Thursday, 5 December , 2024

Latin America

Now, in Brazil, the Battle for Democracy is Fought on the...

By Carlos Aznárez / The Dawn News The coup has been consummated. Brazil now joins Honduras and Paraguay in the list of countries that Imperialism...

Dilma Rousseff Calls for Mobilizations to Overturn Coup

Source Telesur / May 12, 2016. TeleSUR’s correspondent said the Brazilian president dissolved her government after the Senate voted to put her on trial. Ousted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on...

Brazil: a New Government Takes Over Amongst Instability and Uncertainty

By Pedro Rafael Vilela / Source Agência Brasil / The Dawn News Accused of leading the coup, Temer arrives to power by breaking the democratic...

WikiLeaks: Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer Is US Diplomatic Informant

By Kit O'Connell Brazil’s acting President Michel Temer arrives to speak, at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2016. SAO PAULO — Brazil’s new acting...

Coup in Brazil

Democracy lost in Brazil By Steven Cohen As expected, the Brazilian Senate voted early Thursday to suspend President Dilma Rousseff and put on her on trial for...

The Strange Death of Hugo Chavez

by MIKE WHITNEY “Hugo Chavez defied the most powerful interests, and he refused to bow down….I believe there is a very strong possibility that President...

Who rules the world? America is no longer the obvious answer

By Noam Chomsky When we ask “who rules the world?” we commonly adopt the standard convention that the actors in world affairs are states, primarily...

The real reason Dilma Rousseff’s enemies want her impeached

The story of Brazil’s political crisis, and the rapidly changing global perception of it, begins with its national media. The country’s dominant broadcast and print...

“Social Movements in the political renewal”

Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a Doctor in Sociology of Law and professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Theoretical and practical analyst of...

Puerto Rico: How US Domination Lies behind the Debt Crisis

Puerto Rico looks set to miss a new deadline on payments regarding the island’s US$72 billion debt. Despite the measures taken by the local authorities, many...