By Vijay Prashad on September 18, 2026
Leaders of BRICS member/partner countries at the 18th BRICS Summit, in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on September 13, 2026. Photo: Press Information Bureau
The New Delhi Declaration, the outcome of the summit, reiterated the demand for reform of the United Nations, international financial institutions, and the multilateral trading system.
The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12–13, occurred amid an exceptional intensification of international contradictions. Wars in West Asia, unilateral sanctions, tariff barriers, and the weaponization of finance and technology have exposed the fundamentally unequal character of the imperialist-dominated international order. (more…)
September 18, 2026
Lula, Photo: Tom Molina/Bloomberg
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed his concern on Wednesday about the situation in Cuba and stated that the island’s inhabitants do not deserve to face the current difficulties. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on September 17, 2026, from Havana
On September 14, news broke that the government of Austria—the host country of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—had reportedly denied entry to its territory, under pressure from the United States, to Mr. Mahammad Eslami, Iran’s vice president and head of its nuclear agency, who was set to represent his country at the international organization’s annual General Conference. (more…)
September 17, 2026
“Criterio Compartido,” a forum for discussing the reality of Cuba. Photo: Office of the President of Cuba.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, announced today, Wednesday, the upcoming launch of Criterio Compartido, (Shared Criteria) a new radio program dedicated to addressing the reality of the country. (more…)
La Jornada editorial on September 17, 2026
The U.S. Southern Command reported the sinking of the fishing vessel Por siempre don Carlos and the disappearance of its 25 crew members 140 nautical miles off the coast of Manta, Ecuador. With this action, the total number of vessels destroyed by U.S. troops—invited into the country by President Daniel Noboa with the alleged aim of combating drug trafficking—now stands at 10. (more…)
John Perry on September 16, 2026
Co-Presidents of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega. foto: Jairo Cajina
After Venezuela and Cuba, will the Trump administration turn its spotlight onto Nicaragua? Secretary of State Rubio has just finished a tour of three Latin American countries now allied with Trump – Colombia, Ecuador and Peru – and was asked about US policy towards Cuba and Nicaragua, and what he would do “to finally bring those dictatorships to an end.” (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on September 18, 2026
Marcoism
References to McCarthyism or Reaganomics marked eras of political or economic thought in the United States, reflecting the agenda of the ruling (or dominant) groups, even though the figures who took historical credit by lending their names to these movements did not exactly possess the intellectual caliber that would have made them worthy of such recognition. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on September 16, 2026
image: Adano
What convicted U.S. President Donald Trump proposed has just shattered all the electoral frameworks of so-called “capitalist democracy” by publicly offering to give each voter $5,000 if the Republican Party manages to retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the November midterm elections. (more…)