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Caribbean diaspora braces for impact of first-ever U.S. remittance tax
President Donald Trump has officially signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The bill, passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives along razor-thin margins,…
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“We’re going to kill you”: FBI report details threats against Carlos Muñiz Varela
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five months before his assassination, Carlos Muñiz Varela, one of the early pioneers of Cuban exile travel to Havana during Fidel Castro's government, received an…
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A communist wins the left primary in Chile
By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva
Jeanette Jara (born 1974) prevailed in the Chilean presidential primary of the four major left political forces held on 29 June 2025. With 60%…
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José ‘Pepe’ Mujica: The revolutionary who never surrendered his ideals
In his condolence message on the occasion of the notable Uruguayan leader, José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, emphasised: ‘His extraordinary life recalls the…
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The 18th Brumaire of Javier Milei
‘History repeats itself: first as tragedy, then as farce”
–Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
From Tragedy to Farce, from Farce to Grotesque
If Marx had lived to…
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Nayib Bukele: The dark side of ‘Coolest Dictator’
The Trump administration’s deal to send large numbers of people to prisons in El Salvador has thrust its president, Nayib Bukele, into the international spotlight. Bukele has been…
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What’s the real quid pro quo with Bukele?
I suspect that you have been following the twists and turns of the legal wrangling between the courts and the Trump administration with regard to the mistaken removal and imprisonment…
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CELAC: Brakes, blocks, and divisions
Through his voice and gestures, Luiz Inácio Lula emphatically states that to confront Donald Trump, we must unite our efforts, as each country is weak on its own.
“Individually, we…
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Can Global South exit from a world of debt?
In the past two decades, the external debt of developing countries has quadrupled to $11.4 trillion (2023). It is important to understand that this money owed to foreign creditors is…
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Raúl Álzaga speaks: It’s a game of “cat and mouse” (+Español)
When information has been requested regarding the murder of Carlos Muñiz Varela, the FBI's first reaction has been to deny the information.
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