North America

Bukele, Milei, Trump, Noboa, police in background

Trump’s presidential victory comes in the context of emboldened far-right governments in Latin America, which are looking to foster closer links with each other. Ben Radford reports.

US President Donald Trump. Background: US flag

Within days of being inaugurated, United States President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders attacking migrants and rolling back the gains made by Black, LGBTIQ and women’s rights movements. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard report.

Amazon Labor Union members with a banner

Isaac Nellist reviews a documentary about the historic victory of Amazon workers who formed a union at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City, which inspired workers around the world.

Creative transport in Havana Cuba

Many fear that Donald Trump will reverse Joe Biden’s decision to remove Cuba from the United States’ list of “state sponsors of terrorism”, writes Tamara Pearson.

molten steel pouring

Outgoing United States president Joe Biden has blocked Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring US Steel, citing national security concerns, reports Malik Miah.

Bill Nevins and book cover

Bill Nevins takes us on a journey through this past century in this collection of wonderful poems, writes Lorcan Otway.

Susan Price reviews Adam Hanieh’s new book, Crude Capitalism, which analyses oil’s place in the global capitalist system and the changes in the world oil market. 

protest in Syria

The future of Syria and the Middle East is complex and uncertain, argues Khaled Ghannam.

crowd of supporters of Alianza de Pais in Puerto Rico

The New Progressive Party, Puerto Rico’s right-wing pro-statehood faction, has entrenched itself as a major political force, creating a system that increasingly resembles a one-party state, argues Javier A Hernández.

media conference

Speculation of more privatisations by the Nicolás Maduro government is growing amid fears incoming United States president Donald Trump may tighten sanctions on Venezuela, reports Federico Fuentes.

Nicolas Maduro and Edmundo Gonzales

There are fears in Venezuela that the situation approaching inauguration day could trigger a new round of political violence and state repression, reports Federico Fuentes.

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Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto remains a loyal servant of United States imperialism, as his recent phone call to Donald Trump makes clear, reports Peter Boyle.