Brazil: Trump aiming for regime-change
President Trump has unleashed a barrage of actions against Brazil in an attempt to prevent Lula from retaining support. He has stated his open support for previous president Jair Bolsonaro, now under indictment for inciting a coup against Brazil's democratic institutions. He has named and inveighed against Brazil's judges, notably Alexandre de Moraes. Military threats, disguised as anti-drug aid, may soon follow. Brazil now faces 50 per cent tariffs if they do not bend the knee.
Trump targets Latino migrants
By escalating deportations, ending humanitarian protections, and cutting remittances, Trump’s immigration policy threatens to destabilize Latin American economies and exacerbate humanitarian crises. Ironically, this might trigger a new wave of migration.
The Threat to Brazil’s Supreme Court
Florida-based influencer Pablo Figueiredo, a close ally of the Bolsonaros, is helping the push for the US to sanction Alexandre de Moraes and other justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court.
Panama’s National Strike
Translated from Spanish by Mike Gatehouse. The article was originally published on RadioTemblor. You can read the original here.
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Will Noboa’s win bring Bukele-style authoritarianism to Ecuador?
In the run-up to Ecuador’s presidential elections on 13 April 2025, the two leading candidates, Daniel Noboa of the Acción Democrática Nacional (AND), and...
Trump’s war against Brazilian justice
Social media platform Rumble was ordered to suspend accounts of a Brazilian far-right influencer. It did not comply. So Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered it to shut down. Now Rumble and Trump (via 'Truth' Social) are using the US courts to attack the Brazilian judiciary, accusing it of attacking free speech.
Guatemala’s president-elect warns of a coup
Powerful politicians in Guatemala overlooked the tiny centre-left Semilla Party who, with its offer of ‘a new Guatemalan Spring’, won a landslide victory against the UNE party of Sandra Torres on August 20.
Brazil: pro-democracy demonstrations in London and São Paulo
In reaction to what justice minister Flavio Dino has already identified as a terrorist attack, Brazilians flocked to the streets of São Paulo, London, New York, and beyond to voice their outrage.
Cuba-US relations: the thaw is halted
The Biden Administration has disappointed all who seek more positive relations between Cuba and the US - by renewing accusations that Cuba is failing to co-operate with US anti-terrorism efforts
Bolivia’s lithium coup
Almost 85 per cent of the world’s lithium reserves are concentrated in the Lithium Triangle along the borderlands of Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Bolivia’s resources remain largely unexploited. Will Bolivia be able to industrialise Lithium production on its own terms?
