By Manolo de los Santos on October 20, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the former commander of SOUTHCOM Alvin Holsey. Photo: Secretary of State / X
Over the last several weeks, Washington has escalated threats and hostilities against Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump openly confirmed that he authorized the CIA to carry out covert action against the country. These actions are concerning and represent a serious intensification of the war drive against the Caribbean country, and they also confirm what many have been saying for years, the US is heavily invested in what happens in Venezuela and is not afraid to use all tools at its disposal to impose its interests. (more…)
By Jessica Washington on October 19 2025
Federal agents use tear gas on protesters in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2025. foto: Washington Post
Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while the Trump administration spends millions to militarize American cities.
Maria Heavener had opened the windows of her first-grade classroom to let in the unusually warm October breeze when the sound of helicopters, sirens, and a flood of notifications compelled her to slam them shut. During a raid on a nearby grocery store, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had hurled tear gas canisters into a parking lot across the street from Chicago’s Funston Elementary School, spreading a thick, choking smog toward the building while class was in session. (more…)
By Resumen Latinoamericano on October 19, 2025
Bolivia’s president-elect, right wing Rodrigo Paz
The pro-US right-wing candidate, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), won on Sunday, October 19, in the second round of the presidential elections, ending almost two decades of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) governments. (more…)
By Adele Robichez, José Eduardo Bernardes and Larissa Bohrer on October 19, 2025
Imperialism out of Venezuela, – Mauro Ramos
Movement leader compares initiative to the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s
The national leader of Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), João Pedro Stédile, announced that popular movements across Latin America are coordinating to send brigades of activists to Venezuela in solidarity with the country’s government and people, amid growing threats of a possible U.S. military intervention. The statement was made in an interview with Radio BdF. (more…)
By Maria Páez Victor on October 20, 2025
US SEALs train at Joint Expeditionary Base Photo: William S. Parker/US Navy/file photo.
Funny thing about war: it is relatively easy to start. An insult here. A lie there. A “false flag” as a casus belli there, and shots, bombs, missiles ensue…and destruction and deaths follow until there is some sort of “victory”. However, when the odds are stacked against a much smaller opponent that is facing an overwhelmingly larger foe, then “victory” will not appear straightforward, or even clear. It will be messy. (more…)
By Gloria Guillo on October 19, 2025
In Nicaragua, where children often need to be treated for parasite infections, a treatment with albendazole costs around 10¢. In the US, parasitic infections are increasing it costs $380.
In The Graduate (1967), a family friend corners young Benjamin Braddock with one word of advice for his future: “Plastics.” It was a nod to a booming, transformative industry—lucrative, ubiquitous, and shaping modern life. Today, a new contender emerges in the pharmaceutical realm: anti-parasitical drugs like albendazole. (more…)
October 19, 2025
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
Colombian President Gustavo Petro demanded formal explanations from the U.S. government on Saturday after denouncing that a Colombian fisherman was allegedly killed during an air strike carried out by U.S. forces in Colombian territorial waters on September 16. (more…)
By Nicolas Romero Reeves on October 13, 2024
Chile’s Boric a supporter of Machado and Zelensky
The recent support of Gabriel Boric’s government—through its foreign minister and figures from his coalition such as Jeannette Jara—for the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado is not only incomprehensible: it is an affront to common sense and Latin American sovereignty. (more…)