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Archives: Latin America

What Trump looks like from Cuba …

By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I’ll tell you up front that my personal vehicle has crowns of rust on the rear wheel wells and an interior that smells…

What’s Cuba Really Like?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…

Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America

By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | - - Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with less. During the week of March 12,…

Trump Threatens to Send US Army to Mexico for ‘Bad Hombres’

TeleSur | - - It was not clear from the excerpt who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres" — drug cartels, immigrants, or both. President Donald Trump threatened his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña…

Mexico ‘Astonished’ at Israel’s Netanyahu’s Tweet backing Wall

TeleSur | - - Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: "President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border... Great success. Great idea." Mexico's government on Saturday rebuked Israel for…

Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure

David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid…

When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela

TeleSur | - - The world remembers Nelson Mandela as the freedom fighter and president who liberated South Africa from apartheid. But many look back with a selected memory of how the…

Fidel Castro’s Top Moments in the Middle East

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Fidel Castro is dead at 90. He presided over the only pro-USSR Communist state in the Western Hemisphere, and was therefore a thorn…

Obama in Historic Tour of Old Havana

TeleSur | - - Obama will spend two and half days in Cuba, where he will meet with U.S.-backed activists and attend a baseball game. U.S. President Barack Obama, together with First…

Brazil opens Palestine Embassy after rejecting Israeli Squatter Envoy

TeleSur | - - The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel's ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its first embassy in the Western Hemisphere in…

Mexican Tour Organizers, Buddhist Healers, Baffled by Egyptian Army Attack

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Gabriela Bejarano Rangel, the sister and daughter of the Mexican organizers of the tour to Egypt that met with tragedy Sunday, has been…

As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message in poor countries where over-exploitation of natural…

Venezuela to Boost Palestine to Full Embassy Status

By Ben Tavener - IMEMC/PNN - Venezuela will boost its diplomatic representation in Palestine to full embassy status, according to the Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs. "Following instructions from President Nicolás Maduro,…

US history of coup-making Overshadows Obama’s outreach to Iran, Latin American Left

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - President Obama met with Cuban President Raoul Castro for an hour on Saturday, and the two made progress on plans to restore diplomatic relations. Before…

US “War on Drugs” ruined Mexico even worse than it did Afghanistan

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) - They behead people by the hundreds. They heap headless, handless bodies along roadsides as warnings to those who would resist their power. They have penetrated the…

How the Iraq Wars began with the Invasion of Panama

By Greg Grandin | (Tomdispatch.com) -- As we end another year of endless war in Washington, it might be the perfect time to reflect on the War That Started All Wars --…

Cuba: Top 5 other Dictatorships with which US has Diplomatic Relations

By Juan Cole | -- The US sanctions on Cuba were justified by their supporters with reference to the Communist government's human rights record. That record, bad as it is, however, cannot…

Pope Francis Backs Obama’s Cuba Opening

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Dec 18 2014 (IPS) - In perhaps his boldest foreign-policy move during his presidency, Barack Obama Wednesday announced that he intends to establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba.…

Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

(By Greg Grandin) The Two Faces of Empire Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them By Greg Grandin A captain ready to drive himself and all around him to ruin in…