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  Donroe Doctrine: Trump’s neocolonial drive in Latin America
Ben Norton details how Trump’s aggressive Latin America policy blends military force, economic coercion, and regime change to secure US dominance in the region. The Trump administration’s military actions against Venezuela are part of a wider...
    
  The reason CARICOM does not have the death penalty
I BEGIN this commentary here with the assertion of my belief in the death penalty. Secondly, no sovereign nation should be coerced by big powers in the international system to adopt the values of the cultures of those countries. Culture varies...
    
  Trump withdraws nomination for Joel Rayburn to run Middle East affairs at State Department
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Joel Rayburn to serve as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, the leading Middle East position at the State Department. According to a notice in Congress's filing system,...
    
  The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Neocolonial Plan For Latin America
Through war, he is reviving the colonial Monroe Doctrine, which top officials now proudly call the Donroe Doctrine. The Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela, but this is part of a larger political war on Latin America. In the...
    
  Concacaf U-20 Men’s qualifiers to be held from February 23-March 4
Sports Roneil Walcott 8 Hrs Ago TT men's under-20 full back Duhrell Young (L) battles for possession with Canada's Santiago Lopez during their 2024 Concacaf Men's Under-20 qualifier at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo. - File Photo courtesy...
    
  How to watch Paris Masters 2025: live stream tennis online for FREE, start time, what TV channel?" target="_self" data-before-rewrite-localise="/how-to-watch/tennis/paris-masters-2025-free
Paris Masters 2025: Monday, October 27 to Sunday, November 2 Daily start time: 6am ET / 10am GMT Free stream: France TV (France) Unlock the free stream using ExpressVPN Watch Paris Masters 2025 live streams, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner...
    
  Bermuda To Compete In 2026 U-20 Qualifiers
Bermuda will compete in the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers, scheduled from February 23 to March 4, 2026. A spokesperson said, “Concacaf has announced key details about the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers. The tournament, which will serve as the 2026...
    
  The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: This is Trump’s neocolonial plan for Latin America
The Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela, but this is part of a larger political war on Latin America. In the first year of Trump’s second term as president, the US government has: Those are the sticks of Trump’s new Big Stick...
    
  Dear Editor: US warships in Caribbean represent ‘real and immediate threats to regional stability’
“[…] The narcotics trade continues to devastate Caribbean societies—eroding lives, futures, and the very moral fabric of our communities. This is a grave crisis for the Church and for families everywhere, and one we are duty-bound to confront....
    
  Roman Polanski’s recent film just screened across NYC — here’s why it matters
Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault. Roman Polanski is an Academy Award-winning director who drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old girl named Samantha Geimer in 1977. Though his case with Geimer is the most...
    
  Most of the world’s space launches are controlled by just three countries
The world is increasingly reaching for the stars, but only a few countries have the ability to make it there. As of 2023, over 85 nations have space exploration programs, but only a dozen have active spaceports. This leaves the rest of the world...
    
  European space giants plan new satellite powerhouse to take on Starlink
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales have unveiled plans for a new European satellite group headquartered in France – a landmark alliance aimed at bolstering Europe's space ambitions and taking on global heavyweights such as Elon Musk's Starlink. After...
NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’—and might have accidentally sent it to Mars
To build a spacecraft, you need an extremely clean construction zone. That’s essential if you’re sending a robot to another world to search for signs of microscopic alien life. One wouldn’t want to mistake a stowaway for the first evidence of...
WEATHER – EUROPE’S METEOROLOGICAL FUTURE BEGINS WITH METOP-SG-A1
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, launched on an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana © Arianespace On 13 August 2025, Europe commenced a...
    
  The world needs more launchpads. Oman wants to help
Oman’s dream for a spaceport sits in a swath of desert overlooking the Arabian Sea. If all goes according to plan, three separate complexes here will launch everything from small suborbital rockets for scientific experiments to superheavy...
    
  Surge in attacks: Israeli settlers terrorise Palestinian olive farmers
Settler attacks on Palestinian olive growers in the occupied West Bank this year have surged to four times the level recorded before the Gaza war began two years ago, the Palestinian Farmers' Union said. There was an average of three attacks a day...
    
  National dress debates run deeper than just fabric
Party liquor can only be classified as tequila when it’s made from tequilana or blue Weber agave — a plant grown in specific regions of Mexico. Similarly, sparkling, sweet celebratory drinks can only be called champagne if the grapes are...
    
  Ariane 6 set to deploy Copernicus Sentinel 1D on November 4
Ariane 6 set to deploy Copernicus Sentinel 1D on November 4 by Erica Marchand Paris, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 On November 4, 2025 at 6:03 p.m. local time in French Guiana (9:03 p.m. UTC, 10:03 p.m. CET), Arianespace plans to launch the Copernicus...
    
  Ex-French leader Nicolas Sarkozy admitted to La Sante prison in Paris
PARIS, October 21. /TASS/. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who served from 2007 to 2012, has been taken to Paris’s La Sante prison to begin serving his five-year sentence over the Libyan funding of his 2007 election campaign, a TASS...
    
  Friday on My Mind: Electronic artist Ouri was freed by Montreal's music scene
Breadcrumb Trail Links Montreal movies Music Also: movies about Bruce Springsteen and Garland Jeffreys. Montreal electronic artist Ouri launches her album Daisy Cutter with a show on Friday, Oct. 24. Photo: Killbeat Music Friday on My Mind is a...