September 9, 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum clarified on Monday that her government will continue with the agreement it has with Cuba for doctors from the island to work in the Mexican public health system, which was started by her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), to cover the shortage of healthcare personnel. (more…)
September 9, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) and Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa (R), Sept 8, 2025. X/ @primera84727
On Monday, during a television program broadcast by Russia Today, former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa interviewed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with whom he analyzed the geopolitical implications of the presence of U.S. military forces in the Caribbean. (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…)
September 7, 2025
Respect Venezuela
The Venezuelan leader calls for 8.2 million to join the Bolivarian Militia.
On Friday, thousands of citizens took to the streets in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who had previously called for a “great day of organization and mobilization of forces.” (more…)
By Gail Walker on September 7, 2025
Lucius Walker will always be remembered for leading a whole generation of Cuba solidarity activists throughout the US by mobilizing grass roots caravans to Cuba for over 25 years confronting the blockade initiated when the US saw an opening to attack. His motivation was simple and clear: “The US government cannot tell us who our friends are.” – editorial
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By Roger D. Harris and Joe Emersberger on September 6, 2025
the supposed drug boat destroyed by the US
President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military had just blown up a small motor vessel in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. He alleged that the skiff came from Venezuela and was loaded with illicit drugs headed to the US. (more…)
By Alejandra García, September 4, 2025
Pensioners and people with disabilities protest Milei’s austerity plan. Photo: Anadolu/Getty
In a key vote, the government of far-right politician Javier Milei suffered a major setback in Congress on Thursday. The Senate rejected the presidential veto of the Disability Emergency Law, which had already been rejected by the Chamber of Deputies. This is the first time in 22 years that Congress has managed to override an executive veto. The vote was celebrated inside and outside Congress, where hundreds of people awaited the decision. This resolution comes amid a scandal over an investigation into alleged bribery in the purchase of medicines by the National Disability Agency (Andis), in which senior government officials are implicated, including the president’s sister, Karina Milei. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on September 4, 2025
At eighty, the United Nations is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide.
Per Krohg (Norway), Untitled (Mural for Peace), 1952.
There is only one treaty in the world that, despite its limitations, binds nations together: the United Nations Charter. Representatives of fifty nations wrote and ratified the UN Charter in 1945, with others joining in the years that followed. The charter itself only sets the terms for the behaviour of nations. It does not and cannot create a new world. It depends on individual nations to either live by the charter or die without it. (more…)