Latin America Resists Trump – Deportations, Drugs, and Economic Warfare – John Perry

The main difference between Donald Trump and his predecessors is that the current CEO of the empire better exposes naked imperialism. With an ever more aggressive and virulent projection of hegemony, the Yankees view problems such as migration and drug trafficking as simply coming from the south, ignoring some of the underlying made-in-the-USA causes.

To reverse that narrative, our speaker will provide a view from the south and how resistance is building in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Nicaragua-based John Perry is a naturalized citizen and a supporter of the Sandinista Revolution. He is a journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, Grayzone, FAIR, and many other publications.

For background, see:

• Migration, Drugs, and Tariffs: Whether Biden or Trump, US’s Latin American Policy Will Still Be Contemptible. https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/03/migration-drugs-and-tariffs-whether-biden-or-trump-uss-latin-american-policy-will-still-be-contemptible/
• CAFTA treaty and Prospect of New US Sanctions Against Nicaragua. https://www.nicasolidarity.com/10222024-nica-breaks-relations-israel-statement-to-europe-conference/the-cafta-treaty-and-the-prospect-of-new-us-sanctions-against-nicaragua?rq=cafta
• Panama Tries Compromise; US Says It’s Not Enough. https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/03/panama-tries-compromise-us-says-its-not-enough/
• Development banker says US knew of plot to oust him over Nicaragua loans. https://thegrayzone.com/2025/01/22/development-banker-us-plot-nicaragua-loans/