Haitian monument honouring the battle By Guillermo Barreto This year marks the 222nd anniversary of the Battle of Vertières. It took place on November 18 south of Le Cap, in what was then known as Saint Domingue. In that battle, which lasted five hours, Napoleon Bonaparte’s elite troops were defeated by battalions of former slaves led by Jean Jacques Dessalines, who consolidated the independence of what would henceforth be called Ayti or Haiti. Haiti is always mentioned in th

Donald Trump is striving to leave his doctrine as his legacy to the world, which, as a guiding principle, seeks to reposition the United States as the holder of absolute military power and to disparage multilateralism. This is because we are no longer dealing with the world’s leading economic power, and this proportionally affects its military capacity. Trump at the UN, September 23, 2025 -- public domain image By Carmen Navas Reyes From Monroe to Trump, Unilateralism The fam

A look at the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE) on the 58th anniversary of its founding. By...