Latin America & the Caribbean

Trump and Venezuela

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Kerry Smith speaks to Federico Fuentes, a regular GL writer on Venezuela and long-time solidarity activist, about the significance of United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 deployment of warships throughout the Caribbean聽鈥斅燼nd why it must be opposed.

A disintegrated left establishment, worsening economic crisis and resurgent right wing marked the first round of Bolivia鈥檚 elections, which spelt the end of the Movement Towards Socialism鈥檚 20 years in power, reports聽Ben Radford.

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Salvador De Le贸n is a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee in Venezuela. In the second of our two-part interview, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes speaks to De Le贸n about the situation facing Venezuelan workers and trade unions.聽

Bolivarian militia on parade

More than 4.5 million militia members across Venezuela are being activated in response to the United States鈥 deployment of three Navy guided-missile destroyers and 4000 military personnel to the Caribbean, reports聽Devin B Martinez.

Maduro, flag, supermarket shelves

Salvador De Le贸n聽鈥 a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee in Venezuela聽鈥 spoke to聽麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽about the Nicol谩s Maduro government鈥檚 economic policies.

Indigenous Wamp铆s people on a boat and Galois Flores Pizango

Indigenous Wamp铆s leader聽Galois Flores Pizango spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Ben Radford about the struggle to defend territory and advance a vision of sustainable Indigenous development.

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To best understand the complex relationship between the Donald Trump and Nicol谩s Maduro governments, Federico Fuentes spoke to Salvador De Le贸n, a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee based in the city of Maracaibo, a major oil hub in Venezuela.

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United States policy towards Venezuela took another surprising turn with the announcement that US oil giant Chevron could return to the South American nation, reports Federico Fuentes.

National Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist Pride March

Despite severe repression, Argentines are defiantly resisting far-right President Javier Milei鈥檚 attacks on women, LGBTIQ people and pensioners, writes聽Camila Parodi.

Teachers鈥 protest encampment in Mexico City鈥檚 Z贸calo plaza.

Education workers in Mexico are leading a renewed struggle to reclaim public retirement systems from global finance, writes聽Isabel Villal贸n.

Organisers are pleased to announce that Ecosocialism 2025 鈥 with the theme 鈥淓cosocialism not Barbarism鈥 鈥 will for the first time feature in-person speakers from the United States and Latin America. Fred Fuentes reports.

delegates standing on a staircase

Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, told the Hague Group conference that it 鈥渉as the potential to signal not just a coalition, but a new moral centre in world politics鈥, reports Ben Radford.