A lie that went half way round the world by Rick Sterling There is a saying that “A lie can travel half way round the world while truth puts its shoes on.” A timely example is the recent report that Nicaragua’s President Ortega said they will not hold elections in future. In just 48 hours … Read More
Michelle Ellner, CODEPINK CODEPINK Nov 26, 2025 Elliott Abrams has resurfaced with familiar instructions on how to “fix” Venezuela, a country he neither understands nor respects, yet feels entitled to rearrange like a piece of furniture in Washington’s living room. His new proposal is drenched in the same Cold War fever and colonial mindset that … Read More
By Roger D. Harris on October 6, 2025 Washington’s escalating regime-change offensive against Venezuela uses drug interdiction conflated with combating “terrorism” as a pretext for the expansion of imperial militarism. Donald Trump boasted striking small boats off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to “blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water.” Claiming destruction of enough drugs to … Read More
by John Perry and Roger D. Harris “Take your money with you,” said Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, when told about Trump’s plans to cut aid to Latin America, “it’s poison.” USAID (US Agency for International Development) spends around $2 billion annually in Latin America, which is only 5% of its global budget. The temporarily closed-down agency’s future looks … Read More
By Roger D. Harris and John Perry The progressive regional current, the “Pink Tide,” could be better called “troubled waters” in 2024. The tide had already slackened by 2023 compared to its rise in 2022, when it was buoyed by big wins in Colombia and Brazil. Then, progressive alternatives had sailed into power replacing failed … Read More