In July 2024, Panama president José Raúl Mulino said his country was formally applying to join Mercosur as an associate member. In January 2025, Panama joined Mercosur as an associate member.

The CELAC extraordinary meeting of Heads of State and Government called for Thursday has been cancelled. The Pro Tempore Presidency says Honduras has received systematic opposition from Member Countries on the issue of Haiti and concerning the issue of migrants.

The statement by the Pro Tempore Presidency (Honduras), says that certain Member Countries have privileged other principles and interests different from those of the unity of the Latin American and Caribbean region as a Community.

Some progressive governments are evidently on a short leash and simply not prepared to take the plunge and oppose the empire Moments ago, President Xiomara Castro announced the enactment of the national emergency strategy for the protection of Honduran migrants. It includes an action program for Hondurans in an irregular migratory situation in the US, as well as those in transit & returned to Honduras.

President Xiomara says she'll instruct institutions of the newly created Migration Governance Council to immediately carry out in the next 72 hours, a technical mission of verification and support to migrants on the southern border of the US and the northern border of Mexico.

President @XiomaraCastroZ: "The displacement of people either within or outside [Honduras] has worsened with the implementation of a neoliberal economic model that deepened dependence, inequality, environmental degradation and violence." Deportations of Hondurans from the United States have decreased by at least 50% between 2000 and 2024.

• 2022: 88,000
• 2023: 58,000
• 2024: 44,000

There are an estimated 1.8 million Hondurans currently in the United States, of which Honduras has been informed that 261,651 have deportation orders and are not in the custody of the U.S. Immigration Service. 1,349 have deportation orders and are in custody. XC says the immediate expulsion of migrants from several Latin American and Caribbean countries, including Honduras, "undoubtedly generates a humanitarian and economic crisis in our nation" and reiterates willingness to maintain a close dialogue with the US on the matter.

The decreed and enacted national emergency strategy for the protection of Honduran migrants includes an action program for: 1. Hondurans in an irregular migratory situation in the United States 2.Honduran migrants in transit 3. Returned Honduran migrants. The strategy includes strengthening of agreements w/governments of transit countries, Guatemala and Mexico, coordinating of voluntary humanitarian return flights for Hondurans in Mexico, new consular offices where Hondurans reside, passport/national ID issuance will be sped up.

Camila - Kawsachuan News

Qassam has released quite a lot of footage of their operations against the IOF during the last month or so, before the signing of the ceasefire. All I can say is that despite 15 months of relentless bombing and a full blown ground operation, the Resistance's fighting capacity is still there. It's not untouched though because I believe the Resistance has suffered tremendously, but they are more than able to fight back and even determine the pace of fighting. In the latest series of videos released by Qassam, named "Ambushes of Death", the picture couldn't look worse of the "israelis".., scores of their soldiers are killed or seriously wounded in elaborated RPG, IED and sniper operations in the last few months. In one such operation, a Qassam Brigades team detonates a BIG IED under a Merkava tank and flips it over, tossing the turret away from the chassis in the process, resulting in multiple dead for the "israelis" as well as gravely wounded.

Do check out Jon Elmer's twitter account if you haven't, it's a great archive of Qassam/PIJ footage that might be uh.. handy I guess.

I have nothing but admiration for the military prowess of the Gazans, they're fighting in a small strip of land that is almost entirely flat and urban. There are no mountains or jungles to run away to, it's just a big city with smaller ones as satellites, the sea and the big border with "israel" and Egypt, completely at the marcy of their genocidal neighbors. Their only hope was to dig, dig and dig, study every single street and corner that exists and have a plan for each part of the city, strike only when necessary or when the enemy is completely distracted (like when these mfs just start posing for pictures or bulldozing buildings). Their way of conducting urban guerrilla warfare will be studied for generations, there have been urban guerrillas in the past but I think none is just as good as this one.

I’m really happy to see Colombia standing up for itself even if there isn’t much it can do. For too long the country has been seen as a sexpat and drug lord haven that only exists to serve foreigners interested in both.

The merciless January counteroffensive against China watchers continues. Further thawing between India and China:
https://xcancel.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1884149054914888088

India and China have tentatively agreed to restart direct flights between their countries, nearly five years after they were suspended due to the COVID19 pandemic and escalating political tensions.

The announcement on Monday came after India’s senior diplomat visited Beijing, suggesting a potential easing of strained relations between the two most populous nations in the world.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to the Chinese capital is among the most significant official interactions since the deadly border clash in the Himalayas in 2020, which pushed relations to a breaking point.

India’s statement further noted that China had agreed to allow the resumption of pilgrimages to a revered shrine dedicated to the Hindu deity Krishna, a tradition that had been suspended since the start of the decade.

https://x.com/Sturgeons_Law/status/1884294162180362559

One of the criticism I see of Assads from pro-HTS clowns was that he "sold" Golan Heights to Israel. What is this then? Not even bothering with fighting for your territory.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/breaking-musk-takeover-of-federal-hr-office?ICID=ref_fark That the one country that can print money like its nothing still does this to itself is a testament to its greed

Imperialist enforcer's feelings hurt after being subject of imperial coercion

The Speaker of the Denmark's rubber-stamp parliament, Søren Gade, felt a "wrench in the gut" when he heard Donald Trump's threats about wanting to take over Greenland.

He said this to Politiken.

Gade, who is a former head of the Liberal Party-controlled Ministry of Defence himself, finds it particularly unfortunate in light of Denmark's consistent support for American military violence across the globe.

"It hurts a bit when you have stood in the Pentagon and received praise for Denmark's efforts, the soldiers' efforts, and have been praised for punching above your weight, and whatever else has been said."

"The praise wasn't for me, it was for Denmark and our skilled soldiers. That's why I felt a little wrench in the gut when I heard it," he says.

When you dance with the devil, you don’t get to lead.

another F35 down

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/military/2025/01/28/f-35-crashes-at-eielson-air-force-base-military-officials-say/

Video - https://xcancel.com/anadoluagency/status/1884461076487499852

Really seems like Trump has no idea what the fuck he’s doing lmao

Reminds me of what my boss does when he’s trying to impress his boss

One Republic became the first ever American band to perform on the CCTV New Year’s Gala (春晚), live from the Wuhan stage

Why? Because during Covid lockdown, frontman Ryan Tedder came out in support of Wuhan amidst waves of anti-China sentiment, livestreaming himself enjoying the Wuhan hot dry noodle, and promised that one day he would visit the city of Wuhan!

Wuhan hot dry noodle as imagined by Tedder using spaghetti noodles:

Wuhan (武汉) hot dry noodle tattoo:

He finally got his wish to perform in front of the entire nation today, straight from Wuhan itself!

Yes, this is news.

The Trouble With Tariffs: What You Think About Prices Matters to the Fed

When or whether the Fed resumes cuts rests in large part on the outlook for inflation which, in turn, could be shaped this year by whether Trump follows through on threats to raise tariffs. Last week, Trump said he was considering whether to impose higher duties on imports from Canada and Mexico by this Saturday.

Tariffs remain a key wild card for the Fed’s outlook because of concerns over how they could influence businesses’ and consumers’ expectations of future inflation.

I think this offers a key insight into why Trump is threatening tariffs on everyone. This is how the federal government can gain control over the Federal Reserve monetary policy. By forcing the market to anticipate inflation, the Fed is less likely to lower interest rates - Trump then controls the timing of rate cut by lowering the tariffs when he sees fit.

Most likely, Trump will use the interest rate as leverage in his negotiation with China. He’d said he would visit China in the first 100 days. As I have mentioned before, China desperately needs the Fed to lower the rate so they can refinance away their mounting local government debt. So this could be a very powerful leverage if used correctly.

Judge blocks Trump federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid

Well that was fast. I’m sure they saw this coming, what’s the play here? Get this to go up to the Supreme Court for them to validate executive dominion over legislative power for the future? Flood the system with over-the-top distractions for some percentage of that to be successful? Shooting the moon and intentionally failing in order to appease his base? Build a political mandate (illegal as it would be) for purging federal judges? Something else?

Seems like Trump knows that reaching the farthest he yet has and immediately getting shot down wouldn’t look good for him. But this is the obvious response, and yet it kind of feels like a trap. So what’s he thinking here

Just a little (terminally?) online news to be aware of: Innuendo Studios is "back" after essentially a 4 year hiatus (gee, wonder why). Allegedly only to do a couple videos and then bow out of their online production entirely (🤞). Preaching to us for years about fascism and then coming back after saying not a word about 14 months of televised genocide in order to lecture us that we need to do something about Trump, and watch out for him insituting a Muslim registry.

I think it's just relevant to watch out for even baby leftists falling into the trap of joining this guy's fanclub and thinking he is a leftist. Beware in your broader social media and possibly even offline interactions for this dude's fandom. His preachy style makes people go absolutely gaga. Ugh.