The #UN #HumanRights chief said Friday that #US #military strikes against boats in the #Caribbean Sea & eastern #Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from #SouthAmerica are “unacceptable” & must stop.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk called for an #investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organization.

#criminal #law #murder #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/un-us-military-strikes-south-america-ed0ce092af5ad2c64b34ed51f8ab59cc

The #UN #HumanRights chief said Friday that #US #military strikes against boats in the #Caribbean Sea & eastern #Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from #SouthAmerica are “unacceptable” & must stop.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk called for an #investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organization.

#criminal #law #murder #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/un-us-military-strikes-south-america-ed0ce092af5ad2c64b34ed51f8ab59cc

Venezuela's Nobel Prize winner made a high-stakes gamble by aligning with hawks in Washington who argue that President Nicolas Maduro — through links to criminal gangs — poses a direct threat to U.S. national security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/venezuela-nobel-alliance-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #mariacorinamachado #venezuela #us #donaldtrump #trendearagua #nicolasmaduro #nobelprize #southamerica

Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, which currently holds about 15% of congressional seats, is on track to gain a stronger foothold to pass key economic reforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/milei-argentina-election-comeback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #argentina #javiermilei #southamerica

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

#Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized the latest #US #military strikes against suspected drug smugglers off the coast of #SouthAmerica.

"If this becomes the norm, everyone will believe they can invade another country's territory to do whatever they want," #Lula said on Friday during a trip to Indonesia, acc/to TV Globo. "Where does that leave respect for the #sovereignty of countries?"

Lula could meet #Trump on Sunday at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia.

https://dpa-international.com/politics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:251024-99-428993/

The U.S. sanctioned Gustavo Petro over accusations that the Colombian president has refused to stop the flow of cocaine into the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/politics/trump-petro-sanctions-colombia-drugs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #colombia #gustavopetro #donaldtrump #southamerica #drugs

#Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized the latest #US #military strikes against suspected drug smugglers off the coast of #SouthAmerica.

"If this becomes the norm, everyone will believe they can invade another country's territory to do whatever they want," #Lula said on Friday during a trip to Indonesia, acc/to TV Globo. "Where does that leave respect for the #sovereignty of countries?"

Lula could meet #Trump on Sunday at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia.

https://dpa-international.com/politics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:251024-99-428993/

Bolivia's election of centrist Rodrigo Paz is raising cautious hopes that a more market-friendly leader could pave the way for international investment in the country's ample lithium reserves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/bolivia-president-lithium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #bolivia #rodrigopaz #mining #lithium #southamerica

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

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

Peru's Generation Z is leading protests against rampant crime and years of political deadlock — demanding systemic change after watching seven presidents come and go in a decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/politics/peru-gen-z-movement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #peru #genz #southamerica

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

For Scott Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right — things that in the past, in Argentina, have tended to go wrong. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/11/economy/bessent-gamble-argentina/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #argentina #donaldtrump #southamerica #scottbessent #javiermilei #china

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump appear to have reset relations following a months-long spat over Trump ally and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's legal troubles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/trump-bolsonaro-lula-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #jairbolsonaro #us #donaldtrump #southamerica

Western media often portray violent uprisings and disasters in the Global South as heroic revolutions or tragic spectacles, applying double standards by portraying similar events at home through a different moral lens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/03/world/media-hypocrisy-on-insurrections-and-revolutions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #globalsouth #media #nepal #philippines #madagascar #indonesia #thewest #africa #southamerica

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

Note: the photograph was captured by me using a DLSR armed with 77mm Circular polarizer, 81A warming filter, UV filter and RPRT (right place right time)

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#weather #bash #sh #current#SR #wttr#SouthAmerica#Carribean#Leonsberg

Note: the photograph was captured by me using a DLSR armed with 77mm Circular polarizer, 81A warming filter, UV filter and RPRT (right place right time)

https://mastodon.social/@RadioAzureus/115078811536751037

#weather #bash #sh #current#SR #wttr#SouthAmerica#Carribean#Leonsberg