“In Bolivia, if the armed forces are shooting the people, killing the people, the people have the right to organize their security.” – Evo Morales It was a curious exchange. Frustrated by the attacks on ...
When Evo Morales and the Movement for Socialism took power in 2006, the government immediately sought to undo decades of theft by transnational mining firms. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup ...
Popular uprisings rejecting longheld neoliberalist policies are sweeping the globe, and Chile, fittingly, may be at the forefront. Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal “center-right” and “center-left” governments that benefit the wealthy and ...
Neoliberalism, the developed world’s policy framework of the past 40 years, is now in serious crisis. The slogan is pithy—Neoliberalismo nunca más (Neoliberalism Never Again). It was chanted in the streets of Santiago, Chile; it ...
Since June 3, the primary and secondary education teachers in Chile are mobilizing against the deterioration of public education, infrastructural problems, long-standing teachers’ debts and curricular changes, among other issues. (Peoples Dispatch) On June 17, ...
Around 450 delegates from 85 countries congregated in Caracas, to participate in a gathering of solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution. People from across the world have come to Caracas to join together as ...
In an exclusive interview with La Jornada, Maduro rejects that Venezuela is a dictatorship, that human rights are violated or that there is a humanitarian crisis. (Resumen Latinoamericano) In the worst crisis since assuming the ...
Why is the West sending humanitarian aid while simultaneously blocking Venezuela from accessing its own money? (Resumen Latinoamericano)The first trucks carrying the so-called humanitarian aid for Venezuela have arrived at the Colombian border city of ...
“Long live people’s power”, said Maduro, urging the people to continue fighting for their sovereignty. (Peoples Dispatch) On February 2, thousands of citizens and members of social movements and people’s organizations took part in a ...
As relations worsen between the US and Russia, is Venezuela beginning to look like the first contested battleground in a new Cold War?
A press conference held by John Bolton suggested the US might send 5,000 troops to Venezuela. Things are getting dangerous in the standoff between the United States and Venezuela. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on ...
In response to Trump declaration, President Nicolas Maduro gives diplomats from ‘imperialist’ U.S. 72 hours to leave the country. (Common Dreams) President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela officially cut off dipomatic ties with the U.S. government ...
“I am coming here again to denounce the plot that is being prepared from the White House to violate Venezuelan democracy, to assassinate me and to impose a dictatorial government in Venezuela.” (People’s Dispatch) Venezuelan ...
Guyana has won the black gold lottery, but what will happen to the South American nation with a population of only 800,000 and the continent’s smallest GDP now that oil has been found offshore? In ...
Funnyman Ben Stiller is getting serious with his new role as UN Goodwill Ambassador. The comedic actor was named a Goodwill Ambassador by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), who announced the news on ...
On Sunday, populist conservative politician Ivan Duque won Colombia’s run-off after securing 54 percent of the vote, beating his leftist contender and former Bogota mayor, Gustavo Petro. Petro earned 41.8 percent of the vote. The ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to provide a three-year $50 billion stand-by agreement (SBA) to Argentina to help boost the Latin American nation out of a currency crisis. The amount is the largest ...
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, simply known as Lula, surrendered to police last week in the southern city of Curitiba. He was convicted of corruption and is due to start his new ...
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