The Latin American right’s geopolitical alignment with the United States ends where national economic interests begin

Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia — all of these states have signed up to Trump’s new Shield of the Americas which aims to institutionalize the Donroe Doctrine as a regional security architecture...

Historian and scholar of political economy who researches the history of economic thought, austerity, and the political role of economists.

Books:

• Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism

• Escape from Capitalism

• The Golden Hour: Booming Markets, False Narratives, and the Decades That Made Modern Society

Those who hold a second nationality and want to run for these offices will have to renounce it before applying to register as candidates. The provision seeks to ensure that people holding these responsibilities maintain only their legal bond of Mexican nationality while in office.

Lula’s comeback matters well beyond Brasília. Since late 2025, Latin America has seen a regional shift toward right-wing regimes. Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Peru all elected conservative governments, most of them endorsed by Washington.

Olá, Bonjour, Hola, Hello! You can make it work, it can be done. Get together, meet up. Do it the way you prefer but don't let those wanna be oppressors rule over your lives, it never ends well.

The private jet Flávio Bolsonaro used to leave Brazil after his election loss to Lula belongs to the fleet of Baires Fly, an Argentine company linked to a businessman who had business dealings with Federico “Fred” Machado, who faces drug trafficking charges in the United States. The company also appears in a corruption investigation involving funds intended for people with disabilities under Javier Milei’s government.

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Traitor supposedly fled the country!

Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil and traveled to the United States on a private flight from Argentina.

Flávio Bolsonaro teria deixado o Brasil e viajado para os Estados Unidos em um voo particular da Argentina.

Police officer is trying to intimidate Lula's supporter by pointing a gun at him.

Take a look at the shadow.

by Laura Carvalho and Joseph Stiglitz

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