Latin America & the Caribbean

Portland protest says ‘U.S. out of Colombia!’

A militant group of demonstrators occupying a lane of traffic marched through the streets of Portland, Ore., May 8 chanting…

May 14, 2021

Brazilians tell police: ‘Stop killing us!’

The police invaded the Jacarezinho favela (slum) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at dawn May 6, armed to the teeth…

May 13, 2021

Colombia: State terror won’t stop the struggle

Since April 28, workers in Colombia have been waging a general strike. The strike was provoked by the third of…

May 11, 2021

Ecuador election: Analysts debate why neoliberal banker won

Ibarra, Ecuador April 30 — In the wake of the April 11 second round of the presidential election won by…

May 4, 2021

Puerto Rico: ¡Fuera LUMA!

El llamado a la acción sobre Puerto Rico se manifestó el 13 de abril en Union Square de la ciudad…

April 28, 2021

Ramsey Clark: el disidente imprescindible en el centro del poder de EE. UU.

Por William Camacaro Desde Nueva York “Habrá algunos que recordarán a Ramsey Clark como un hombre marginal. Hay muchos más…

April 26, 2021

60 years ago: The invasion that failed

Sixty years ago — on April 17, 1961 — some 1,400 heavily armed right-wing exiles waded ashore at Cuba’s aptly…

April 26, 2021

U.S. role in Ecuador prison uprisings

“In places where inequality is the deepest, the use of prison and punishment is the greatest.” (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) Prisons…

April 23, 2021

¡Fuera LUMA! – LUMA out of Puerto Rico!

Call to Action on Puerto Rico demonstrated April 13 in New York City’s Union Square to say ¡Fuera LUMA! —…

April 22, 2021

Raúl Castro honored

The excerpts below are from the Cuban daily newspaper, Granma, April 17. “Let no one doubt that as long as…

April 22, 2021