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A brief overview of US military interventions in the Americas
Amid US threats of an attack on Venezuela, we look back at some of the most infamous chapters in the history of US military invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean. US Marines outside a destroyed Panamanian Defense Force building during the US invasion of Panama, 1989 By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch The administration of US President Donald Trump began carrying out extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea under the auspices of waging a war on drug trafficking ove
The Left Chapter
Nov 166 min read


Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
In this special issue of the NACLA Report, we critically examine the rise of green capitalism in the region in the lead-up to COP30 in...
The Left Chapter
Oct 58 min read


Charter Cities Attempting to Create a New Atlantis
From deregulated economic zones to experiments in private governance, charter city projects aim to reshape how we live. Their rise...
The Left Chapter
Sep 59 min read


Díaz-Canel arrives in Honduras to participate in the IX CELAC Summit
By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist...
The Left Chapter
Apr 94 min read


Reports from the ALBA-TCP Summit
Image via ALBA-TCP On Saturday, December 14, the XXIV Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 202411 min read


Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable
A lawsuit over toll booths in Honduras shows how corporate trade policies make life unlivable in poor countries — and send people fleeing...
Michael Laxer
Oct 4, 20243 min read


At least 196 environmental defenders were murdered in 2023
New Global Witness report documents the violence faced by those resisting extractive industries, with Latin America remaining the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 13, 20245 min read


Attacks on Xiomara Castro’s Government Escalate After Termination of Extradition Agreement With the U.S.
Xiomara Castro during a trip to Guatemala, June, 2024 - public domain image By Global News Service Following the termination of the...
Michael Laxer
Sep 4, 20242 min read


Honduras, Nicaragua and Caribbean countries defend Venezuelan elections
“The United States has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, but not in favor of the people,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20244 min read


São Paulo Forum: Resolution of Solidarity with Cuba
The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and anti-imperialist São Paulo Forum (FSP) was held in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras from June 27...
Michael Laxer
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Final Declaration of the XXVII Meeting of the São Paulo Forum
Photo of the final plenary session of the XXVII FSP Meeting, June 27 -- photo via the FSP The XXVII Meeting of the leftist and...
Michael Laxer
Jul 2, 20249 min read


Sao Paulo Forum condemns Cuba blockade, denounces NATO imperialism and warmongering
By the International Relations Department of the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Final Declaration of the XXVII...
Michael Laxer
Jul 1, 20242 min read


Honduras and Turkey recall ambassadors as Israeli strikes hit UN schools and shelters
People look at the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Gaza, November 4 Honduras and Turkey have joined Chile and Colombia in recalling...
Michael Laxer
Nov 4, 20232 min read


Red Review #113 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Honduras, Greece, Cuba, Haiti. Libya, Zimbabwe, France, the USA and elsewhere. Hondurans rally in support of Leftist...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 202310 min read


Red Review #92 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Portugal, France, the USA, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Peru, the Philippines and elsewhere. Thousands rally in Lisbon,...
Michael Laxer
Apr 4, 202313 min read


Red Review #90 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Greece, Bulgaria, India, Belgium, Honduras, Sri Lanka, the UK and elsewhere. We have also republished in full the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 202323 min read


2021: The year in review on The Left Chapter
2021 is done and what a year it was. Along the way we saw momentous victories for the left in Kerala, Chile, Peru, Honduras and...
Michael Laxer
Jan 1, 20226 min read


Xiomara Castro wins in Honduras: Red Review #34 -- International Left and Labour News
The thirty-fourth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Honduras, Australia, Laos, the US,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 202111 min read


Honduran right concedes, leftist Xiomara Castro wins presidency
Xiomara Castro has won a landslide election 12 years after the 2009 US and Canadian backed military coup. Her win is being celebrated by...
Michael Laxer
Nov 30, 20212 min read
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