Global South

By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad A little after 2am, Venezuela time, on 3 January 2026, in violation of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter, the United States began an…
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In the recent referendum, Ecuadorians demonstrated an understanding that neither Noboa nor Trump seems to share: A security crisis will not be resolved through the militarization of…
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On 14 December, the predictable happened: José Antonio Kast, the candidate of the far-right Republican Party, prevailed over Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party of Chile by…
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Chile’s December 14 presidential runoff delivered one of the most significant political shift in the country’s recent history. Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast won with about 58%…
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Let’s stop pretending we don’t know what we’re looking at. The so-called “Trump Corollary” — Washington’s newly declared right to reshape Latin America by force, covert ops, or economic…
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There is a difference between boldness and lawlessness. What the Trump administration calls a campaign to choke cocaine flows and punish “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean increasingly…
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Tensions are surging in the Caribbean — and some analysts say what’s happening in Venezuela isn’t just about drugs or democracy. It may, in fact, be a calculated play to choke Cuba. At…
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New survey results show that Americans strongly oppose US military action against Venezuela as the Trump administration privately weighs options for land strikes against the South…
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The Donald Trump administration is trying to expand the presence of the US military across Latin America, in an attempt to forcibly impose Washington’s hegemony in the region. The…
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White House officials have sought to walk back President Donald Trump’s repeated threats against Venezuela in recent days—even as the Department of Defense has continue to strike boats…
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