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OPEN LETTER: In Caracas, a toll of 2,595 dead the world must not forget
Introduction: a letter so we don't look away
COMMENTARY: CUSMA in limbo — Trump leaves North America's greatest trade deal in a void
On July 1, 2026, the CUSMA — the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, known as USMCA on the American side and T-MEC in Mexico
COMMENTARY: Russian Drones Kill a Civilian Sailor in the Black Sea — the Maritime Terrorism the World Ignores
On June 19, 2026, two civilian merchant ships were leaving Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea with their cargo holds full. One flew the…
EDITORIAL: Trump Targets Brazil With 25% Tariffs — Section 301 as an All-Purpose Weapon
On June 1, 2026, the USTR (United States Trade Representative) proposed 25% tariffs on Brazilian imports under a separate Section 301 investigation — separate,…
ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court Validates Metering — Asylum at the Border Under Severe Constraint
On June 25, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision by 6 votes to 3 overturning a lower court judgment that had…
NARRATIVE: Adriana Zapata, Deported to the DRC Without Insulin — Trump's Kafkaesque Justice
On April 16, 2026, Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata, a Colombian woman of approximately forty years old, diabetic, suffering from hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia, was forced…
ESSAY: Boasberg vs. Trump — the Alien Enemies Act and the Venezuelan detainees at CECOT
In March 2025, federal judge James Boasberg of Washington DC finds himself facing one of the most explosive situations of his career: he orders…
PROFILE: Mohamed Abdel — The Egyptian Cook Killed by a Russian Drone on a Civilian Cargo Ship in the Black Sea
The Victress was a cargo vessel. It was owned by a Turkish businessman named Cengiz Akpınar. It sailed under a Panamanian flag — a…
COMMENTARY: USMCA and Trump — When Commercial Isolationism Threatens Midwest Farms
July 1, 2026 marks the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trade deal that Donald Trump…