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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa meets with Marco Rubio at the White House (1) Trumpismo a lo “banana republic”: destrucción autoritaria de lo público en Ecuador

En un país ya golpeado por la violencia y la pobreza, Noboa gobierna para el capital, buscando destruir el sector público y reducir el Estado a su mínima expresión, sometiéndose a los dictados estadounidenses a través de la militarización y la represión política.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa meets with Marco Rubio at the White House (1) Trumpism in the style of a “banana republic”: authoritarian destruction of the public sphere in Ecuador

In a country already battered by violent crime, poverty, Noboa governs for capital, seeking to destroy the public sector and reduce the state to its bare minimum, submitting to US dictates through militarization and political repression.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), stage light armored vehicles ashore in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, September 22, 2025. Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and weaponized colonialism

Puerto Rico’s remilitarization reveals the island’s colonial role in Washington’s war on Venezuela. A legacy that extends through a century of militarism, constitutional colonialism, and resistance.

Head of NATO Mark Rutte. Las fabulosas alucinaciones de los líderes europeos

Is there really a shadow of war? Or is this talk of war merely a way for anachronistic politicians such as Rutte, Carns, and Pistorius to feel relevant in a changed world?

Head of NATO Mark Rutte. The fabulous hallucinations of the European leaders

Is there really a shadow of war? Or is this talk of war merely a way for anachronistic politicians such as Rutte, Carns, and Pistorius to feel relevant in a changed world?

US nuclear tests would be catastrophic for health

Health workers and activists denounce US plans to restart nuclear weapons tests, warning it would cause catastrophic suffering.

Ramstein Air Base, Germany German government to pay US Army employees amid US government shutdown

12,000 civilian US Army employees working in Germany are set to receive their October salaries from the German Ministry of Finance.

Lima Peru Repression Times of chaos and war

A reflection on the global disorder amid wars, protests, and geopolitical tensions that mark the era.

Group of people walk behind Chinese, Russian and DPRK leaders 3 ways the West got China’s parade totally wrong

By displaying strength on a day marking antifascist unity, China signals its dual path: deterrence without escalation, and development without domination. In a shifting world, it aims to prevent war, not wage it.

The war economy at the border The war economy at the border

While Venezuela reunites families, the US invests USD 131 billion into building a border-war machine

NATO- the no-exit trap of Hotel California? NATO: the no-exit trap of Hotel California?

Despite the twist in Slovenia, NATO’s internal fractures are far from over.

The first crack in NATO’s fortress? Slovenia opens the referendum conundrum The first crack in NATO’s fortress? Slovenia opens the referendum conundrum

The NATO summit closed out with an unexpected act of resistance from one of Europe’s smallest states: Slovenia.