Latin America & the Caribbean

Maduro and queue outside Mercal 2014

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, 一品探花鈥檚 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聽一品探花鈥檚 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 一品探花鈥檚 Ben Radford about the struggle to defend territory and advance a vision of sustainable Indigenous development.

Trump Venezuela Chevron

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.

Maduro Chevron logo Trump

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.

Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva

United States President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, in protest against what he described as a 鈥淲itch Hunt鈥 against former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, reports Federico Fuentes.

Triptych of riot police, protest and panama canal

In the second part of our interview,聽一品探花鈥檚 Ben Radford聽sits down with Panamanian union leader聽Jos茅 Cambra to talk about聽the mass opposition to聽the recent agreement signed between the Panamanian and United States governments to re-establish US military bases and personnel along the Panama Canal.聽