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 Brazil for his current term on January 1, 2023, and from day ...
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 kind of revival of the Monroe Doctrine, which was born with John Quincy Adams and James Monroe in 1823, ...
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 will surely be the items ...
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 leap of national industrialization, she said. Valente is member of the Workers’ Party’s National Directorate. ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein During the first 15 years of this century, Latin America and the Caribbean witnessed a series of democratic and popular processes that placed different versions of the left at the center of events. However, the leading role of Cuba and Venezuela and the overwhelming influence that commanders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez in that period generated ...
By Brian Mier, reporting from Recife, Brazil Millions of Brazilians woke up on August 31 in a country without X, after the Supreme Court ordered the national telecommunications agency to block the social media platform. This move culminated over a year of X’s refusal to follow Brazil’s telecommunications laws, particularly those requiring deplatforming of suspects in internet crime investigations. In ...
By Tadeo Casteglione Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s foreign policy has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate since his return to power in 2023. As the leader of Latin America’s largest economy and one of the most influential countries in the Global South, the decisions and Lula’s positions in the international arena have a significant impact ...
By Raphael Machado Without mincing words: the world is experiencing the Third World War, with hot phases in Ukraine and Palestine; but the rest of the world is also immersed in this war, whether they know it or not, whether they want it or not. Because wars today have informational, cultural, cybernetic and psychological dimensions, not as subsidiary elements of ...
Reporting from Recife, Pernambuco / Brazil Nilto Tatto, a member of the Workers’ Party (PT), is a Federal Deputy for the state of São Paulo, and current coordinador of the Commission for the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Congress. In this exclusive interview for United World International, he talks about the current situation ...
Reporting from Natal, Brazil This April 10, 2023, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva completed his first 100 days of government in his third time elected. The first words of the Pernambucan president’s speech were “Brazil is back”, once again having a government that ensures care for those in greatest need among the Brazilian people. He also said that “Brazil returned ...