@jimhodgson.bsky.social
Journalist, retired international development worker (mostly Latin America), human rights defender. Author of a blog, www.unwrappingdevelopment.ca I split my time between Chiapas (southern Mexico) and British Columbia (western Canada).
Amid free trade talks with Canada, Ecuador bans an opposition party, criminalizes ecological defenders. and conducts joint military operations with the United States.
This should rule out a new Canadian trade deal with Ecuador. Absolute depravity from the Noboa government w/ full backing of Trump and, through its silence, Canada. #ISDS #cdnpoli cepr.net/newsroom/ecu...
Press Release: 77 Civil Society Organizations Call on the Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to Speak Out on the Criminalization of Environmental Defenders by DPM Metals Inc.
Read the full letter and press release here: miningwatch.ca/news/2026/3/...
This reflection on the U.S. attacks on Venezuela is useful as we hear very contradictory statements from the U.S. government about Cuba.
The sight of a dozen leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean joined with Donald Trump made me think of a 1992 film, El Viaje, and its depiction of the Organizations of Countries on their Knees.
The US & Israel bombed 20 schools & 13 hospitals in Iran in 1 week. Hegseth boasted of unleashing "death and destruction" to provoke collapse, with "no stupid rules of engagement".
The War in the Middle East, Seen from Mexico. “From any angle, the joint aggression launched against Iran by the governments of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu places the world in a far more sinister and dangerous situation than the one that prevailed until last weekend.”
Simón Bolívar in 1829: “The United States appears destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.”
"The nation that promises freedom after regime change is often the very nation that has long undermined that country's sovereignty and self-determination."
Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussein: As Trump Launches “Massive” Regime Change War, Iran Strikes U.S. Bases and Vows Not to Capitulate. “Once again, diplomacy has been reduced to an instrument of deception."
La Jornada Internacional: Mexican Cinema Today and Tomorrow -- and lots of other stories.
Ben Norton writes - US unipolarity vs China's multipolarity: Whose vision will shape the new global order?
What is US plan to reverse West's decline? Undo decolonization, revive 'great Western empires' - Ben Norton dissects Rubio's White Christian Nationalist speech to EU leaders gathered in Munich.
Canada must condemn the ongoing U.S. embargo against Cuba, say two coalitions of Canadian churches, trade unions, aid groups and human rights defenders.
Joel Suárez: “What Trump is doing is deepening a policy of genocide, contrary to all international law. He uses hunger and the energy crisis as instruments of war. The United States has never tolerated the rebelliousness and dissent of our people and their revolution.”
Solar panels are great, but ambulances and garbage trucks need petroleum-based fuel. Now! Canada should join with Mexico, Colombia and others to send oil to Cuba in defiance of Tr*mp.
Did you know vulture funds can sue countries in debt to make a profit?
It’s happening to Ethiopia right now, in UK courts!
We’re in a unique situation where we can get the law changed and put an end to this predatory practice.
Sign the petition: tinyurl.com/yft5p2v3
La Jornada reporters in Cuba. Here’s a summary in English of what they have sharing.
A good long read on the far-right's use and abuse of the notion of narcoterrorism. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
With Trump now imposing a brutal, medieval siege on the island, this humanitarian aid is more critical than ever. But lentils and milk cannot power a country. What Cubans really need is oil.
You can accept Trump’s America, the America which governs through sieges, blockades, sanctions, and humiliation. Or you can stand with Nuestra América, the America Martí and Bolívar imagined, and that Bad Bunny echoed when he held up a football reading “Together we are America”.
The term of Haiti's transitional presidential council ended Feb. 7. Now a prime minister will rule with accountability only to the foreign governments that back him.
Monsters in Plain Sight:
"There is a darkness at the heart of Oligarch America, and the darkness isn’t just Donald Trump. The darkness has spread through the highest corridors of power."
U.S. Envoys Refused to Report "Apocalyptic" Conditions in Gaza.
The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem suppressed a February 2024 report on northern Gaza because it “lacked balance.” These photos from the UN fact finding trip are visual evidence of the conditions.
In the face of Trump’s threats to impose new tariffs on any nation that exports oil to Cuba, we all need to stand firm. Here are some ways to do just that -- along with some news updates.
