Ajamu Baraka comes in after they speak and talks about how their experiences relate to what is happening now in the United States where people are demanding community supervision of police[…]

The Economic Risks of Trump’s Reckless Assassination

January 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Iraq, Middle East Wars, Regional Solutions, U.S. Aggression

by Pepe Escobar, published in Consortium News, January 6, 2020 (Originally published on Asia Times) The bombshell facts were delivered by caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, during an extraordinary, historic parliamentary session in Baghdad on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani had flown into Baghdad on a normal carrier flight, carrying a diplomatic passport. He had been sent by Tehran[…]

South Korea’s GSOMIA Withdrawal Opens the Door to a New Peace Paradigm in East Asia

October 10, 2019 UNAC Editor Korea, Paths to Emancipation, Regional Solutions

By Jeremiah Kim, published on ZoomInKorea.com, September 3, 2019 For nearly a century, Japan posed the greatest threat to the security of Korea and most of Asia through its agenda of aggressive militarism and Western-style imperialism; today, that distinction belongs primarily to the United States. Yet the casual newsreader wouldn’t know this from the unanimous outcry that has poured out[…]

Iran’s security plans for Persian Gulf: Non-aggression pact

June 4, 2019 UNAC Editor International Law, Iran, Regional Solutions

by Javid Heirannia, Published on Tehran Times, May 27, 2019 Note: Once and a while we should see the best side of regional initiatives. Yes, they have peace-building ideas of their own. . . . . but how can they implement them the pink elephant of U.S. intervention in the middle of the room. After a meeting with his Iraqi[…]