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Trump’s Tense Relationship With Latin America

July 17, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , , , ,
The second term of US President Donald Trump has been full of commentary about other nations – both official and unofficial – that often signals the administration’s intentions, even without formal policy declarations. In turn, when Trump has thrown darts at certain governments, his statements immediately become headlines that spark debates – and at times uncertainties – in the countries he addresses. Latin America has been one of Trump’s favorite targets. One need only recall that during his first election campaign, he said that Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras were breeding grounds for criminals.

Western Narratives On War And Unrest In Syria

July 15, 2025 The Black Alliance for Peace. , , ,
In March 2025, Syria witnessed horrific sectarian massacres by government-backed forces targeting Alawites in the country’s northwest coastal regions. Since the violent takeover of the Syrian government by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in November/December 2024, nearly 8,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed. HTS, far from being an independent actor, functions as a proxy force advancing the geopolitical interests of the United States, Israel, and their allies, whose primary goal is to destabilize the region and maintain control over its resources. Damascus governor Maher Marwan indicates that HTS wants peace with Israel, while Israel’s destruction of Syria’s armed forces and anti-air defenses after HTS’s takeover of Damascus has elicited seemingly no criticism, let alone an armed response from Syria’s new rulers.

Mass Killings, Media Control, And The Machinery Of US Soft Power

July 12, 2025 Empire Watch, Popular Resistance. , , ,
KJ Noh, peace activist, journalist and co-host of The China Report on @BreakThroughNews joins us to dismantle the ideological architecture of U.S. empire. He exposes how atrocity becomes infrastructure and propaganda becomes profession. From the Ford Foundation’s role in Indonesia’s Cold War genocide to the rise of figures like Orville Schell and Johnny Harris, KJ unpacks how soft power functions as a weapon: manufacturing consent, laundering imperial violence, and shaping global narratives. He exposes how US think tanks, journalism schools, and digital platforms are not just media ecosystems, but actually, ideological battlegrounds built atop bloodshed.

Don’t Miss People’s Summit For Korea In New York City July 25-27

July 12, 2025 Workers World. , , , ,
The struggle for Korea’s sovereignty is at a crossroads. Despite empty gestures toward diplomacy, U.S. imperialism continues to escalate tensions in Korea — expanding war exercises, deepening the Japan-South Korea-U.S. alliance and pushing the peninsula to the brink of war. But our movements are fighting back. This July, join us at The People’s Summit for Korea in New York City to unite across borders and build a collective strategy for liberation. Together, we’ll: Analyze the impact of U.S. imperialism on Korea and the world. Strategize how to advance the fight for peace, sovereignty and collective liberation. Celebrate resistance through cultural performances and collective action.

Repression Of Protests Continues In Panama

July 10, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
On July 5, nearly 800 people from 17 countries signed a letter addressed to the president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, calling for international observation due to the increasing repression of protests in Panama. The document, signed by academics, artists, activists, workers, and trade unionists, also points out that the Central American country is witnessing growing criminalization of political dissent, which, according to the document, is reminiscent of the darkest years in its national history. Furthermore, the letter adds that the government is demonstrating an “authoritarian drift”.

The End Of Multilaterlism

July 6, 2025 Walden Bello, Counter Punch. , , , ,
The recent unilateral strikes by the United States on Iran’s nuclear development sites underline the fact that multilateralism is dead, and has been so for some time. It is not only when it comes to the question of the deployment of military power that multilateralism is shown to be dead or dying. The key institutions of Western-led globalization are no longer functioning or are in sleep mode. This was underlined by the U.S. government’s decision to boycott both the Finance and Development Summit in Seville, Spain, this week, and the Bonn Climate Summit two weeks earlier. The World Trade Organization has never recovered from the collapse of the Fifth Ministerial in Cancun in 2003, with the United States, in fact, taking the lead in emasculating it by preventing appointments to its decisive unit, the appellate court.

Next Week, Trump And Netanyahu Will Meet To Plan ‘New Middle East’

July 6, 2025 Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. , , , , , ,
U.S. President Donald Trump seems to have largely moved on from Iran and is now setting his sights on instituting a broader new order in the Middle East. Trump’s vision consists of an Israel-centric regional order that sees Iran and Hezbollah defeated and normalization with Israel spreading across the region, from Lebanon and Syria to Oman and Saudi Arabia. Joining him in creating this vision is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is slated to visit the White House on Monday. While there are potentially many obstacles to enacting this U.S./Israeli plan, it is clear that one focus is to quash any Palestinian aspirations for freedom.

Fabricating Enemies In Times Of Decline: NATO 2025 Summit

July 5, 2025 Essam Elkorghli, Black Agenda Report. , , , , ,
In the backdrop of the ongoing NATO-backed, zionist inflicted genocide in Gaza; the illegitimate bombing of Iran in violation of international law; the western-financed annexation of Palestine's West Bank; and the three-year intense conflict between Russia and NATO-backed Ukraine; the 76th summit was held in The Hague, Netherlands. This gathering of a crumbling alliance—held against the stark reality of American imperial retreat and European vassalage—revealed an empire in terminal decline, desperately clinging to relevance through escalating militarization and propaganda.

Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US Militarism, Building Unity

July 5, 2025 Aaron Kirshenbaum, CounterPunch. , , , ,
Around two years ago, I watched a puppet show, created by a group of eight to 16-year-olds at the summer camp where I worked, about the eviction of the U.S. Navy from the island of Vieques. After I conducted a few brief workshops reviewing the island’s history of military occupation and contamination, the campers immediately grasped the importance of the decades long struggle to evict the U.S. Navy, which they represented with a puppet of a venomous snake; on the other hand, they used the iconic native Puerto Rican frog, the coquí, to depict participants in the popular uprising against the U.S. military.

Media Celebrate International Aggression Against Iran

July 4, 2025 Gregory Shupak, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. , , , ,
Rather than condemning this blatant violation of international law, US corporate media commentators gushed over what the Boston Globe (6/24/25) called a “brilliant military operation.” The Wall Street Journal (6/22/25) gave President Donald Trump “credit…for meeting the moment.” To the New York Times’ Bret Stephens (6/22/25), Trump made “a courageous and correct decision that deserves respect.” “The president acted before it was too late,” he wrote. “It is the essence of statesmanship.” For the Washington Post’s Max Boot (6/25/25), it’s “good news…that both Israel and the United States showed they can bombard Iranian nuclear facilities and other targets at will.”

How Elon Musk Is Powering A Covert Campaign Against Iran

July 3, 2025 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. , , , , , ,
By actively partnering with the U.S. government to smuggle communications hardware into Iran, Elon Musk is once again aiding Washington’s attempts at regime change. This fits into a long pattern of both American efforts to dislodge the government in Tehran and Musk’s close collaboration with the U.S. national security state, helping it to achieve its objectives around the world. For decades, Washington has sought to overthrow the government in Tehran. Today, its most important ally in that effort may not be in the CIA or Pentagon, but in Silicon Valley. Elon Musk, through his Starlink satellite system, is now helping to smuggle thousands of communication terminals into Iran, enabling opposition networks to evade government restrictions and coordinate in secret.

Trump Tightens US Blockade On Cuba, Bans US Tourism

July 3, 2025 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum reinforcing the US blockade on Cuba and banning all US tourism to the island. The move targets Cuba’s economy and aims to isolate the Cuban government. On June 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum that dramatically tightens the longstanding US blockade against Cuba and prohibits all US citizens from traveling to the island. This policy shift overturns the more conciliatory approach adopted by the Biden administration and signals a renewed campaign to economically and politically isolate Cuba.

Ukraine Demands Answers After US Halts Missile Shipments

July 2, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , , ,
Officials in Kiev are seeking clarification on a US decision to halt a delivery of air defense munitions to Ukraine, which a White House spokesperson said was taken to “put America’s interests first.” “We’re now checking with the Americans what’s really happening,” an anonymous Ukrainian official was cited as saying by the Washington Post on 2 July. Other Ukrainian officials were “silent or declined to answer, and seem to have been caught by surprise by the news,” the report added. The US Department of Defense announced halting shipments of air defense missiles and other precision munitions over concerns that stockpiles were running low.

Senate Advances Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, Includes $150 Billion For Military

July 2, 2025 Dave DeCamp, AntiWar.com. , , , , ,
The Senate on Tuesday advanced a massive spending package, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump, that includes $150 billion in extra military spending. The bill passed in a vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, as three Republicans — Senators Rand Paul (KY), Susan Collins (ME), and Thom Tillis (NC) — joined Democrats in voting against the sprawling piece of legislation. House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote for the bill on Wednesday and are hoping to get it to President Trump’s desk by this Friday, though uncertainty remains about how fast it will get through the chamber.

Venezuela Condemns Abduction Of 18 Minors By United States

July 1, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. , , , , , ,
On Monday, June 30, Venezuelan United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Deputy Jorge Rodríguez condemned the “kidnapping” of 18 minors in the United States. He showed photographs of several children who remain detained by the US government, despite formal requests for their liberation by Venezuelan authorities. Rodríguez demanded that the UN high commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and the UN resident coordinator in Venezuela, Gianluca Rampolla del Tindaro, at least speak out on behalf of the 18 minors kidnapped in the US. He also demanded the release of the 252 Venezuelans in El Salvador, “held against their will, without the right to defense, without due process, and in clear violation of international law,” Rodríguez added.
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