Greg Grandin provides a short history of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
Escalating the Escalation
Category: Latin America
Chris Hedges: The Banana Republic of the United States
Every dictatorship is a grotesque opera buffa. No encomium is too outrageous. No bribe too small. No violation of civil liberties too extreme. No stupidity too absurd. All dissent, no matter how tepid, is treason.
Trump’s Insane & Illegal War on Venezuela
The White House’s murderous strikes on small boats at sea constitute unlawful extrajudicial killings, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Vijay Prashad: Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South
Here are seven theses to begin to understand the protests that young people have led across the world and perhaps channel them in a progressive direction.
The Oldest US Colony & the Newest War
Michelle Ellner on the Trump administration’s use of Puerto Rico as a launchpad for war on Venezuela.
Vijay Prashad: An Intellectual Is Nothing Without Confronting Oppression
Berta Cáceres, a Honduran leader in the struggle for indigenous and environmental rights, was killed in 2016 – a price too often paid by those who fight for human dignity and social justice.
Led by LA, Anti-Trump, ICE Protests Sweep US
L.A. protests led demonstrations across the country against Trump and his aggressive immigration policy Saturday, while in D.C. veterans and other citizens protested Trump’s military parade, Joe Lauria & Ann Wright report.
Latin America’s Long Fight Against the US for Sovereignty
John Perry reviews the book AMERICA, AMÉRICA: A New History of the New World, by Greg Grandin.
Jeffrey Sachs: Birthing a New International Order
The multipolar world will be born when the geopolitical weight of Asia, Africa, and Latin America matches their rising economic weight.
USAID’s Giant Network of ‘Independent’ Media
Alan MacLeod on the global influence of the U.S. agency that has been hit by a funding pause.