Latin America
Trump to Send Military to Mexican Border,to prevent thousands of migrants
25 October 2018
The caravan carrying Central American migrants is finding its way through Mexico to the U.S., while Trump does ramps-up efforts to...
Stedile on Brazil elections: ‘Projects and interests will become clear in...
MST leader on the presidential race between Workers’ Party’s Fernando Haddad and far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro
October 9, 2018
After votes were counted last Sunday and...
The False Doctrine Of Humanitarian Intervention Comes To Nicaragua
Humanitarian Intervention Has Divided The Global Justice Movement Bringing Suffering To Millions
By Chuck Kaufman, Nica Notes
October 17, 2018
I am really angry that passage...
Chomsky on Lula and Brazil
I Just Visited Lula, the World’s Most Prominent Political Prisoner. A “Soft Coup” in Brazil’s Election Will Have Global Consequences
By Noam Chomsky
October 2 2018
Prisons...
Mexico Confirms Number of Disappeared at 37,485
10 October 2018
Relatives of missing persons and human rights organizations claim that the number of disappearances is around 40,000.
Mexico officials confirmed Tuesday that there...
‘We Are Afraid’: Anti-Bolsonaro Voters, Journalists Targeted in Wave of Political...
12 October 2018
According to Agencia Publica, Bolsonaristas have been behind at least 50 separate attacks targeting left-wing activists and groups since Sep 30.
Thousands of...
Future of Western Democracy Being Played Out in Brazil
Stripped to its essence, the Brazilian presidential elections represent a direct clash between democracy and an early 21st Century neofascism, indeed between civilization and...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro-Led Far Right Wins a Victory Far More Sweeping and...
By Glenn Greenwald
October 8 2018
For the past thirty years, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro was a fringe extremist in Brazilian politics, known mostly for outlandish, deliberately inflammatory...
« Nous assistons en direct à la fascisation du Brésil »
Par Ivan du Roy
10 Octobre 2018
Où va le Brésil ? 50 millions d’électeurs y ont soutenu, au premier tour, le candidat d’extrême droite Jair...
NICA Act 2.0: It’s back and even worse than before
by Tom Ricker
October 9, 2018
The Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act has been floating around congress since 2015. The main idea behind the bill is to...