Jemima Pierre: Decolonising Haiti

The Battleground Gaza may own today’s headlines. With good reason. But Haiti would come a close second in any misery index survey. Mired in an endless state of anarchy, its dystopian situation has become a blur to most international news media, except broadcasters like Al Jazeera. It’s not rocket science to figure out why. Enter…

Ecuador: US Secret Services Enabled Kidnapping of Jorge Glas

Aidan Jonah A well-placed individual speaking on the condition of anonymity has informed The Canada Files that US secret services embedded in Ecuador – through spying on Mexico’s embassy – ensured President Daniel Noboa knew of Mexico’s plan to get former Vice President Jorge Glas to Mexico after granting him political assembly, enabling Noboa to…

The Principle of Landless Solidarity and the Rains in Rio Grande do Sul

Brasil de Fato MST has launched a solidarity campaign with victims of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul. Photo: MST With five settlements facing major flooding, the MST has launched a campaign to support those affected by the floods in Rio Grande do Sul. The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) this past week launched…

NATO is Already Deployed in the South Atlantic

Roberto Lopez Javier Milei receiving the Cutter James, a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, without Congressional authorization Since April 4 -when on a freezing Fuegian night President Javier Milei stated that the realization of a joint base with the United States would be “a great logistic center that will constitute the closest port of development to…

MST Brazil: “The Crisis is Not Just about Food or Climate. It’s a Civilizational Crisis”

Fernanda Alcântara and Larissa Packer Part I It’s no secret that the environmental crisis of this century is directly linked to the agribusiness model, based on large estates and commodity monoculture. The intensive and predatory production that is advancing in the countryside is practically anchored in the deforestation of the Amazon and the Brazilian Cerrado,…

Climate Change, End of Environmental Protection, Cause Deaths on Brazil-Argentina Border

Carlos Tautz Flooding in Rio Grande do Sul. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert Nearly 100 people have died and more than 200,000 have been left homeless since April 29, when heavy rains that have already accumulated an incredible 800 mm – the equivalent of 800 liters of water per square meter – fell on Rio Grande do…

Countering the Impact of the US Blockade: A Conversation with Llanisca Lugo

Cira Pascual Marquina Llanisca Lugo is a psychologist and popular educator. She serves as a Representative in Cuba’s Popular Power National Assembly and as the International Solidarity Coordinator at the Martin Luther King Center. (Venezuelanalysis) Cuba has endured a criminal US blockade for over six decades, while Venezuela is nearing a decade of life under sanctions….

Haiti: Liberty or Death

Henriot DorcentLIBERTY OR DEATH, today it’s our responsibility to actualize their cry in the name of “HOMELAND OR DEATH”. During his exile in Germany, Vladimir Illich Ulyanov, Lenin, replied in 1902 in his book “Que Faire” (What to Do) that it was necessary to defy workers’ spontaneity and create an organization of professional revolutionaries. The…

Venezuela: Government Delivers 4.9M Homes, Unveils Women-Led Housing Project

Andreína Chávez Alava The Maduro government vowed to reach 5 million houses in the coming weeks and two million more in the coming years. (Photo: Venezuelanalysis) The Venezuelan government marked the 13th anniversary of Venezuela’s Great Housing Mission (GMVV) by celebrating the 4.9 millionth home delivered to working-class families. On Tuesday, President Nicolás Maduro unveiled…

Rise of China, Russia and Their Allies, Gradual Decline of the United States

Yoselina Guevara López Since 1991, with the fall of the Soviet Union, Washington had been able to exercise a strong and unique hegemony over the entire globe for at least two decades. However, since around the year 2000, the global balance began to change and it is no secret that the economic and political rise…

China, Latin American and Caribbean States Deepen Space Cooperation

In a significant step to enhance the unity and solidarity of the Global South and to promote economic, scientific and technological cooperation and development, China hosted the first China-Latin American and Caribbean States Space Cooperation Forum in the city of Wuhan, capital of the central province of Hubei, in the last week of April. Chinese leader…

The Heat: Haiti Crisis

CGTN America Violence erupts again in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, days after Haiti’s transitional council names a new prime minister. Gunmen launched a string of fresh attacks, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police. That was one of the biggest outbreaks of violence since the appointment of Haiti’s new prime minister. The country’s transitional…

NAMRU-6: A Threat to Latin America

Misión Verdad NAMRU-6 receives visit from the U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna. BSL-3 containment laboratories are designed to work with risk group 3 microorganisms, which include parasitic infections such as malaria and leishmaniasis, viral and bacterial diseases. The existence of US biolaboratories in Peru poses a risk to the entire region. Namru-6 is a…

Defiance in the Caribbean: Haiti’s 2024 Uprising Against the US Empire

Eden Talk About Haïti In the heart of the Caribbean, amidst the echoes of history and the fervor of change, Haiti stands as a beacon of resistance against the forces of oppression. In this groundbreaking documentary, Prof. Jemima Pierre invites viewers to delve deep into the tumultuous landscape of Haiti in 2024, where a revolution…

‘A Matter of Respect, Sovereignty and Self-Determination’

Roger McKenzie and Ben Chacko SOLIDARITY: (Left to right) Mercedes Vargas Walter, Roger McKenzie, Ben Chacko Roger McKenzie and Ben Chacko talk to the new Cuban ambassador to Britain MERCEDES VARGAS WALTER about propaganda against Cuba, the illegal blockade and its effects, and the importance of international solidarity with the people of Palestine. For an…

Roping Haiti into the Global Fragility Act is Washington’s End Goal

Travis Ross On Apr. 25, the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) was sworn-in at the National Palace. It is a key pawn in the U.S. plan to pass the Global Fragility Act. Photo: BINUH In Part Two of this series, Ross shows how Washington has organized several programs to fund and influence Haitian civil society organizations (CSOs) through…

Colombia: Insight into Petro’s Foreign Policy

Oscar Rotundo Since Gustavo Petro took office as President of Colombia, it was known that the path ahead would not be harmonious, both within and outside the country. The electoral coalition that carried him to the presidency comprised a political amalgam more focused on defeating Uribeism in all its forms to create a new playing…

World Court Rejects Ban on German Weapons Exports to Israel

Maureen Clare Murphy The International Court of Justice delievers a preliminary ruling in the case of Nicaragua vs. Germany, 30 April. The International Court of Justice has declined to issue emergency measures barring German arms exports to Israel but has not dismissed a complaint brought by Nicaragua. The ruling comes after Nicaragua initiated proceedings against Germany for its “participation in…