By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on July 10, 2025
photograph with Members, Partners and Outreach invitees of the 17th BRICS Summit at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil on July 7, 2025.
From July 6 to 7, 2025, the 17th annual meeting of the group of countries known as BRICS took place in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting was attended by the founding members, new members, and associate members, for a total of 21 delegations, in addition to special guests. Together, these countries represent 51% of the world’s population and 40% of global annual production of goods and services, depending on the source consulted. (more…)
José Luis Méndez Méndez on July 8, 2025
Cuba is not Alone, photo: Caras y Caretas
When reviewing fake news on social media, so-called “in-depth” comments appear, which are also lies, half-truths, and some of them tailored to perverse interests. A recurring one is: the blockade against Cuba does not exist. (more…)
By René Vázquez Díaz on July 9, 2025
US Chargé d’Affaires in Cuba Mike Hammer
Regarding the dispatch of General Enoch Crowder to Cuba by the State Department in 1919, with the express task of “solving the problem” of President Menocal’s succession, Julio Le Riverend wrote in his rigorous historical account La República (The Republic) :
“From interventionism as a right to daily interference, there was practically no break in continuity. Economically and politically subjugated, Cuba could only suffer these aggressions.” (more…)
By Clodovaldo Hernández July 10, 2025
As US sanctions persist and migrants are criminalized, Clodovaldo Hernández examines Trump’s seemingly aimless strategy towards Caracas by highlighting the newly fabricated narrative that portrays Venezuela as a military target. (more…)
July 8, 2025
María Corina Machado pushes for greater attention from the White House in favor of her agenda. foto: Bloomberg
For Venezuela in particular, and for Latin America and the Caribbean in general, one of the political events with the greatest impact so far this year has been, even more than Donald Trump’s presidency, the appointment of Marco Rubio as US Secretary of State. (more…)
By Pablo Meriguet on July 8, 2025
Colombian President Gusatavo Petro. foto: flickr
Both governments decided to summon their chargés d’affaires for consultation as a sign of bilateral disagreement over a possible coup d’état. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 8, 2025
BRICS nations make up 56% of the world’s population. chart: Global Economy
The closing of the BRICS summit chaired by Brazil ended with a resounding message to the world: the geopolitical balance is shifting, and the bloc is determined to assert itself in the face of growing pressure from Western powers. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the increasing influence of BRICS is “causing discomfort,” and he didn’t crumble when addressing recent threats from former U.S. President Donald Trump. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva on July 7, 2025
Jeanette Jara, Chilean Communist Party leader. image , Eduardo Ramon Pais
Jeanette Jara (born 1974) prevailed in the Chilean presidential primary of the four major left political forces held on 29 June 2025. With 60% of the vote, Jara defeated Carolina Toha of the Democratic Socialist Party (28%), Gonzalo Winter of the Frente Amplio or Broad Front (9%), and Jaime Mulet of the FRVS, a merger of the Greens and the Progressives (2%). In November, Jara will therefore lead the Unidad para Chile (Unity for Chile) coalition into the presidential elections where she will face the candidate of the right, who will be either Evelyn Matthei (born 1953) of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) or José Antonio Kast (born 1966) of the Republican Party, or she will face both of them if they cannot agree to a single candidate. (more…)