February 20, 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Photo: EFE
On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced two constitutional reforms to prevent foreign interference and impose the “harshest penalty” on foreigners who intervene in her country. These decisions come after U.S. President Donald Trump designated six drug cartels as “terrorist” organizations. (more…)
February 18, 2025
Carlos Fernández deCossio, at the UN
The Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, took part on Tuesday in an open debate of the Security Council entitled “Putting multilateralism into practice, reforming and improving global governance”, which took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York. (more…)
Jair Bolsonaro, photo: Evaristo Sá/AFP
A report by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), sent on Tuesday (18) to the Federal Supreme Court (STF), lists 34 individuals denounced by the Federal Police for their involvement in the coup plot that led to the January 8 2022,acts to prevent Lula de Silva from the presidency after his election. (more…)
February 18, 2025
Argentine president Milei under investigation for Crypto scam.
The Javier Milei scandal reached the United States, with the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) receiving “reports of criminal operations” for the crypto $Libra. (more…)
By Johana Tablada on February 18, 2025
Mauricio Claver-Carone. Foto: Gabriel Aponte/Getty Images.
Mauricio Claver Carone, the special envoy for Latin America appointed by President Trump and under the orders of the now infamous Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is trying to scare Cuba and its neighbors into submission by claiming, once again, that this time it is true that the Revolution has only a few days left and that the US government will do everything possible to accelerate this process. (more…)
Sumterville Florida on February 18, 2025
Leonard Peltier, photo: Angel White Eyes
This morning, Leonard Peltier was released from over 49 years of wrongful incarceration. Mr. Peltier is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and will reside on his tribal homelands in North Dakota. (more…)
By David Brooks and Jim Cason on February 18, 2025
Alan Gross, USAID worker who tried to bring SIM cards into Cuba to activate satellite communication system, photo: AP
President Donald Trump’s plans to close the international aid agency USAID have put the organization, founded in 1961 as part of the US Cold War strategy to confront the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc, under the microscope. Among its first missions was supporting counterinsurgency efforts in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. (more…)
By Brian Berletic on February 17, 2025
Marco Rubio photo: Michael Badon.
While a recent interview with the newly confirmed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began with promising slogans, it quickly unraveled into threats of overt aggression, including outright calls to seize the Panama Canal and annex Greenland from Denmark under an implicit threat of military force. (more…)