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Bolivia: Leader denounces U.S. military interference, warns of plot to hand over lithium

May 31, 2026 Resumen Latinoamericano

Christian Velasco Rojas, a leader of La Resistencia Bolivia and a prominent voice in the country’s anti-imperialist left, on May 31 denounced U.S. interference in Bolivia’s internal affairs and rejected the policy of surrendering Bolivia’s […]

Bolivia: U.S.-backed government clears road to martial law against general strike

May 30, 2026 Gary Wilson

Bolivia’s Congress has cleared the road for martial law. On May 24, the Senate voted to remove legal limits on emergency rule. The Chamber of Deputies followed two days later. President Rodrigo Paz signed the […]

Evo Morales: This rebellion is against the neocolonial state

May 29, 2026 Alejandra Garcia

On May 28, former Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma declared that the protests shaking Bolivia for the past month represent a popular rebellion against neoliberalism and a government that subordinates itself to the United States. […]

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The miners’ anger

May 29, 2026 Espérant Mwishamali Lukobo and Sara Geenen

Shops looted, police stations ransacked, roads barricaded, buses damaged, lorries burnt. The artisanal miners of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces — the cobalt and copper heartland of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — are […]

Socialist and anti-colonial movements laid groundwork for multipolarity

May 28, 2026 Gregory E. Williams

China and Russia deepen cooperation, issue joint statement on multipolarity The May 20 meeting in Beijing between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin came only days after Donald Trump’s trip to China with a planeload of […]

Congo’s cobalt feeds Big Tech. Its people face Ebola

May 26, 2026 Gary Wilson

On April 30, health workers in Bunia tested patient samples for Ebola. The result came back negative. But the test could not detect Bundibugyo — a rare and highly fatal Ebola species with no approved […]

No deal: U.S. pause is not peace with Iran

May 25, 2026 Gary Wilson

On May 23, President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that a peace agreement with Iran had been “largely negotiated.” Within 24 hours, Iranian officials were calling that claim a lie. Washington is trying to […]

Bolivia strike grows as government hits labor leader with terrorism charge

May 19, 2026 Gary Wilson

On May 19, Bolivia’s government charged the head of the country’s main labor federation with terrorism. The charge is aimed not only at one leader. It is aimed at workers, Indigenous Peoples and poor communities […]

Iraq War architect: U.S. lost in Iran

May 12, 2026 Gary Wilson

Robert Kagan does not write pieces like this. Kagan helped found the Project for the New American Century, the think tank that laid the ideological groundwork for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is married […]

Philippine army kills 19; U.S. turns Philippines into base for war on China

May 10, 2026 Gary Wilson

On April 19 and 20, the Philippine army’s 79th Infantry Battalion killed 19 people in Toboso, on Negros Island. The killings came as Washington and Manila launched Balikatan 2026, their largest war games yet. The […]