By Resumen Latinoamericano on October 19, 2025
Bolivia’s president-elect, right wing Rodrigo Paz
The pro-US right-wing candidate, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), won on Sunday, October 19, in the second round of the presidential elections, ending almost two decades of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) governments. (more…)
By Adele Robichez, José Eduardo Bernardes and Larissa Bohrer on October 19, 2025
Imperialism out of Venezuela, – Mauro Ramos
Movement leader compares initiative to the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s
The national leader of Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), João Pedro Stédile, announced that popular movements across Latin America are coordinating to send brigades of activists to Venezuela in solidarity with the country’s government and people, amid growing threats of a possible U.S. military intervention. The statement was made in an interview with Radio BdF. (more…)
By Maria Páez Victor on October 20, 2025
US SEALs train at Joint Expeditionary Base Photo: William S. Parker/US Navy/file photo.
Funny thing about war: it is relatively easy to start. An insult here. A lie there. A “false flag” as a casus belli there, and shots, bombs, missiles ensue…and destruction and deaths follow until there is some sort of “victory”. However, when the odds are stacked against a much smaller opponent that is facing an overwhelmingly larger foe, then “victory” will not appear straightforward, or even clear. It will be messy. (more…)
By Gloria Guillo on October 19, 2025
In Nicaragua, where children often need to be treated for parasite infections, a treatment with albendazole costs around 10¢. In the US, parasitic infections are increasing it costs $380.
In The Graduate (1967), a family friend corners young Benjamin Braddock with one word of advice for his future: “Plastics.” It was a nod to a booming, transformative industry—lucrative, ubiquitous, and shaping modern life. Today, a new contender emerges in the pharmaceutical realm: anti-parasitical drugs like albendazole. (more…)
October 19, 2025
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
Colombian President Gustavo Petro demanded formal explanations from the U.S. government on Saturday after denouncing that a Colombian fisherman was allegedly killed during an air strike carried out by U.S. forces in Colombian territorial waters on September 16. (more…)
By Nicolas Romero Reeves on October 13, 2024
Chile’s Boric a supporter of Machado and Zelensky
The recent support of Gabriel Boric’s government—through its foreign minister and figures from his coalition such as Jeannette Jara—for the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado is not only incomprehensible: it is an affront to common sense and Latin American sovereignty. (more…)
By Syara Salado Massip and Victor Villalba Gutiérrez on October 17, 2025, from Havana
Under the statue of Simón Bolívar that stands on Avenida de los Presidentes in Havana, a monument similar to the one in the Central Plaza of the city of Caracas, an entire people was gathered to support the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on October 16, 2025
Venezuelans, Dr. José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Elena Rendiles will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV on October 19.
In three days Venezuela will experience a significant moment in its religious and cultural history: the canonization of its first two saints, Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez and Mother Carmen Elena Rendiles. The solemn ceremony will take place at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, presided over by Pope Leo XIV, marking a recognition in the spiritual life of the nation by elevating these two revered Venezuelans to the universal altar of the Catholic Church, all the while the Venezuelan people are being menaced by an armada of US warships off their shores and B-52 bombers flying overhead. (more…)