This includes articles and alerts about Latin America that are general in nature, or that are not already covered in more specific geographical categories.
On August 11, 2026, last Tuesday, the US State Department released a video, narrated by US Ambassador to Panama Kevin Merino Cabrera, reviewing the history of the famous 1823 statement by President James Monroe known as the Monroe Doctrine. The video glorifies the Doctrine, not the early Monroe Doctrine, which merely declared the Western Hemisphere…
Across the nation and around the world, rank and file union members are leading the resistance to war, empire, and fascism. Following are two items of particular interest to workers and solidarity activists. One concerns the February 6 international day of actions led by Mediterranean port workers against the hybrid war and threats of war…
The following resolution was unanimously passed by the Tucson National Writers Union on January 13, 2026: NO WAR ON VENEZUELA–BUILD PEACE, UNITY AND TRUST AMONG WORKERS WORLDWIDE WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO and unions generally in the U.S. are rhetorically committed to the concept of solidarity with labor movements in other countries; and WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO and…
Urgent Call for a Week of Coordinated Protests – November 15 – 23 No War on Venezuela! No Troops on our Streets! Calling all antiwar, peace and justice, union and solidarity activists! An emergency network is calling for local actions, large and small, Also actions within 24 hours of any major U.S. escalation. Click…
The Alliance for Global Justice is under serious threat from attacks by right wing foundations, media and even the United States Congress. Attacks from right wing foundations and media outlets began a couple of years ago. They included a series of articles by Gabe Kaminsky in the Washington Examiner spouting accusations from the Zachor Legal…
Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Venezuela Condemns Israel’s Criminal Aggression Against Iran Venezuela “categorically condemns the illegitimate, unjustified, and international law-violating military aggression perpetrated by the State of Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is an act of war that adds to the long history of crimes by the Netanyahu regime, whose machinery of destruction…
By William Camacaro National Co-Coordinator Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested since the start of the…
By Tanya Nuñez and James Patrick Jordan In a new act of anti-union abuse by Carlos Camargo, Colombia’s right wing Ombudsman, the Human Rights Defenders Union, SINDHEP, was recently expelled from the collective bargaining table on reasons that have no legal basis. This arbitrary and illegal act comes days after SINDHEP made a public denouncement…
indigenous, Indigenous Rights, Mapuche, Monroe Doctrine, Pink Tide, United States 17 min read William Camacaro, Caracas Frederick Mills, Washington DC * This article was originally published on COHA.org “It is no longer possible, in the case of America, to continue with the Monroe Doctrine nor with the slogan ‘America for the Americans.’” Andrés Manuel López…
The VSC AGM took place on the 8th October 2022. Submitted by the VSC Executive Committee. This AGM Notes: 1)Alex Saab was arrested in Cape Verde (12 June 2020) by orders from the United States whilst carrying out official duties as a diplomat of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This constitutes a grave violation of international…
