June 12, 2025 from Caracas
Colombia President Gustavo Petro
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has blamed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an orchestrated plot to overthrow Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Luis Caldera, the newly elected governor on May 25 in the northwestern state of Zulia, the president emphasized that “they have activated a plan to overthrow the government” of the Colombian leader. (more…)
By Jill Clark-Gollub on June 11, 2025
Left Photo: Inmate in Nicaragua receives diploma (19 Digital). Right Photo: Inmates dehumanized in El Salvador (El Salvador Presidency handout/Anadolu/Getty Images)
Ortega and Bukele are polar opposites: one invests in dignity and democracy, the other in mass incarceration and imperial alliances.
Opposition media from both Nicaragua and El Salvador, along with the Washington Post, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, all vilify Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega by equating him with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (more…)
By John Perry on June 10, 2025
AP (4/13/25) attributes Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s re-election to “voters weary of crime”—even though murders rose sharply under his first administration.
Elections in Latin America are often controversial. While many countries in the Global North regularly shuffle between parties offering alternating versions of neoliberalism, voting in Central and South America often offers starker contrasts: An anti-imperialist candidate in the mold of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez might be up against a neoliberal such as Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. It could hardly be otherwise, in a region with the world’s biggest gap between the richest and poorest. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 11, 2025
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves to supporters after the Supreme Court decision
In a decisive moment for Argentina’s political landscape, the Supreme Court has upheld former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction in the Vialidad case, ratifying her six-year prison sentence. Given her age, she may request house arrest instead of serving time in prison. (more…)
By Alonso Urrutia and Nestor Jimenez on June 10, 2025
Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum
Expressing her government’s unwavering commitment to defending the rights of Mexican nationals residing in the United States—whom she described as hard-working and honest people, regardless of their immigration status—President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized practices that criminalize the movement of people. We respectfully but firmly call on the US authorities to ensure that all immigration procedures are carried out in accordance with due process and within a framework of respect for human dignity and the rule of law. (more…)
By Isaac Saney, on June 8, 2025
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) building in Havana. Photo: Reuters.
The recent student manifestations and expressions of discontent in Cuba over increased rates announced by ETECSA (Cuba’s telecommunications company) should be viewed in the wider context of the ongoing and escalating economic war and destabilization campaign by the United States against the island nation. These protestations are not random or isolated incidents but reflect genuine frustrations and grievances stemming from the challenges caused by the long-standing financial, commercial and trade warfare waged against Cuba, (more…)
June 6, 2025
Josué, 10, and Yasmely, 9, were reunited with their families, photo:@madeleintelesur
The 30th flight under the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland Plan) arrived this today at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira State, Venezuela, with 192 deported compatriots, including 10 minors, two of whom, after experiencing the anguish of separation. (more…)
By: Rosa Miriam Elizalde on June 7, 2025
Warm greetings between Raúl and Pope Francis upon his arrival in Havana. Photo: Ismael Francisco
Ninety years ago, on June 7, 1935, Cuba and the Holy See officially sealed a diplomatic bond that, against all odds, has withstood the upheavals of the 20th century and the challenges of the 21st. That agreement was not only the beginning of a formal relationship: it was the expression of an understanding that, without much fanfare, has been nourished by mutual respect, attentive listening, and tenacious diplomacy that has preferred bridges to trenches. (more…)