By Mohammad Mansur on May 19, 2026
An El Al passenger jet is inspected before takeoff at Ben Gurion Airport. foto,David Silverman/Getty Images]
Experts say Israel is using the new flight to Buenos Aires as a geopolitical tool to cement its footprint in Latin America.
Israel and Argentina have launched a direct flight starting in November as the two countries boost their ties under Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (more…)
By Pepe Escobar on May 14, 2026
A few days ago, Mr. Araghchi traveled to Russia.
Earlier this week, Mr. Araghchi traveled to China. These two trips vividly reflect the power of the new Russia-Iran-China triangle, which has emerged as the driving force behind Eurasian integration and multipolarity. (more…)
May 4, 2026
The Gaza Flotilla was attacked on Thursday the 28th in international waters, about 600 nautical miles from its destination, by Israeli military forces. Twenty-two ships were boarded, and 175 activists were taken to an Israeli military vessel and held until they were transported to the island of Crete.
Several reported mistreatment and abuse, including beatings and injuries, following their detention by Israeli military personnel. Ávila and Abukeshek were separated from the rest of the activists, through the use of force by the military. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 21, 2026 from Havana
image: Adán Iglesias Toledo
Although the hegemonic media controlled by the United States, Israel, and the West have tried to conceal the military and political defeat suffered by Washington and Tel Aviv following their devastating attacks launched against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the facts have come to light after 40 days of fighting. (more…)
By Jorge Elbaum on April 13, 2026
These statements come amid a military and energy standoff centered on control of the strait, through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil trade passes. Photo: EFE.
Two major armed conflicts are currently unfolding: one in Eastern Europe and one in Western Asia. Both are interconnected through the involvement of actors who share some common association. NATO is involved in both conflicts. So are the BRICS nations. It is a Third World War—for now, scattered—pitting the neocolonial West, with its aspirations for geopolitical unilateralism, against the emergence of a multipolarity that respects national sovereignties and their specific historical trajectories. The so-called Thucydides Trap, coined by Graham Allison, suggests that an empire—challenged by an emerging rival, in this case the People’s Republic of China—is forced to embark on warmongering adventures to avoid being replaced as the global hegemon. (more…)
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, takes off after refueling in the sky. Photo: AFP
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on April 9, 2026.
Palestinian poet Marwan Makhoul condensed the illusion of neutrality into four verses: So that I may write poetry that is not political, / I must listen to the birds. / And to listen to the birds, / the warplanes must be silent. Where the sky is occupied by war, there is no place outside of politics. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on April 8, 2026
foto: AFP
As I put the finishing touches on these lines, we can now say with certainty that the threats made by the most sinister and powerful head of state of our time, Donald Trump, have been postponed for a period of fifteen days. The world breathes a sigh of relief upon learning that the order to wipe out one of history’s most brilliant civilizations, the Persian one—which Trump claimed would be returned to “the Stone Age”—has been postponed for two weeks. We will see how that stands. It is difficult to find in history a head of state who has expressed such a categorical destructive intent against a country that, according to UNESCO, has 29 sites inscribed on the World Heritage List—the result of a three-millennia-old history captured in beautiful architectural works, Persian gardens, and numerous archaeological sites. But nothing surprises us about Trump, who has made crude insults, verbal aggression, and racist contempt for his opponents the hallmark of his politics. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 6, 2026 from Caracas
aspiring young astronauts
In recent weeks, the United States has celebrated one of the most ambitious milestones in its space program in decades: the launching of the Artemis II mission, marking the return of crewed flights beyond Earth’s orbit. The project, led by NASA, aims to lay the foundations for a sustained human presence on the Moon and eventually open the door to missions to Mars. (more…)