South America
Trump Administration Inherits SOUTHCOM’s Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean
During her tenure as Commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from October 2021 to her retirement in November 2024, General Laura J. Richardson oversaw a significant expansion of U.S. military presence and strategic alliances in Latin America and the…
The Persistence of Memory in Negationist Times. 50 years after a pilot terror plan in Tucumán, Argentina
(This is the first in a series of articles planned for this year that will explore possible links between Chile and Operativo Independencia.) By Maxine Lowy Fifty years after the introduction of the first systematic plan of extermination in Argentina,…
The Demise of USAID: Few Regrets in Latin America
“Take your money with you,” said Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, when told about Trump’s plans to cut aid to Latin America, “it’s poison.” By John Perry and Roger D. Harris USAID (US Agency for International Development) spends around $2 billion…
The Humanist Moment in America: Sheinbaum’s cool head, Petro’s warm heart
In a conversation between the President of Mexico and US President Donald Trump, they reached several agreements, among them, the imposition of tariffs is canceled, when it seemed that an economic and social “catastrophe” was approaching. “It is important to…
Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America
In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. By Kate Fitz-Gibbon of Monash University In a speech at the World Economic Forum…
Whether Biden or Trump, US’s Latin American Policy Will Still Be Contemptible – Migration, Drugs, and Tariffs
With Donald Trump as the new US president, pundits are speculating about how US policy towards Latin America might change. By John Perry and Roger D. Harris In this article, we look at some of the speculations and then address…
US Media Promotes Military Intervention in Venezuela
The New York Times, the so-called US “newspaper of record,” carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting “military intervention” to promote “democracy” by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela. By Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris…
Venezuelan President Maduro Assumes a Third Term – Prospects and Problematics
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…
Ecuador’s Coastal Ecosystems Have Rights, Constitutional Court Rules
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has determined that coastal marine ecosystems have rights of nature, including the right to “integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes,” per Chapter…
Film ‘Igualada’. History of struggles of Francia Márquez, Vice President of Colombia
IGUALADA: An “igualada”, a derogatory term (based on class, race, and gender) used to designate someone who acts as if they deserve rights and privileges that supposedly don’t correspond to them. Pressenza presents an interview with Juan Mejía Botero, director…
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