Honduras: Xiomara Castro’s Government, Advancing Along a Mined Road
Five months of the revolutionary government, with eyes on the re-foundation of Honduras and watching their backs.
Cuba Lives, Breathes, Resists – May Day, COVID, Guantánamo, & the Summit of the Americas
May Day 2022 was a chance for Cuba to welcome tens of thousands of international guests to uphold the vision of International Workers’ Day and demonstrate that global solidarity with Cuba lives. The author too visited Cuba. Her inspiring report.
Ralph Gonsalves: ‘Latin America Is Resisting Monopoly Capitalism; If We Show Solidarity, We Will Succeed’
Interview with Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who is serving his fifth consecutive term in office. In addition to being an active campaigner for the republic and full sovereignty, Gonsalves is a renowned intellectual figure.
Mapping U.S. Imperialism
U.S. imperialism is the greatest threat to life on the planet. The exact death toll of U.S. imperialism is both staggering and impossible to know. What we do know is that since World War 2, U.S. imperialism has killed at least 36 million people globally.
Energy Reforms Blocked in Mexico, Sharpening Ideological Lines for 2024 Elections
President AMLO has used energy reform as a poison arrow to reveal to citizens the country’s main political blocs: the conservatives who defend the neoliberal agenda, and the liberal left that wants to dismantle the neoliberal model.
Living Without Fear: Francia Márquez and Black Feminist Politics in Colombia
Márquez is a 40-year-old Black woman, environmental grassroots leader, and lawyer who has been chosen to be the Vice Presidential candidate by Gustavo Petro, the leftist candidate for Colombia’s presidency. She is expanding a new political Black feminist perspective in Colombia and Latin America.
Heroic Venezuela
Venezuela heroically faced a brutal empire in the 19th century and is heroically defying yet another in the 21st century. Its past triumph fuels its courage and upholds its determination in the present.
Mexicans Mobilize in Support of President AMLO’s Electricity Reform; Also – AMLO Wins Recall Referendum
The electricity reform promoted by president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) seeks to nationalize Mexico’s energy industry by rolling back the process that opened it up to foreign and private investment in 2013. Also: 90% the voters back AMLO to remain in office until the end of his term.
The Fight for Labor Rights in Mexico
Activists are beginning to undo the damage done by NAFTA. The recent win of an insurgent union to represent workers at the Tridonex auto parts plant in the city of Matamoros, Mexico was a blow to the long unholy alliance between corporations and subservient unions in Mexico.
Why the Popular Movement in Argentina Against the Debt and the IMF Is Important
The “financial vultures” who are tightening the noose of indebtedness in order to gain still greater advantages at a historic moment when humanity is suffering sanitary, humanitarian and ecological disasters, must be denounced.