By Marco Consolo Perhaps not everyone is aware that, in the recent past, Israel supplied weapons, intelligence and training to fascist civil-military dictatorships in Latin America? And that, at present, Israel is increasingly active on the Latin American continent? The Zionist dream of a ‘Greater Israel’ is not confined to the Middle East but also extends to Latin America. This ...
By Prof. Dr. Fernando Esteche On Friday, July 24, at the Avibras plant in Jacareí, Lula justified Brazil’s rearmament with a phrase that reopened a wound South America thought was healed. He said that “one fine day Paraguay decided to invade Brazil, invaded Corumbá, and at the same time Uruguay and Argentina” (sic). The response from Asunción came quickly. Raúl ...
The geopolitical impact of the election results and the balance sheet of Petro’s movement By Prof.Dr. Fernando Esteche The results of the first round of the Colombian presidential election on May 31st are no surprise to those of us who have maintained, ever since Trump designated Petro as “next” after the operation against Maduro, that Colombia would lose these elections ...
On Trump’s aggression against Venezuela and interference into Brazil’s judiciary. The US aggression against Latin American countries is widening its scope. After Venezuela, the US navy has also targeted Colombian citizens in a boat while, the Presidents Trump and Petro are engaging in strong polemics. Simultaneously unsolved is the spat between Brazil and the US, which escalated when a Brazilian ...
On the agenda: A joint response to Trump’s tariffs and naval exercises. As one of the leading alliances of the Global South, the BRICS is undertaking certain initiatives that might influence global power balances. The Brazilian President Lula da Silva convened BRICS leaders to a virtual meeting of heads of state. The meeting will be held on September 8. The ...
Recent examples of US interventions into Latin American countries’ judicial systems. By Héctor Bernardo*. Marco Rubio’s pressure to stop the convictions against Álvaro Uribe Vélez in Colombia and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Peter Lamelas’s statements against Cristina Fernández in Argentina, and the attacks on Mexico’s judicial reform highlight Washington’s relentless efforts to consolidate its control over Latin America’s judiciaries. The ...
Local elections, Inflation numbers and polls indicate serious problems for his administration. By Oscar Rotundo Lula’s government is approaching an electoral challenge amid a hostile environment both at home and abroad. It has lost credibility within its own ranks and is being stalked by a right-wing party cornered by the judiciary. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed the presidency of ...
First steps of the Trump Administration in the Latin American continent and a view from Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. By Dr. Fernando Esteche / Oscar Rotundo / Tadeo Catiglione Trump’s arrival at the White House constitutes a revitalization of the doctrine of the founding fathers. Historical review of imperialist development in the region We can say that there is a ...
A view from Latin America. By Prof Dr Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires / Argentina The non-consecutive re-election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America invites us to reflect on what Latin America and the Caribbean should expect in its historical relationship of dependence and colonialism with the decadent imperial metropolis. Trade, migration, and hemispheric security ...
And why the Lula has not recognized – yet – Venezuelan President Maduro’s electoral victory. By Yunus Soner Productive and promising negotiations are underway for Brazil, the South American giant, to join the Chinese Belt and Road Project, told us Monica Valente in Mexico City. For Brazil, this is not just a commercial integration but a step within a new ...