Latin America

Latin America Condemns Ecuador’s Storming Of The Mexican Embassy

April 7, 2024 Zoe Alexandra, People's Dispatch. Resist! Caribbean, Daniel Noboa, Ecuador, Jorge Glas, Latin America, Lawfare, Mexico, Rafael Correa, Vienna Convention

The decision by the government of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa to forcibly enter the Mexican Embassy in Quito with dozens of police officers to arrest former Ecuadorian official Jorge Glas has been met with widespread repudiation across Latin America and the Caribbean. Xiomara Castro, Honduran president and the president pro-tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), announced on Saturday that two emergency meetings of CELAC would be held on Monday April 8 and Tuesday April 9 to address the situation in which the American Convention on Asylum and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations were both violated by Ecuador against Mexico.

Letter To The People For Integration Of Latin America And The Caribbean

February 27, 2024 People's Dispatch. Strategize! Bolivarian Venezuela, Bolivia, Caribbean, Cuba, Haiti, Latin America, Venezuela

On February 23, the organizations participating in the Conference on the Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples approved the “Letter to the People for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean”. The letter contains a summary of the event’s discussions and notes for advancing the integration of the people of the region. The Conference, which began February 22, ended February 24. In total, 4,000 people, from more than 20 countries in the region, participated in the event. Colombian Vice President Francia Marquéz was also present at the Conference.

Russian Foreign Minister Tours Latin America

February 24, 2024 Benjamin Zinevich, People's Dispatch. Educate! Brazil, Caribbean, Cuba, G20, Latin America, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Multipolarity, Nicolas Maduro, Russia, Venezuela

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov just concluded a three-country regional tour of Latin America this week. He kicked off his tour on Monday in the Cuban capital of Havana, and also visited Venezuela and Brazil, where he concluded his tour with participation in the G20 Ministers’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, where he met with several other Latin American leaders. During his time in Cuba, the Russian diplomat discussed various topics with President Miguel Diaz Canel and his Cuban counterpart, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, including the decades-long blockade on Cuba imposed by Washington and strategies to boost economic cooperation, commerce, and investment.

Latin American Ex-Presidents Demand US Intervention In Venezuela

February 18, 2024 Ana Perdigón, Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Juan Guaido, Latin America, Lima Group, Right-Wing, US Imperialism, Venezuela

After the failure of the Lima Group, Latin American right-wing former presidents created a new group to continue interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, such as attempting to overthrow the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. This new Lima Group is named Liberty and Democracy Group, which includes the former presidents Iván Duque of Colombia, Mauricio Macri of Argentina, Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia, Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador, and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay. The idea for creating this Lima Group 2.0 came from the late Sebastián Piñera, former president of Chile.

Exercise Tradewinds: 40 Years Of US Counterinsurgency In The Caribbean

February 16, 2024 Tamanisha John, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Caribbean, Counter-revolution, Latin America, Military Industrial Complex, US Imperialism

Between December 5-7, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas military planners from the United States, Canada, Barbados, and other CARICOM entities met to make plans for Tradewinds ’24.[1] There, it was determined that the 39th iteration of Exercise Tradewinds (EXTW24) would take place, at least in the first phase, in Barbados. Although Exercise Tradewinds “began” in 1984, EXTW24 will only mark the 39th iteration of these exercises versus the 40th iteration, given that no exercise was held in 2020 given the (ongoing) global COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Between January 29, 2024, and February 2, 2024 military planners met again, this time at the Hilton Resort in Barbados, to survey the terrain for EXTW24.

US Military Projection In Latin America And The Caribbean Intensifies

January 28, 2024 Roger D. Harris, Resumen English. Educate! Caribbean, Joe Biden, Latin America, US Imperialism, US Intervention

Upon assuming the US presidency, Joe Biden asserted in his first major foreign policy address, “America is back!” For Latin America and the Caribbean, this has meant an “aggressive expansion” of the US military in the region. In just the last year, US Marines and special forces landed in Peru in May 2023, brought in by the unelected rightwing government to address internal unrest. In October, the US got the UN Security Council to approve the military occupation of Haiti using proxy troops from Kenya. Also in October, the rightwing government of Ecuador resorted to deploying US troops to deal with their domestic insecurities.

US Congressional Resolution Calls For Annulling The Monroe Doctrine

January 18, 2024 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Resist! Congress, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Imperialism

While the Monroe Doctrine ingenuously claimed to protect hemispheric independence from foreign interference, HR 943 charges that the policy has, in fact, been used as a “mandate” to give the US license to interfere in the internal affairs of other states to promote its own narrow interests. The resolution forcefully begins with noting the “massive, forced displacement and genocide of Native peoples” by the North American colonialists. The resolution goes on to enumerate the further progression of the US imperium on the hemisphere. Back in the 1840s, the US took 55% of Mexico.

Thousands Join Huge Migrant Caravan Heading To US Border

December 28, 2023 Alejandra Garcia, Resumen English. Resist! Latin America, Mexico, Migrant Caravan, Migrants, US Imperialism

On Christmas Eve, a caravan of close to 10,000 migrants from dozens of nationalities began its journey from Mexico’s southern border northward up the American continent. It is possibly the largest this year and comes just days before a high-level U.S. delegation visits Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to discuss new measures to contain migration in the region. Latin American and Caribbean nationals who come from more than 20 countries, left last week from Tapachula, a city in the state of Chiapas that borders Guatemala. The first stop was Álvaro Obregón, where they spent a complex Christmas between hardships and deprivation.

International Migrants Day: How To Change The System?

December 21, 2023 Neal Resnikoff, Orinoco Tribune. Create! Capitalism, Chicago, Latin America, Migrants, migration crisis

The UN General Assembly proclaimed December 18 International Migrants Day in 2000. It took into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world. It aimed to further the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The Convention recognizes the human rights of migrant workers and promotes their access to justice as well as to humane and lawful working and living conditions. It provides guidance on the elaboration of national migration policies and for international cooperation based on respect for human rights and the rule of law.

Year 2023 In Review For Latin American And The Caribbean

December 18, 2023 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Educate! Caribbean, Fascism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Neoliberalism, Pink Tide, Rightwing Politics, US Sanctions

December 2 marked the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, which proclaimed US dominion over Latin America and the Caribbean. Left-leaning governments in the hemisphere have had to contest a decadent but still dominant USA. Challenges in the past year include a world economic slowdown, a continuing drug plague, and a more aggressive hegemon reacting to a more volatile and disputed world order. The progressive regional current, the so-called Pink Tide, slackened in 2023 compared to the rising tide of 2022, which had been buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil.

Latin America And The Caribbean Stand With Palestine

December 14, 2023 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Resist! International Solidarity, Israel, Latin America, Palestine, Right wing politics, State Repression

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a few notable exceptions, have been critical of Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza. Perhaps more than any other region, they have expressed their solidarity with Palestine. Most recognize that the partnership between US imperialism and Israeli Zionism applies not only to Palestine, but also to Israel’s role as attendant to US domination in this hemisphere. President Gabriel Boric of Chile condemned Israeli’s attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. The largest Palestinian population outside of the Middle East (more properly West Asia) resides in Chile. Belize and Peru, likewise, joined the denunciation of Israel.

200 Years Of The Monroe Doctrine

December 8, 2023 Leonid Savin, Resumen English. Educate! Foreign Policy, History, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Imperialism

December 2, 2023 marked two hundred years since U.S. President James Monroe’s address to Congress, which came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine. It has become a household name for U.S. foreign policy over the past several centuries and will likely continue to be used indefinitely into the future. Although it was periodically supplemented by other doctrines and concepts. However, it was under James Monroe when it was categorically stated “America for the Americans”, and the European powers had no business there, even though they had overseas possessions.

ExxonMobil Wants To Start A War In Latin America

December 6, 2023 Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. Educate! ExxonMobil, Guyana, Latin America, Venezuela

On December 3, 2023, a large number of registered voters in Venezuela voted in a referendum over the Essequibo region that is disputed with neighboring Guyana. Nearly all those who voted answered yes to the five questions. These questions asked the Venezuelan people to affirm the sovereignty of their country over Essequibo. “Today,” said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, “there are no winners or losers.” The only winner, he said, is Venezuela’s sovereignty. The principal loser, Maduro said, is ExxonMobil. In 2022, ExxonMobil made a profit of $55.7 billion, making it one of the world’s richest and most powerful oil companies.

Activists Hold Mock Funeral On UVA Grounds For Monroe Doctrine

December 5, 2023 NBC29.com. Resist! Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Imperialism, Virginia

It was 200 years ago that President James Monroe delivered a speech that would later become the framework for the Monroe Doctrine. Activists around the world are now trying to bury the document. Some of those activists met on UVA Grounds Saturday, December 2, for a mock funeral service to put the doctrine and its ideals to rest. “This idea that somebody doing something the U.S. government doesn’t like thousands of miles away is a threat to U.S safety? That means you can go and attack Iraq and call it defensive, and this has been done for 200 years,” World Beyond War Director David Swanson said.

New Mood In The World Will Put An End To The Global Monroe Doctrine

November 24, 2023 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Africa, Caribbean, Global South, History, Israel, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by Israel (with the collusion of the United States). It is impossible to keep up with the scale and frequency of the protests, which are in turn pushing political parties and governments to clarify their stances on Israel’s attack on Palestine. These mass demonstrations have generated three kinds of outcomes.

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