Latin America
Venezuelan Parliament Goes on Offensive to Oust Maduro
By LUCAS KOERNER
Venezuela’s opposition-controlled legislature passed a constitutional amendment in first discussion this Wednesday. If approved by popular referendum, the reform will cut short...
Voices from Puerto Rico’s Students
Voices from Puerto Rico's Students Leading an Anti-Austerity Movement
Puerto Rican college students have been waging a series of demonstrations to protest austerity measures they...
Assassinations in Brazil
The oligarchy and the enemies of the people murder peasants in Brazil
The Continental Articulation of Social Movements towards the ALBA emphatically condemns the events...
A ‘Silent Coup’ for Brazil?
Brazil and other Latin American progressive governments are on the defensive as U.S.-backed political movements employ “silent coup” tactics to discredit and remove troublesome...
Chávez on self-management: the policy he did not have the time...
Introduction
On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced...
An alternative view on Venezuela’s Crisis
By Peter Bolton
Reports in the English-language press last week highlighted a series of small-scale street protests in Venezuela that bemoaned the scarcity of certain...
Obama’s pivot to Latin America
By Bill Van Auken
“It takes courage for a society to address uncomfortable truths about the darker parts of its past. Confronting crimes committed by...
Fidel Castro Vs Barack Obama
Fidel Castro’s Letter to Barack Obama:
Brother Obama
We don’t need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful, because our...
Terror in Guatemala
Armed people surprised the communitary leader when he was walking towards his home. Friends, family and environmentalist institutions demand that the crime does not...
Crisis in Brazil
Brazil is facing its worst political crisis in over two decades as opponents of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attempt to impeach her on corruption...