By Francisco Delgado Rodriquez on August 6, 2025
Marco Rubio and Donald Trump in the US, reacted to Álvaro Uribe Vélez’s trial, composition by Pulzo.
The latest misdeeds orchestrated by the State Department, led by Mr. Rubio, have focused on discrediting and even sanctioning countries in the region where their judicial systems decided to prosecute friends of the US government. (more…)
By Frei Betto on August 6, 2025
Since ancient Greece, Aristophanes has mocked the unequal distribution of wealth in his comedy “Pluto – Wealth” (388 BC). In it, the god of wealth is blind, unable to recognize the righteous, and therefore favors the cunning and unscrupulous. (more…)
By Martina Medina on August 4, 2025
Bolsonaro violated restrictions by using the social media accounts of allies to post messages attacking the Supreme Federal Court – Saulo Cruz/Agência Senado
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered former president Jair Bolsonaro to house arrest on Monday (Aug. 4). The decision includes the use of an electronic ankle monitor, a ban on visits except from close family members and lawyers, and the seizure of all cell phones at the residence. (more…)
By Carlos Gonzalez Penalva on August 5, 2025
The recent appearance of Israel Rojas, leader of the duo Buena Fe, on the program La sobremesa on the digital platform La Joven Cuba has sparked an interesting debate on the fringes of the Cuban revolutionary intelligentsia. His presence, polite but firm, honest and serene, has been celebrated by many as a gesture of openness and courage. And it undoubtedly is. But this recognition should not lead us to overlook the terrain where the exchange takes place. Because in politics—and especially in the cultural battle—the setting matters as much as the words, and there is no innocent dialogue when the script is written by the adversary. (more…)
A Chronicle by Katiuska Blanco Castineira on August 5, 2025 from Mexico City
Illustration by Isis de Lázaro.
Before our eyes, the small terracotta deities, the dresses embroidered with eye-shaped hems, pure wool cloaks, obsidian, turquoise, shell, and coral masks, silver calendars inlaid with mother-of-pearl, clay figurines, filigree earrings, bracelets made of genuine metals, flowered stone chests, dreams of blown glass, colorful serapes, and above all, words. The vendor tells us about all the wonders in his shop, especially the customs of the ancient inhabitants of the city of Teotihuacan, (more…)
August 3, 2025
Venezuelan chef at work: the Zulia government has created kitchens dedicated to vulnerable people.
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has done it again: it is once again on the verge of eradicating hunger in Venezuela. This was recognized by the Un Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO in their annual report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 (SOFI 2025), addressing high food prices and inflation for food security and nutrition. (more…)
By Becca Renk on August 4, 2025
Nicaragua’s 2025 nutrition census. photos: Becca Renk
I remember the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, Francisco was two years old, his thin legs and swollen feet were covered in sores. Straw blond hair stuck to his head as he listlessly nursed from his teenage mother’s breast. He weighed 13 ½ pounds.
It was the summer of 1999, and I was weighing babies in Nueva Vida. I’d come to Nicaragua in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch to help in any way I could through the Jubilee House Community and its project in Nicaragua, the Center for Development in Central America (JHC-CDCA). (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 3, 2025
Nayib Bukele
El Salvador has crossed a critical line this week. Last Thursday, Congress approved a controversial constitutional reform that opens the door to indefinite presidential reelection with no term limits—a change that undermines the democratic principles established in the 1983 Constitution. (more…)