Latin America
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...
Argentina: Massive Protest Against Macri’s government
In commemoration of the International Worker’s Day, all five Worker’s Centrals converged outside the Ministry of Labour in Buenos Aires City after marching from different...
A Letter to President Rousseff
Dear President Rousseff,
Please do not let go! Don’t let the corrupt neoliberal right wing with the help – no, at the instigation of Washington...
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...