By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 7, 2025
Abigail Spanberger in Richmond, Va., left, Zohran Mamdani in New York, centre, and Mikie Sherrill in East Brunswick. images: AP
A series of consultations or elections have just taken place in the United States that, under other circumstances and with other results, would not have been particularly significant, but in the era of Trump 2.0 polarization, they require analysis to understand the extent to which the current president can continue his national and international agenda without restriction and to begin to sketch out a scenario for the so-called “midterm elections” that will take place in November 2026. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 4, 2025
The announcement of the suspension (postponement) of the 10th Summit of the Americas has not made many headlines in the regional press, nor has it caused any surprises among observers of international affairs or prompted statements from many foreign ministries in the region, at least in the first 24 hours after the announcement. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on October 28, 2025
It must be acknowledged that one of the characteristics of Donald Trump’s current administration in its handling of “information” is the constant creation of content that overlaps with each other, generates doubts, circulates torrents of false data, and, obviously, makes analysis more difficult. Therefore, as an expert photographer once said, what is in front of the lens is better understood if, instead of zooming in on the subject, we zoom out and take into account details that are not normally revealed if we take the image piece by piece. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on September 24, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens in the White House in Washington on September 22, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein / AP
This week, perhaps the most prominent news story about the ongoing reality show unfolding in the White House was related to the content of the US president’s speech to the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly, the breakdown of his teleprompter, and the escalator he was using to get to the plenary session. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on September 8, 2025
Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy is accused of “disregard for science and the truth” in Senate hearing.
Since Donald Trump’s rise to power in his second term as president of the United States, there has been a significant amount of criticism of his foreign and domestic policy initiatives, which have been linked to the idea that his actions, rather than defending the country’s national (or federal) interests, are actually weakening its political leadership and economic strength. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on August 30, 2025
Marco Rubio
The use of an alleged link to the illegal drug trade as a pretext for the United States to take forceful action against the governments of Mexico and Venezuela not only provokes political rejection, but also calls for clarification of certain background information that the US side is hiding or selectively ignoring. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on August 7, 2025
José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez , photo: Bill Hackwell
On August 1, the print edition of issue 014 (New Era) of the magazine Cuadernos de Nuestra América (CNA) was presented. The magazine is published quarterly by the Center for International Policy Research (CIPI), which is affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on July 23, 2025
photo: Saul Loeb / AFP
When taken week by week, even day by day, the sequence of events that occur or are publicized under Donald Trump’s administration gives the impression that some events are taking place or are being fictitiously created to obscure previous events or those occurring in parallel. (more…)