Latin America & the Caribbean

Rally for solidarity with striking Puerto Rican teachers

Puerto Rican teachers went on strike Aug. 15 to save the island’s public school system from U.S.-imposed austerity attacks. A…

August 20, 2018

Crisis deepens in Puerto Rico as Junta seizes educational system

The crisis of the Puerto Rican nation continues spiraling downward and is about to hit bottom. The main news every…

August 15, 2018

Massive mobilizations support Maduro after drone attack in Venezuela

With massive demonstrations in Caracas and other cities on Aug. 6,   hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans showed their support for…

August 9, 2018

Behind the assassination attempt in Venezuela

Aug. 7 — An assassination attempt on Aug. 5 on the life of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro prompted headlines in…

August 6, 2018

Philly protests U.S. colonization of Puerto Rico

On July 25, 1898, U.S. Marines invaded Puerto Rico. The U.S. continues to occupy that nation 120 years later, against…

August 1, 2018

Pittsburgh tells Trump and Congress: #UnblockCuba

The Pittsburgh City Council took action to strongly support the sovereignty of the Cuban people on July 24. A resolution…

July 31, 2018

Venezuela: Popular militia advances

In the face of economic sabotage, subversion, an abortive military coup and threats of open military intervention from U.S. imperialism…

July 27, 2018

Why no Yankee baseball in Haiti?

By Isabelle L. Papillon Our elders fought the [U.S.] occupation and resisted the introduction of baseball. Now people who do…

July 27, 2018

International Tribunal to expose U.S. colonial crimes in Puerto Rico

This year marks the 120th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-U.S. war, which…

July 24, 2018

Haitians shut down streets demanding jobs, rollback of prices

Politicians in Haiti thought they had a bright idea. Since people were following the World Cup soccer match between Brazil…

July 17, 2018