Regime-change ideologues, capitalist pragmatists, and the looming threat to Cuba.
May 1, 2026
Cuba Is Not Alone As Trump’s popularity plummets, besieged by the fiasco in Iran and his bizarre attempts to deify himself, instead of reassuring […]
Category: Decolonization
Argentina, A Half Century Fighting for Freedom
April 6, 2026
A black stage stood before the President’s palace the “Pink House” in Plaza de Mayo the day before the big event on March 24th […]
At Ten Years: Honoring Berta Cáceres–Her Legacy and the Fight for Justice
March 4, 2026
One decade after the assassination of the Honduran environmental and indigenous leader, Berta Cáceres, Mira Feminisms and Democracies joins with hundreds of organizations across the globe […]
Trump’s Imperialism Revival
January 6, 2026
After a 100 years out of favour, imperialism is back. A century ago, my own nation, Ireland, managed to wade through blood, bullets, mud […]
Trump’s Heinous Attack on Venezuela and our Responsibility to Act
January 3, 2026
Every time I say “He wouldn’t go that far”, he goes farther. All bets are off. Donald Trump has demonstrated no respect for human […]
Latin America and the Caribbean in Trump’s New National Security Strategy
December 12, 2025
The World in Focus | Analysis column The acts of aggression and interference in the Western Hemisphere since Donald Trump took office in January this year […]
As Threats Against Venezuela Increase, Opposition Finally Making Noise in U.S.
December 12, 2025
The U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker on Dec. 9, just over three months since the first U.S. strike on Venezuelan boats alleged to […]
Milei’s Fire Sale of the Patagonia and the Mapuche people’s fight for life
April 4, 2025
By Laura Carlsen Some 40 people form a circle on the dusty, late-summer grass. Following days of uncertainty and fear, cut off from most […]
Once the US’s “Good Friend” in Honduras; Now on Trial for Drug Trafficking
February 14, 2024
The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández, once the seemingly untouchable and authoritarian president of Honduras, is officially set to begin on February 12 in New York.
The Impact of the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico and Central America and How We Can Change It
December 22, 2023
Mira director Laura Carlsen offers a close-up of the impacts of U.S. policy in Mexico and Central America. Juan González, of the Great Cities Institute and Democracy Now!, examines immigration, US policy and the links between forced immigration and sanctions, and Gimena Sánchez of WOLA looks at policy in Colombia and the Andean region. Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research discussed the history and the impact of U.S. economic sanctions.