WHEN Trump returned to the US presidency for the second time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio almost immediately declared Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua “enemies of humanity,” making it clear they would be in the crosshairs of US aggression.He astonishingly added that “if it were not for these three regimes there would not be a migration crisis in the hemisphere.”The record since of the US regime when it comes to these countries is fully in line with Rubio’s comments, and when it comes to Venezuela and Cuba this has been widely covered in the labour movement and left press.

As the U.S. puts up barriers to would-be migrants coming across the southern border, Latin America is undergoing a sharp political shift. Politicians from Peru…

Lula's remarks come as Trump asserts US power in Latin America in his own UN address.

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