hamas, Tuesday King Charles had arrived in the Caribbean for a nine-day tour that ended with him presiding over a gathering of Commonwealth leaders, and he had confirmed that the legacy of slavery would be discussed there. On Tuesday he reached the Bahamas to a ceremonial welcome and attended a […]
Latin America
Lawfare In Latin America: Ecuador And Brazil In The Context Of The Geopolitical Struggle
On October 22, 2026, Luisa Gonzalez, a leader of the political opposition and a former presidential candidate, was arrested in the Ecuadorian city of Canuto in the west of the country. Regional media reported that the current authorities had brought charges of money laundering against her (an amount of half […]
Cuban Fracture 2026: How Havana Is Building Crypto-Capitalism Right Under America’s Nose – And Why Moscow Likes It
By the end of 2026, American sanctions against Cuba started eating themselves. The island’s energy system is in ruins. After Trump’s January decree slapped punitive tariffs on any oil heading to Havana, Mexico and the other usual suppliers quickly pulled out. The Venezuelan flow finally dried up. Up to ten […]
A Fourth Term Under Fiscal Pressure
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential runoff against the right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, securing a fourth term that begins in January. The result ends a tense campaign, but it opens a harder phase. Brazil’s economy has beaten expectations in recent years, yet the government now faces mounting debt, […]
The Candidate Who Left
Three days after losing Brazil’s presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly left the country. Brazilian media, citing people close to the family, say he is heading to the United States and intends to request political asylum. Argentina’s government has confirmed part […]
Operation Peter Pan How The CIA Abducted Cuban Children
On October 19, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower imposed a trade embargo on Cuba in an attempt to force Fidel Castro’s revolutionary government to follow Washington’s instructions. Exactly one week later, on October 26, Swan radio station, located on the Swan Islands off the coast of Honduras, broadcast the […]
Lula’s Gamble On Gambling
Nine days before Brazilians vote in the first round of a presidential election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting nationwide – a move he framed in the starkest possible terms, comparing the industry to cancer that must be cut out before it kills the […]
Brazil At The Crossroads
razil-presidential-elections- Recently, Brazil voted in an election that matters far beyond its borders. The leftwing incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is reported to be neck and neck with Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. A first round on Sunday is to be followed by a […]
Lawless Lands: Trump Preaches At The United Nations
There was nothing new in the Reality Television President’s swill filled address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22. Donald Trump had said much of it before, most of it with wearying derangement and detachment from reality. There were the bullying threats of annihilation and doomsday relish that […]
School Deaths And Narco Killings: The UN And US Crimes In International Law
This month has seen the United Nations issue two reports alleging the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the United States in two theatres of engagement. In one, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran concluded that the US had committed war […]






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