December 19, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed this Thursday his intention to veto the Sentencing Law, known as the Dosimetry Law, approved by the National Congress, which provides for a reduction in sentences for those convicted for the attempted coup of January 8, 2023, when the three branches of the Brazilian government were attacked. (more…)
By Stephen Sefton on December 14, 2025
The argument that the criminal US government is now focusing its attention on Latin America and the Caribbean after having forgotten about it for many years does not correspond to the reality. In fact, this is a natural escalation of already long-standing policies of aggression. The government of President Trump is desperately besieging Venezuela now because the constant regional US offensive since the start of the new century has not achieved its objectives. It has not been able to overthrow revolutionary governments in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela or prevent progressive governments in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, nor has it been able to curb China’s growing economic influence in the region. As in Europe, the US government wants to subject the entire region to its unquestionable domination through the collaboration of local oligarchies, as always, (more…)
By Chris Gilbert on December 19, 2025
Pastors for Peace humanitarian aid being delivered to the Martin Luther King Center. foto: Bill Hackwell
Now I know that there are many more things in heaven and earth than I’ve dreamt of. I never expected to find a Baptist-inspired project that enthusiastically defends gender and sexual diversity, socialism, and the Cuban Revolution. Yet that was precisely what I found at the Martin Luther King Center in Cuba when I visited in late November 2025 and was received in its offices by key members of its team, including Marilín Peña, Joel Suárez—son of the Center’s founder—and Sayonara Tamayo. (more…)
By Pablo Meriguet on December 18, 2025
LIBRE campaign rally in November ahead of the elections. Photo: LIBRE
Two weeks after elections in Honduras, no winner has yet been declared yet. As the irregularities grow, both the Liberal Party and LIBRE have denounced electoral fraud is being committed in favor of the far-right candidate. (more…)
December 18, 2025
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has demanded that Donald Trump return the territory of Texas that was stolen by the US. He made the comment in response to the real estate mogul’s statement that Venezuelan oil belongs to his country. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on December 17, 2025
Julian Assange
Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden accusing 30 individuals associated with the Nobel Foundation, including its leadership, of committing serious suspected crimes, including the crime of gross misappropriation of funds, facilitation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the financing of the crime of aggression. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 18, 2025
Republican Congressman Carlos Gimenez in a file photo.
The “three crazy Cubans” are on a rampage. For years, Mario Diaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, and Carlos Gimenez have presented themselves in the U.S. Congress as a cohesive Cuban-American bloc: hardline against governments they call “totalitarian,” applauding sanctions and publicly defending draconian measures that would be difficult to accept in a truly democratic context. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on December 16, 2025
Kast and Pinochet
Chile woke up this December to a major political fact: José Antonio Kast—son of a Nazi officer and a defender of Pinochet—won the presidential runoff with 58.16% of the vote against Jeannette Jara’s 41.84%. His victory became the emblem of a conservative return that is not only Chilean, but part of a broader regional cycle of “punishment voting” and demands for “order.” (more…)