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WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean

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Welcome to WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean, a PopularResistance broadcast featuring hot news out of the region with host Teri Mattson. Each weekly episode features a country and/or issue related to the affects of U.S. foreign, economic and/or military influence and intervention in the hemisphere of The Americas. Our guests include academics, policy-makers, journalists as well as activists recognized for their groundwork within local communities and movements.

WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean broadcasts Thursdays at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET on multiple live platforms including: CODEPINK YouTube Live, TheConvoCouch and Facebook Live via PopularResistance.org You can also find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Telegram and RadIndieMedia.com

WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team, CODEPINK, Common Frontiers, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Friends of Latin America, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas.

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Ecuador's Presidential Election heads to a Second Round in October 50:14

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EPISODE: Ecuador’s Presidential Election heads to a Second Round in October GUEST: Pilar Troya Pilar is an Ecuadorian feminist anthropologist. Her main areas of interest are social public policies, especially concerning gender equality and the feminist movement. She has served as an advisor to the Ministry of National Planning and as an advisor and Deputy Minister to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Ecuador. She is a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. BACKGROUND: Luisa González, of the Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana party, on Sunday took a lead in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential and legislative elections, which have been marred by political assassinations as the Andean nation struggles with a wave of violence that has brought homicide rates, under the Lasso administration, to record levels. Gonzalez is set to face the surprise second-place finisher Daniel Noboa in a run-off election in October, according to the National Electoral Council of Ecuador (CNE), as neither candidate won more than 50% of the ballot. González has promised to enhance public spending and social programs and wants to address the security crisis by fixing the root causes of violence, such as poverty and inequality. A former tourism and labor minister in Correa’s government, González has also called for the judiciary to be reinforced to help with prosecutions, analysts say. Daniel Noboa is the son of banana businessman Álvaro Noboa – who himself has run for the presidency at least five times. The 35-year-old was a lawmaker before outgoing President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the legislature and called for early elections. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Ecuador’s President Dissolves National Assembly Triggering Early Elections Ecuador: The Lasso Government Post-National Strike Ecuador Erupts Against Neoliberalism TriContinental: Institute for Social Research OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with: Alliance for Global Justice , Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action , Task Force on the Americas , and Venezuelanalysis…

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Nicaragua: A History of U.S. Intervention & Resistance 48:31

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EPISODE: Nicaragua, A History of US Intervention & Resistance GUEST: Author, Activist and Labor Attorney, Daniel Kovalik BACKGROUND: The latest book by labor and human rights attorney, Daniel Kovalik, Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance (2023, Clarity Press, 292 pages), is a worthy addition to the author’s collection of works on countries targeted by U.S. imperialism, such as Venezuela, Russia, and Iran. While giving readers a thoughtful and much fuller picture than one can glean from the corporate media, this volume tells an engaging tale based on personal experience and extensive research. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Nicaragua: A History of U.S. Intervention & Resistance Book Review: Nicaragua, A History of US Intervention & Resistance, by Daniel Kovalik OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action , Task Force on the Americas , and Venezuelanalysis…

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Sandinistas Speak, Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution 31:13

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EPISODE: Sandinistas Speak. Nicaraguans Defend their Revolution This episode is bi-lingual with subtitles. PRODUCER and HOST: Ramiro Sebastian Funez Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation In this episode, you hear directly from working-class Nicaraguans who support their socialist government. You also hear their thoughts about U.S. sanctions and regime change. These are perspectives rarely shared in mainstream media. WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action ; Task Force on the Americas ; and Venezuelanalysis.com…

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Nicaragua against Empire: Part II Managua against Empire 33:25

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EPISODE: Nicaragua against Empire - Part II Managua Against Empire , an inside look at Managua, Nicaragua, from a revolutionary socialist perspective. PRODUCER and HOST: Ramiro Sebastian Funez Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Annivesrary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. From film producer and delegate Ramiro Sebastian Funez: "In March of 2021, I traveled to Nicaragua as part of a 13-member delegation. The trip was organized by the Sanctions Kill coalition and the Friends of the Rural Workers’ Association, known as the ATC. We traveled to Nicaragua to understand the effects of imperialist sanctions on ordinary Nicaraguans and how they're fighting back. We also witnessed the wide range of social advancements carried out by the Sandinista Revolution. For eleven days, we traveled across diverse parts of Nicaragua. We visited the urban sprawls of Managua, the rural countryside of Estelí, and the tropical Caribbean coastline of Bilwi. We met and spoke with locals and grassroots activists to see the reality of Nicaragua. What we saw was completely different from what we see on imperialist mainstream media." WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas . This week we are excited to welcome Venezuelanalysis.com into our broadcast partner family!…

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Mexico: Expanding Democracy and Defending Sovereignty 1:12:56

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EPISODE: Mexico: Expanding Democracy and Defending Sovereignty GUEST: José Luis Granados Ceja, journalist with Venezuelanalysis and The Mexico Solidarity Project BACKGROUND: The international press is again bludgeoning Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, this time accusing him of attacking the country’s democratic institutions. It’s a baseless charge intended to undermine a government that refuses total obedience to US hegemony. On February 23, an electoral reform bill received its final approval in the Mexican Senate en route to being signed into law The National Electoral Institute (INE) is widely recognized to be riddled with excess expenditure and a top-heavy bureaucracy. The new law simply mandates similar cost-saving measures to those that the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has applied to other governmental departments. It eliminates duplicate functions at the local and district level, and fuses certain higher-level job descriptions. It also reins in eye-catching top salaries. The law also facilitates voting rights for the disabled, those held in pretrial detention, and the millions of migrants living abroad. It provides tougher sanctions for the endemic practice of vote-buying and enshrines in law the inclusion of minorities and members of vulnerable groups on candidate lists FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook Instagram Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: No, AMLO Is Not Undermining Mexican Democracy Venezuelanalysis OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Alex Saab: Three Years as a Kidnapped Diplomat 42:48

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EPISODE: Alex Saab, Three Years as a Kidnapped Diplomat GUEST: Fiorella Isabel of The Convo Couch BACKGROUND: The case is a terrifying example of the US’s continuing commitment to illegal, unilateral intervention and ‘regime change,’ where no country is truly safe, writes FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ (link to full article below) From his article: “June 12, 2023 was the third anniversary of the illegal kidnapping and imprisonment by the US of Alex Saab. Because the brutality and cruelty of the US blockade was wreaking havoc on the economy and millions of the most vulnerable in Venezuela were being deliberately denied their human rights to the most basic necessities of daily life, President Nicolas Maduro tasked Saab with traveling around the world procuring food, medicines and fuel for his country. Breaking every treaty, protocol, law and norm of international diplomacy, the US plotted to have Saab arrested while in transit to Iran to fulfill his diplomatic mission, by pressing the Cape Verde government to illegally arrest him on June 12 2020.” The plane Saab was traveling on was denied refueling in Morocco and Senegal thus being forced to land in Cape Verde. In his book, Never Give An Inch (2023), Donald Trump’s secretary of state Mike Pompeo admits as much: “No other nation has the global reach to interrupt an Iran-Venezuela plot in real time and convince a small island nation to hold a wanted man.” FOLLOW OUR GUEST Facebook Instagram Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Alex Saab, hostage of the hybrid war against Venezuela WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: Alex Saab, Sanctions & the Extra-Judicial Reach of the U.S. (September 16, 2021) WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: Film Screening + Discussion, Alex Saab A Kidnapped Diplomat (October 20, 2022) WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: Saab Oral Argument Focuses on Legitimacy of Maduro Government (December 31, 2022) Free Alex Saab Campaign OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Resigns to Run for President 54:49

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EPISODE: Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Resigns to Run for President GUEST: Independent journalist Alina Duarte who joins us from Mexico City BACKGROUND: Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, one of the leading contenders to be the country's next leader, said on Tuesday he will resign to focus on winning the presidential nomination of the ruling MORENA party for the 2024 election. Ebrard, a former mayor of Mexico City, wants to succeed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the standard-bearer of the left of center National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), which now dominates national politics. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Alina Duarte Facebook Instagram Twitter En Re Podcast Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube ADDITIONAL LINKS: Una jugada maestra, Lopez Obrador resuelve la sucesión Mexico’s Fourth Transformation and Why the U.S. Wants to Stop It VI Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), Desde Palacio Nacional (Septiembre 2021) 238 Aniversario del Natalicio de Simón Bolívar, desde el Castillo de Chapultepec (Julio 2021) OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Isolationisam Ends; Maduro Visits Brazil 54:25

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EPISODE: Isolationism Ends: Maduro Visits Brazil GUEST: Ricardo Vaz , political analyst and editor at Venezuelanalysis.com BACKGROUND: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro traveled to Brazil as part of an official visit to meet with his counterpart Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva where the pair discussed regional and international cooperation, including the potential entry of Venezuela into the BRICS bloc. The high-level meeting comes as part of joint efforts to strengthen their bilateral ties following the restoration of diplomatic and economic relations after years of tension under Lula’s predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, who embraced Washington regime change plots against Maduro, backing the so-called “interim” government of opposition figure Juan Guaidó. Monday’s bilateral meeting also focused on reactivating trade between the two countries, which fell precipitously after Bolsonaro’s recognition of Guaidó, severely impacting populations on both sides of the border. The pair also discussed efforts to advance regional integration. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Ricardo Vaz: Facebook Venezuelanalysis: Facebook Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Venezuela's Maduro Floats BRICS Entry in "Historic" Bilateral Meeting with Lula in Brazil Toward a new UNASUR: Pathways for the Reactivation of South America Integration OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance ( Stop the Machine! Create a New World ) broadcast in partnership with: Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team; CODEPINK: Women For Peace ; Common Frontiers ; Council on Hemispheric Affairs ; Friends of Latin America ; IRTF - The InterReligious Task Force on Central America ; Massachusetts Peace Action ; and Task Force on the Americas…

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Ecuador's President Dissolves National Assembly Triggering Early Elections 46:18

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EPISODE: Ecuador’s President Dissolves National Assembly Triggering Early Elections GUEST: Author and Journalist Joe Emersgerger. You can find his work published at CounterPunch, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), MintPressNews and more. Also, be sure to read his book Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela BACKGROUND: Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on May 17 bringing forward legislative and presidential elections and heading off an attempt by opposition politicians to impeach him. Opposition politicians wanted to impeach Lasso over accusations he disregarded warnings of embezzlement related to a contract at state-owned oil transportation company Flopec, charges the president denies. A majority of lawmakers had backed a resolution accusing Lasso of allowing the corrupt contract to continue after taking office in 2021, although a congressional oversight committee, which heard testimony from opposition lawmakers, officials, and Lasso's lawyer, said in its report it did not recommend impeachment . Lasso says the impeachment process - the first against an Ecuadorian president in decades - is politically motivated and has sparked a grave crisis that has threatened democracy. The dissolution was necessary, he said. Citing the crisis and inability to govern, Lasso invoked the constitution's so-called "two-way death" (Muerte Cruzada) provision, which allows the president to call elections for both his post and the assembly under certain circumstances, including if actions by the legislature are blocking the functioning of government. According to the constitution, he will now remain in office and rule by decree. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Ecuador’s “Democratic Backsliding” Has Been Ongoing Since 2017, With US Support Elections in Ecuador Unmask Western Media Dishonesty WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: Ecuador Erupts against Neoliberalism WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean: The Lasso Government Post-National Strike OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Whatever Happened to that Plane? U.S. Unilateral Sanctions & the Saga of Venezuela's Emtrasur Cargo 747 31:23

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EPISODE: Whatever Happened to that Plane? U.S. Unilateral Sanctions and the Saga of Venezuela’s Emtrasur Cargo 747 GUEST: Orlenys Ortiz, citizen journalist joining us from Venezuela TRANSLATION: Carmelo Valasquez, Velasquez Translations, Buenos Aires, Argentina BACKGROUND: On May 3, 2023, the Argentinian press reported a US prosecutor requested the US Justice Department to order the definitive execution of the seizure order of Emtrasur’s Boeing 747-300. ( Empresa de Transporte Aerocargo del Sur). The plane arrived in Argentina in June 2022 in what was supposedly a routine cargo flight. Nonetheless, the aircraft, its cargo, and its crew quickly raised the alarms across Argentina, and it was seized by local authorities. Shortly after, US authorities got involved claiming the sale of the aircraft by the Iranian state carrier Mahan Air to Venezuela’s Conviasa was a clear violation of the US Export Control Laws. Conviasa deployed the 747 on its cargo subsidiary Emtrasur. Almost a year has passed; the crew has been released, but the plane remains grounded in Buenos Aires. Venezuela’s government has repeatedly requested the return of Emtrasur’s Boeing 747. In the meantime, the US government has conducted a process to seize the aircraft. Argentina’s Ministry of Justice has received a letter sent by the US Justice Department requesting that the aircraft be handed over to it. Argentina is now in a complex geopolitical spot. On the one hand, it can support the US’ claims and deliver the aircraft. On the other hand, it can choose not to pick a fight with Venezuela and Iran, which is said to be closely watching the development of the crisis. Emtrasur acquired the aircraft in 2022. It operated a few cargo services across Latin America in 2022 before its grounding in Buenos Aires. According to the Department of Justice, Mahan Air violated the temporary Denial Order and US export control laws when it sold the aircraft to Emtrasur without the US Government's authorization. Other violations of US laws occurred between February and May 2022 when Emtrasur flew the aircraft between Caracas, Venezuela; Tehran, Iran; and Moscow, Russia, without US Government authorization. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook Instagram: Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Emtrasur’s 747 Detained in Buenos Aires: U.S. Attorney Requests Immediate Execution of Seizure US Official Requests Seizure of Emtrasur’s Grounded Boeing 747 Diosdado Cabello OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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The Country is Not for Sale: Economic Development & Trade Zones (ZEDEs) vs National Sovereignty 49:34

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EPISODE: The Country is Not for Sale-Economic Development & Employment Zones (ZEDEs) versus National Sovereignty GUESTS: Beth Geglia, anthropology PhD, and Melinda St. Louis, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch BACKGROUND: On May 3, Democratic U.S. lawmakers urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement provisions from current and future trade deals and to intervene on behalf of Honduras against a U.S. company's nearly $11 billion claim against the country. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Trade Representative Katherine Tai, 33 lawmakers said that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) systems in trade deals constitute a "problematic corporate handout" that violates countries' sovereignty and democratic rights. ISDS mechanisms enable multinational corporations to sue the governments of foreign trading partners for profits they claim have been forfeited as a result of domestic policies designed to protect workers, consumers, and ecosystems. Such lawsuits challenge meaningful labor, product safety, and environmental standards, and the mere threat of them can even preempt the enactment of robust regulations, placing ISDS at the heart of what critics have called neoliberal globalization's "race to the bottom." ADDITIONAL LINKS: Senator Warren, Representative Doggett Call for Elimination of Investor-State Dispute Settlement System, Action on Behalf of Honduran Government Warren Leads Call to End Dispute System “Weaponized” by Corporations Amid Honduras Case Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR) Honduras Solidarity Network Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) Latin America Working Group (LAWG) Public Citizen/Global Trade Watch OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Guatemalan Political Crisis: June 25 Elections Set as Critics Slam Disqualifications 1:22:20

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EPISODE: Guatemalan Political Crisis-June 25 Elections Set as Critics Slam Disqualifications GUEST: Frank with The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISQUA) BACKGROUND: Campaigning began in earnest last month for Guatemala’s general elections, with political messaging filling the streets, local broadcasts and social media. But less than three months before the June 25 vote, concerns are mounting among national and international observers over the integrity of the process. At least 30 political parties are set to contest the upcoming elections, with more than 22,000 candidates registered to run for the presidency, congress, regional parliament and councils across the country. But Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which governs elections, has blocked several opposition candidates from running on “dubious grounds." FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook : Instagram Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala Thelma Cabrera: “El sistema nos quiere sacar de la jugada, pero ya estamos en la cancha” OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Visits Brazil 1:19:59

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EPISODE: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Visits Brazil GUEST: Camila Escalante, Kawsachun News-Brazil BACKGROUND: Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Brasília on Monday for talks with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, in the latest of a series of bilateral encounters likely to ruffle the US. Lavrov arrived just as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, returned from a state visit to China, and both missions are part of a diplomatic reset Lula has pursued since returning to power this year, as he strives to recover Brazil’s international reputation after his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, dismantled Brazil’s established tradition of cooperation. For Brazil, that means rebuilding and maintaining ties with all partners, regardless of geopolitical tensions elsewhere. Lavrov and Vieira said their talks had also focused on energy and trade. About a quarter of agricultural powerhouse Brazil's fertilizer imports come from Russia, while the two countries engaged in a record $9.8 billion in bilateral trade last year. Brazil was Lavrov's first stop on a weeklong Latin American tour that will also include Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook Instagram Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Kawsachun News Lula Cozies Up to America’s Enemies OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine 56:33

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EPISODE: Burying 200 Years of The Monroe Doctrine GUEST: Carlos Ron, Venezuela Vice Minister of Foreign Relations for North America BACKGROUND: The Monroe Doctrine, first articulated by U.S. President James Monroe on December 2, 1823, is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central to American foreign policy for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The doctrine remains in place today as a pillar of U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America & the Caribbean and no longer exclusively applies to European powers. FOLLOW OUR GUEST: Facebook Instagram Twitter ADDITIONAL LINKS: Latin America Policy Forum: Burying 200 Years of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine Simon Bolivar Institute OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS: WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team , CODEPINK , Common Frontiers , Council on Hemispheric Affairs , Friends of Latin America , InterReligious Task Force on Central America , Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas .…

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Reject U.S. Imperialism! Make Our Americas a Zone of Peace 1:02:47

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