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Peruvians Reject Marco Rubio’s Visit and Alignment with the US

Rubio out of Peru!

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was met in Lima with a protest rally as he concluded his official tour of Latin America, which included previous stops this week in Colombia and Ecuador. (more…)

U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Uruguay to Expel Cuban Medical Brigade

By Alejandra Garcia Elizalde on September 10, 2026

Eye Hospital Jose Marti in Montevideo

The United States has reportedly communicated to the Uruguayan government that it must end the presence of the Cuban Medical Brigade, particularly the Cuban Ophthalmology Brigade, which has operated in the country since 2005. The U.S. pressure could include sanctions, including the possibility of placing Uruguay on an international blacklist—potentially affecting military cooperation and technical assistance between the two countries. (more…)

They are Children, not Numbers

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on September 10, 2026

Baghdad during sanctions, just before it was bombed again. fotos: Bill Hackwell

In 2003, before the United States unleashed the war in Iraq, a webcam maintained a fixed shot of Baghdad for hours. The page’s tagline was more important than the technology: “They are not numbers.” There were no military maps or war reports there, just a street, cars, pedestrians—people still coming and going in a city about to be bombed. The camera didn’t stop the invasion. However, it did something essential. It put a face on those who would soon be reduced to statistics. (more…)

The New Face of Fascism: How the Far Right Is Casting a Dark Shadow over the Map of the Americas

By Raúl Capote on September 8, 2026

This is not a swing of the pendulum; it is not the classic back-and-forth between conservatives and progressives that has marked Latin American politics since the fall of the military dictatorships. (more…)

Silvio Rodríguez Moves the Audience at Barcelona’s Liceu Theatre

By Juan Miguel Lopez on September 4, 2026

all fotos: Juan Miguel Morales

Few singer-songwriters have penned verses as beautifully revolutionary or stanzas as subversively tender as Silvio Rodríguez. This Tuesday, the timeless Cuban troubadour, back in Barcelona a decade after his last concert in the Catalan capital, demonstrated at the Liceu why he is one of the icons of song. (more…)

Brazil: Washington and the Assault on Its Sovereignty

By Pablo Jofré Leal on September 7, 2026.

foto: Hispan

The Brazilian political landscape, in the run-up to the October 2026 presidential elections, is not merely a domestic struggle for the executive office in the Planalto Palace; it is the epicenter of a low-intensity geopolitical war. (more…)

Mexico: Sheinbaum Responds to Trump’s Map: “Mexico Is Not a Colony of Any Country”

September 7, 2026.

Mexico. Sheinbaum Responds to Trump’s Map: “Mexico Is Not a Colony of Any Country”

As part of the celebrations for the Month of the Fatherland, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo responded to the provocations of U.S. President Donald Trump with a strong and clear message reaffirming Mexico’s independence and sovereignty (more…)

The Cerimedo Scandal (Part 2)

By Randy Alonso Falcon on September 6, 2025

Cerimedo “planned” the attack and “remotely directed the ambush” to kill his girlfriend.

Since his arrest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on August 18, after ordering the murder of his girlfriend, Fernando Cerimedo has become a fan spreading filth everywhere.

The newly minted electoral consultant for Latin America’s far right has gone from being a man who was flattered and sought after to a true pariah.

The revelations—sums of money, recordings, and bot farms—that have gradually come to light are unraveling a dark continental web of election rigging, manipulation of public opinion, political corruption, and the buying of favors, causing unease in Washington, Miami, Mexico City, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Bogotá, Lima, Brasília, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, and La Paz.

The tentacles of this powerful techno-fascist network even reach as far as Madrid. (more…)

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