Latin America Caribbean
Kenyan political leaders decry UN authorization of military intervention in Haiti

A UN Security Council vote authorized the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti, a move seen by some Kenyans as a violation of sovereignty and part of the United States’ neo-colonial agenda.

Two weeks out from Ecuador’s runoff election, candidates debate on key issues

Leftist lawyer Luisa González and businessman Daniel Noboa outlined their government plans, debating on the matters of economy, security, social policies and political issues

Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Milei denies number of disappeared from dictatorship

Human rights organizations in the country unanimously estimate the number of disappeared at 30,000, which Milei classified as “a twisted view of history”

UN authorizes Kenyan-led military intervention in Haiti

The multinational security force will collaborate with Haitian National Police to conduct “targeted operations” to allegedly combat gang violence

On International Safe Abortion Day, women across Latin America march demanding reproductive rights

Hundreds of thousands of women flooded the streets across Latin America, demanding decriminalization and legalization of abortion

Government report on Ayotzinapa disappearances links ex-president Enrique Peña Nieto to the crime

The parents of the disappeared students demand that a criminal investigation be opened against the former president and other high-ranking officials who colluded in covering up the crime

Remembering Allende and his Project Cybersyn

During Salvador Allende’s brief term in power, a revolutionary project sought to use technology, specifically information from factories for real-time planning and interventions in the economy. What does this tell us about knowledge and the struggle over the infrastructure that produces it?

Colombia Indigenous protest against violence
Colombian Indigenous and social organizations march against violence in Bogotá

The protesters also expressed support for the various social reforms presented by the Gustavo Petro government in the Congress that seek to transform the social reality of Colombia

Parliamentary investigation of MST ends with the movement strengthened and failure of far-right

The movement was facing attacks from the MVPs of Bolsonarism and the agribusiness sector, but it has emerged victorious

“Sanctioner-in-Chief” Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges

Bob Menendez, who spearheads the brutal US sanctions regime against several sovereign nations, was asked to resign after corruption charges were filed against him

Panama anti-mining protest
Protests against mining concession given to Canadian company intensify in Panama

The Panamanian civil society has condemned the contract, claiming that it threatens national sovereignty, attacks Indigenous communities’ rights, and harms the environment

Venezuela Guyana Essequibo dispute
Venezuela urges diplomatic resolution to Essequibo dispute with Guyana, condemns US attempts to militarize region

President Nicolàs Maduro has urged his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali to resume direct dialogue over a long-standing territorial dispute over Essequibo. Venezuela has also accused the US of trying to militarize the resource-rich region, where ExxonMobil has been conducting oil drilling projects for years