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Lula and Petro

Trump’s provocations are bolstering Latin America’s left

Steve Ellner — Across Latin America, Donald Trump’s aggressive moves is uniting progressive forces in opposition and bolstering the left’s political prospects.
Workers leave the Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant, in Windsor, Ont., ahead of a shutdown linked to US auto tariffs.

Canadian auto isn’t in ‘crisis’, it’s in danger of extinction

Sam Gindin — Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct.
Tempest Palestine graphic

Electoralism cannot free Palestine: The problem of the Palestine solidarity movement is not ultraleftism

Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that a recent interview by Eric Blanc with Bashir Abu-Manneh and Hoda Mitwally offers a mistaken analysis, focusing on “ultraleftism” in the movement to advance an electoral agenda.
Venezuela military aggression

Statements: US hands off Venezuela, Colombia and Latin America

A collection of statements oppose US military aggression against Venezuela, Colombia and Latin America.
Havana Cuba

What a trip to Cuba meant for a US student in the 21st century

Samuel Barney — Cubans have taken a great stride towards human emancipation through their revolution. We in the US would do well to acknowledge that.
Panama Canal

Geopolitics isn’t killing global supply chains — it’s powering them

Benjamin Selwyn argues that geopolitical rivalries have stimulated the development of advanced technologies which in turn then have helped to shape global supply chains.
The Cairo West power plant near the Nile river, Cairo, Egypt, 2025.

Hardwiring normalization — Infrastructures, extraction and Gaza’s future

Rafeef Ziadah — Trump’s vision seeks to fold Gaza into Israeli, Egyptian and Gulf networks under US trusteeship, merging Gulf capital and Israeli technology while reducing Palestinians to obstacles to be displaced or bypassed.
Palestinian statehood

There are no ceasefires on stolen land: Liberation, not liberal Zionism

Tithi Bhattacharya — Nothing is more urgent than an assessment of the ceasefire and a collective discussion of future strategies for the international Palestine movement.
What’s the future for New York City under Zorhan Mamdani’s win?

The Zohran Mamdani Campaign: Solidarity with the movement and critical notes on the future

Solidarity — Mamdani’s meteoric victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, and his pending general election success in November, sheds light on critical facets of the broader US political turmoil.
Trump face

Venezuelan socialist groups: Stop imperialist aggression against Venezuela! Trump’s troops out of the Caribbean and Latin America!

Trump’s military deployment opens the door to a possible armed intervention by the United States in Venezuela.
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that they bombed another boat in the Caribbean on October 3, 2025. (Photo: screenshot/Donald Trump/Truth Social)

Murder in the Caribbean: How should we interpret the dramatic escalation in US policy towards Venezuela?

Gabriel Hetland — Trump’s recent actions should be understood as part of a longstanding pattern of US aggression towards the Maduro regime. Yet there are also notable distinctions.
Montage by Global Voices, featuring U.S. President-elect Trump (image from Flickr, under CC BY-SA 2.0) and the map of Latin America

Latin America: The target of Trump’s neocolonial offensive

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes & Luis Bonilla-Molina — Trump wants to impose the rule that “the United States runs the planet.” But why are Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela his most immediate targets?

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