#US #military officials involved with #Trump's expanding operations in #LatinAmerica have been asked to sign #NDAs, 3 US ofcls say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that #Venezuela fears may lead to #invasion.

The step is highly unusual, given that military ofcls are already required to shield #NationalSecurity secrets from public view, & comes as lawmakers in #Congress say they are being kept in the dark about key aspects of the mission.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-officials-required-sign-ndas-tied-latin-america-mission-sources-say-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#US #military officials involved with #Trump's expanding operations in #LatinAmerica have been asked to sign #NDAs, 3 US ofcls say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that #Venezuela fears may lead to #invasion.

The step is highly unusual, given that military ofcls are already required to shield #NationalSecurity secrets from public view, & comes as lawmakers in #Congress say they are being kept in the dark about key aspects of the mission.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-officials-required-sign-ndas-tied-latin-america-mission-sources-say-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/politics/trump-aircraft-carrier-latin-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #latinamerica #southamerica #venezuela #colombia #donaldtrump #usmilitary #aircraftcarriers #drugs

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat this week to slap Colombia with tariffs over its drug policy marked an escalation in his feud with a country that has long been one of Washington's closest Latin American allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/trump-colombia-tariffs-us-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #colombia #gustavopetro #southamerica #latinamerica #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #drugs #caribbean

"From Baghdad to Caracas: a Washington manual on sanctions and war
The recent US airstrikes in the Caribbean and military threats against Venezuela are a continuation of decades (or even centuries) of US policy on the region, not a departure from it."

Manolo De Los Santos
peoples dispatch
October 20, 2025

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/20/from-baghdad-to-caracas-a-washington-manual-on-sanctions-and-war/

#LatinAmerica #Venezuela #Iraq #USA #colonialism #imperialism #capitalism

Legal experts aren't surprised the U.S. government chose not to use the term "prisoners of war" to describe two survivors of an attack on a vessel last week by the U.S. military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/crime-legal/trump-drug-war-prisoners-legal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #drugs #caribbean #organizedcrime #smuggling #venezuela #southamerica #latinamerica #us #donaldtrump #republicans #humanrights

Do you know any #globalSouth #artist interested in #climate and/or #futurism #art ?

#africa #india #brazil #southAmerica #latinamerica #argentina #chile #colombia #southeastAsia #philippines #indonesia #singapore #middleEast #thailand #cambodia #climateChange #illustration

Do you know any #globalSouth #artist interested in #climate and/or #futurism #art ?

#africa #india #brazil #southAmerica #latinamerica #argentina #chile #colombia #southeastAsia #philippines #indonesia #singapore #middleEast #thailand #cambodia #climateChange #illustration

Colombia's president has used opposition to Donald Trump to burnish his image as a leftist David confronting Goliath — resulting in his U.S. visa being revoked. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/world/politics/colombia-trump-regional-rift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #colombia #donaldtrump #southamerica #caribbean #venezuela #un #us #usmilitary #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #latinamerica

"Another issue #Petro addressed was #climate change. He said that the world has 10 years to make urgent changes before it reaches a point of no return. He proposed an energy transformation based on renewable energies to abandon fossil fuels. In this regard, he stated that #LatinAmerica and #Africa have a fundamental role to play in sustaining this change, and that the #UnitedStates and #Europe could benefit from this change for their own #survival."

3/n

The U.S. strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hard-line strategy toward Latin America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/world/politics/rubio-influence-growing-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #marcorubio #venezuela #latinamerica

🌱 Solidarity Platform Cooperativism in
Latin America Report - FLACSO, Ecuador; GIZ; Fairwork 2025

🌏 https://www.ctslab.org/2025/07/01/solidarity-platform-cooperativism-in-latin-america-report/

This report analyzes the development of Platform Cooperatives in Latin America, understanding them as an alternative to the dominant corporate model in the platform economy.

#cooperatives #platformeconomy #solidarity #latinamerica #coopcycle

The U.S. under President Donald Trump is crafting a confrontational approach toward Latin America that signals a willingness to use military force against drug cartels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/world/politics/trump-military-drug-cartels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #latinamerica #us #donaldtrump #drugs #gangs #usmilitary

The seizure of one of the largest known mercury shipments in history, moving from mines in Mexico to illegal Amazon gold mining zones, exposes the wide use of the toxic metal in the rain forest, according to authorities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/mercury-amazon-gold-mining/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #gold #mining #latinamerica #southamerica #amazonriver

New translation up on @igd_news:

"This is a Network of feminist and transfeminist organizations that inhabit Abya Yala with diversity and the challenge of articulating our multiple perspectives. Here we converge as collectives, organizations, and projects from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela, where we come weaving with needle and thread the questions that keep our trajectories and journeys in motion, with practices that arise from the discomfort with punitive Patriarchal Justice and the network of violences it brings together: the appropriation and exploitation of bodies, territories, and knowledges in order to generate privileges and the accumulation of wealth."

https://itsgoingdown.org/manifesto-feminist-anti-carceral-network-latin-america

#abolition#LatinAmerica#AbyaYala#Mexico #prisons #feminism #solidarity

New translation up on @igd_news:

"This is a Network of feminist and transfeminist organizations that inhabit Abya Yala with diversity and the challenge of articulating our multiple perspectives. Here we converge as collectives, organizations, and projects from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela, where we come weaving with needle and thread the questions that keep our trajectories and journeys in motion, with practices that arise from the discomfort with punitive Patriarchal Justice and the network of violences it brings together: the appropriation and exploitation of bodies, territories, and knowledges in order to generate privileges and the accumulation of wealth."

https://itsgoingdown.org/manifesto-feminist-anti-carceral-network-latin-america

#abolition#LatinAmerica#AbyaYala#Mexico #prisons #feminism #solidarity