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3 weeks ago | 
blackagendareport.com | Janvieve Williams Comrie |Roberto Sirvent |Malcolm Harris |Margaret Kimberley
The United States' role in Central Africa has resulted in regional war and mass casualties. Originally published in NewsGhana. Geostrategic AnalysisUnited States President Donald Trump during a White House meeting on April 18 with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made several comments about the detentions and deportations of migrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
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1 month ago | 
blackagendareport.com | Janvieve Williams Comrie |Roberto Sirvent |Ann Garrison |Malcolm Harris
For nearly three decades, draconian 1996 immigration laws have torn families apart—jailing long-term residents over minor offenses, fast-tracking deportations of asylum seekers, and fueling the cruel machine of immigrant detention. While the U.S. reckons with the harms of mass incarceration, these lesser-known Clinton-era policies remain a brutal engine of family separation and due process violations. Originally published in Human Rights Watch.
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2 months ago | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Ann Garrison |Janvieve Williams Comrie
As Ecuador heads into a pivotal runoff election, left-wing candidate Luisa González emerges as the favorite—but the shadow of foreign interference and political violence looms large. In this interview, diplomat and human rights advocate Fidel Narváez warns that while the Citizen Revolution coalition is poised to reclaim power, the far right and external forces may yet attempt to derail democracy as they have before. Originally published in Orinoco Tribune.
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2 months ago | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Janvieve Williams Comrie |Austin Cole |Arnold August
Jamaica’s upcoming election has become a litmus test for Caribbean sovereignty as the U.S. and China compete for dominance. Washington’s threats to seize the Panama Canal and Marco Rubio’s heavy-handed diplomacy expose the island’s precarious position. Jamaica now faces a choice - resist becoming a pawn of the U.S. or surrender to its imperialist interests. Originally published in WiredJA.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Janvieve Williams Comrie |Chevy Solís Acevedo |Zoe Alexandra
The deal for a prisoner exchange proposed by the El Salvadoran president presents a dangerous threat to incarcerated people in the U.S. The continued outsourcing of the U.S. penal system signals the empire's growing carceral activities and its attempt to remain a dominant force in the region.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
blackagendareport.com | Arnold August |Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Janvieve Williams Comrie |Malcolm Harris
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jessie Cox. Cox is Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University. His book is Sounds of Black Switzerland: Blackness, Music, and Unthought Voices. Roberto Sirvent: How can your book help BAR readers understand the current political and social climate? Jessie Cox: The book proposes new ways of thinking about the interrelations between citizenship, migration, gender, and race.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Janvieve Williams Comrie |Marie Laurette Numa |Zoe Alexandra
Before beginning his term in office, president-elect Donald Trump already proclaimed his intention to seize the Panama Canal. Understanding the importance of the canal and the history of labor, race and national sovereignty in Panama is critical to properly contextualize the gravity of this declaration. Originally published in AfroResistance.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Margaret Kimberley |Janvieve Williams Comrie |Zoe Alexandra
The murder of four Afro-Ecuadorian boys is another tragic example of the long history of racism in Latin America. The utter disregard for the lives of Black youth and the refusal to seek justice for the deplorable acts committed against them reveals the true nature of those states. Building a region free of imperialist forces that will work to bring peace and stability is how the masses will rid themselves of this unrelenting violence.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Margaret Kimberley |Abayomi Azikiwe |Janvieve Williams Comrie
The United States is continuing its economic battle against China in South America. However, its influence in the region is in decline as BRICS becomes an alternative to U.S. hegemony. In recent weeks, various summits and international conferences took place that set the priorities both regionally and internationally for the next several years.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
blackagendareport.com | Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Abayomi Azikiwe |Ed Newman |Janvieve Williams Comrie
The People’s Summit vs. G20 and the International People’s Tribunal recently took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to counter the G20 Summit that occurred in the same city. Black Agenda Report Contributor, Claudia O’Brien Moscoso reporting from Rio, joined Margaret Kimberley for a discussion about the summit within the context of the increased imperialist focus on South America. Margaret Kimberley: This is Margaret Kimberley, executive editor of Black Agenda Report.
