By Ricardo Vaz on October 13, 2026 from Caracas
“Salaries and pensions increase,” reads a banner held by healthcare workers during Tuesday’s demonstration.
Hundreds of Venezuelan workers took to the streets on Tuesday to demand that the acting Delcy Rodríguez government address a series of labor grievances. The mobilization in Caracas was called by healthcare trade unions to deliver a petition at Miraflores Palace. Education and higher education unions likewise endorsed the rally, which had a turnout estimated at 2,000 people. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on October 15, 2026.
Thomas Sankara
Every October 15, people commemorate the assassination of Thomas Sankara. Much has been written about this pan-Africanist revolutionary—the leader of the August Revolution in Upper Volta, renamed Burkina Faso (“The Land of Honest Men”) in 1984—often reducing his legacy to that of a pop icon of the Third World left: the “anti-imperialist president on a bicycle,” the austere military man who rejected privileges, the brilliant orator capable of challenging Western heads of state on the stages of the UN and the OAU. However, this hagiographic and purely label-driven narrative risks sterilizing the Marxist and strategic scope of his political praxis, transforming a radical revolutionary into a harmless T-shirt symbol. (more…)
October 15, 2026
Bogota October 14, 2026. fotos Fernando Vergara/AP
Thousands of protesters were repressed on Wednesday in the streets of Bogotá and Colombia’s major cities during the first national strike against the administration of President Abelardo de la Espriella. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on October 15, 2026 from Havana
Trump incited protestors attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021
There are two weeks left until the so-called midterm elections in the United States, in which—as happens every two years—all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate, and several state governorships, attorney general positions, and other elected offices are up for election. (more…)
By William Serafino on October 13, 2026
Brazilians protest in front of the US Consulate General in São Paulo against the January 3 US invasion of Venezuela. Photo: Leandro Chemalle
The opinion polls failed again, which is becoming less and less surprising in a volatile and unpredictable world. Against the consensus forecast, on Sunday, October 4, in a Brazilian election marked by intense polarization, far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly defeated President Lula da Silva. (more…)
October 13, 2026
The Spanish company Telstar, a subsidiary of the German Syntegon Group based in Terrassa, Barcelona, refused to sell a spare part for a freeze-dryer installed at the Frank País International Orthopedic Scientific Complex, located in Havana, Cuba. This facility is the world’s largest medical complex dedicated to orthopedics, trauma surgery, reconstructive medicine and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. (more…)
By Emir Sader. Resumen Latinoamericano, October 13, 2026.
spontaneous demonstrations happening around Brazil
When people realized the risks of tremendous setbacks, they suddenly took to the streets en masse in the largest demonstrations in Brazil’s history. (more…)
October 10 2026
Families of fishermen waiting for information about them. Photo: AP
An Ecuadorian judge ordered the immediate release of nearly 30 fishermen whose two boats were destroyed by the US military in the Pacific Ocean. The Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office had charged them with alleged illegal activities. The lack of evidence served as the basis for the judges to release the fishermen, who deny having collaborated with drug trafficking groups. For their part, the Ecuadorian government and US Southern Command still defend the attacks against them. (more…)