“This military deployment – which includes B52 long-range bombers, F35 stealth bombers, a nuclear-powered submarine, and the world’s biggest aircraft carrier – is configured for a land attack not an anti-drugs operation.” By Carol Turner, Labour CND President Donald Trump announced this weekend that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered ‘closed in... Continue Reading →
The angry tide of the Latin American far right
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD The far right in Latin America is angry. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Javier Milei always look furious, and they always speak loudly and aggressively. Testosterone leaks from their... Continue Reading →
Solidarity with Cuba Against the Intensifying US blockade
“The struggle for the rights of Cuba to self-determination and sovereignty remain as vital as ever for all those struggling against imperialist domination in Latin America and in Palestine too.” Bernard Regan, Cuba Solidarity Campaign Jorgito Reina Llerena, an eight year old Cuban boy suffering from Leukemia needed to travel to the USA for vital... Continue Reading →
Flyers for Latin America 2026 conference have arrived!
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SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 7 February 2026 – Latin America Conference – central London
Bringing together experts, academics, trade unionists, politicians, and activists from the UK, Europe and Latin America. Plus films from the region, info and stalls from many UK-based organisations. Date: Saturday 7 February 2026 Time: 10am-5pm Venue: Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BB Book your place now: Book Tickets
Latin America Resists: reports and speeches from Adelante:Latin America Conference 2025
The 20th Latin America conference took place under the shadow of a new Trump administration which had recently deported thousands of people to Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia, imposed trade tariffs on Mexico and renewed threats against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Hundreds packed in to Hamilton House on 8 February to hear how the region is resisting... Continue Reading →
A new multipolar world or a new cold war? Latin America, China and the rising global South
Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we see a new phase of that struggle emerge, writes BEN CHACKO for THE MORNING STAR DURING the student-led protests that shook Chile a few years... Continue Reading →
Programme for Latin America Conference 2025 now available
You can now view the detailed programme for Latin America conference Saturday 8 February, London, here Tickets are sold out now but we have a wait list for returns. Get in touch to go on the wait list here.
Could Trump’s return boost the far-right in Brazil?
Tim Young (originally published in Labour Outlook.) President Lula of Brazil is making a good recovery from the head injury that put him in hospital last October. But as he begins the second half of his four-year presidency, what are the challenges that faces in implementing his manifesto commitments to restore economic development and stability... Continue Reading →
Seeing Venezuela in-person shows why US/British sanctions are a crime
Fiona Sim, Black Liberation Alliance, for The Morning Star IT’S BEEN a whirlwind of a week in Caracas, Venezuela, and a gut-punch to empire and imperialism. As part of a British delegation to Venezuela, I was privileged to witness first hand the strength and tenacity of the Bolivarian revolution. Every day has been another nail... Continue Reading →