The National Birds of Nicaragua and the US
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry on November 9, 2026
On November 3, President Trump signed an executive order declaring a “national emergency.” The “emergency” is due to “the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in Nicaragua.” Supposedly, this emergency began in November 2018, has persisted for eight years and is expected to continue into 2027. (more…)
November 6, 2026
New York City protest demands the release of President Maduro and First Lady Flores. foto: Fight Back! News.
New York, NY – On November 3, activists rallied outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn to demand the release of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores. The monthly picket outside the MDC has been going on every month since the illegal kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores on January 3. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on November 8, 2026
image: Adano
Just over a month ago, a MAGA-aligned rightwing juggernaut appeared to be on a roll in Latin America.
The far right had captured every presidential election since Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro was reelected in July 2024. In addition, recent parliamentary elections have landed the Bahamas, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Jamaica in MAGA-aligned alliances such as the Shield of the Americas. (more…)
By Pablo Meriguet November 6, 2026
Santiago Peña
Breaking News; after pitched battles in the street Santiago Pena has now been transferred to maximum security prison.
Right-wing President Santiago Peña announced his resignation after Ueno Bank collapsed, an institution that had benefited from millions in public funds in recent years. The opposition is demanding that those responsible face the consequences. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on November 5, 2026
For decades now, it has become a constant pattern for corrupt figures, thieves, or terrorists to receive “political” asylum in the United States, on the sole condition that they have been unconditional allies of Washington throughout their careers. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia Elizalde on November 6, 2026
“At this point, all that is left is for them is to sanction the sun for giving us one more day of resistance with every sunrise.” foto: Adalberto Roque
Although Donald Trump’s name was not on the ballot in the midterm elections, the vote was nevertheless a referendum on his administration, with voters expressing their desire for change. His failure to deliver on the promises he made during the 2024 presidential campaign had made this political shift increasingly predictable, particularly his pledge that the United States would not become embroiled in endless wars again. The war in Iran, the ongoing bombings of small vessels in Caribbean and Pacific waters, and the siege against Cuba are all evidence of the deception to which the US people have been subjected. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on November 5, 2026
Cândido Portinari (Brazil), Morro (Hill), 1933.
This October, millions of Brazilian workers mobilised to defeat the far right; now the essential task begins: strengthening mass movements and forging a sovereign economic policy that develops Brazil’s productive forces. (more…)
By Gary Wilson on November 4, 2026
Thousands marched through downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 23, 2026, braving bitter cold to protest the Trump administration’s ICE raids and attacks on immigrant communities. The resistance in Minneapolis helped fuel the nationwide opposition that erupted in the Nov. 3 elections.
The Nov. 3 midterm elections were a mass vote against Donald Trump, his war on Iran and his terror campaign against immigrant workers. At the ballot box, the two-party system gave working people only one way to strike at the administration, and tens of millions of them took it. The party that collected those votes, the Democrats, will now work to bring that anger back under control. (more…)