By Atilio Boron on January 26, 2025 from Buenos Aires
Trump signs a plethora of reactionary executive orders in his first 24 hours. photo: Reuters
Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the signals he sent from the moment of his inauguration (which continued late into the night at the unexpected press conference that took place in the Oval Office) were tinged with an alarming mixture of arrogance and overconfidence. (more…)
By José Ernesto Nováez Guerrero on January 25, 2025 from Havana
Yes, Donald Trump has taken office as the 47th President of the United States. Due to the freezing temperatures, the ceremony had to be held indoors, which made the list of attendees even more select. Trump begins his second term with a majority for his party in the Senate and Congress, as well as the backing of an electoral victory in which he won not only the electoral vote but also the popular vote, even though his voters represent barely 30 percent of the total possible votes in the United States. (more…)
By Fernando Buen Abad on January 24, 2025
All the atrocities that Donald Trump invents would be inconsequential if we had a communication and semiotic front capable of generating timely and effective counter-offensives. Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico is nothing less than a declaration of “symbolic war”. (more…)
By Zoe Alexandra on January 24, 2025
Hundreds of more troops from the Colombian Army have been deployed to Catatumbo in the last week. Photo: Minister of Defense Colombia
Social movements and community organizations are demanding peace as violence breaks out in the northeastern region of Colombia. In the last week, at least 80 people have been killed and over 32,000 people displaced in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Colombia in recent years. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on January 23, 2024
Internationalist in Venezuela for the inauguration of Nicolas Maduro and the World Antifascist Festival.
The first thing greeting me as I disembarked from my flight in Caracas was a wanted poster for one Edmundo González Urrutia. The reward was $100,000. Not to be outdone, the US had slapped a $25 million bounty on the head of President Maduro and lesser amounts on other Venezuelan leaders. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 23, 2025
family members mourn the death of 4 Afro-Ecuadorian youth by the Ecuadorian military. source; CEPR
Ecuador stands on the brink of a pivotal moment as it heads into presidential elections on February 9, with 13 million people preparing to choose a new government for the 2025-2029 period. Voters will not only elect the next president but also select 137 members of the unicameral National Assembly. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet on January 22, 2025
Every time we see MAGA on a red cap, let’s think of our MAGA, Mossadegh, Arbenz, Goulart and Allende, four heroes of freedom. Image: Sandra Sarmiento.
Abbreviated to MAGA, the slogan Make America Great Again! is the catchy political motto that identifies Donald Trump and his followers. Inspired by a very similar slogan of Ronald Reagan’s and repeated in the victorious campaigns of 2016 and 2024, MAGA has become popular as an aggressive brand, on eye-catching explosive red caps that all the fans of the Republican magnate flaunt. (more…)
By Luis Britto Garcia on January 22, 2025
Laura Richardson and the US Southern Command
The battles of Latin America and the Caribbean for independence and sovereignty were bloody. According to the estimation of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, they cost more than a third of the population. (more…)