A Radical Land Occupation in Brazil Shows How to Reimagine Our Societies for the Better
Brazil’s MST have achieved something even Gandhi never could: the combination of constructive alternatives with broad-based resistance.
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Radical Land Reform in Venezuela: A Conversation with Juan Carlos Loyo
Chávez’s agriculture minister talks about the revolutionary changes in land tenure that took place under the former president.
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The U.S. Is Intentionally Strangling Venezuela
In the world of high politics, suffering is an instrument of statecraft, and US officials are trying to strangle the Venezuelan Revolution with sanctions. Above all, they fear the radical ambitions of the popular classes, which once transformed Venezuela and may do so again
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A Lesson from Simón Bolívar: “To Hesitate is to Perish”
Simón Bolívar not only advanced the ideals of the unity of Our America, he went further in this endeavor and strategically organized his entire struggle to advance with tenacity and coherence towards the creation of the Patria Grande (Great Homeland).
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The President Who Can’t Resist Defying the US Is at It Again
President Ortega of Nicaragua has demonstrated through his continued victories, and through his forming of new alliances with countries like China, that times have changed; that it is now the US, with its crumbling empire, which must watch on the sidelines as countries like tiny Nicaragua chart their own futures.
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Cuba Shows an Alternative to Big Pharma Hegemony Through Global Solidarity
Not only has Cuba succeeded in vaccinating 93% of its population, including children – a figure more than most developed countries – with its indigenously developed vaccines, it has also started sending these vaccines to other countries that have approved them.
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21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America
During the 21st century, the US rulers have turned to a new coup strategy, relying on soft coups, a significant change from the notoriously brutal military hard coups in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and other countries in the 1970s. A list of 27 US-backed coups in the first 21 years of this century.
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An Extraordinary Woman
One of the most forceful voices defending the rights of the Guatemalan indigenous population has been Rigoberta Menchú. Born to a poor indigenous family from El Quiché, a rural area in north-central Guatemala, her activism won her international recognition.
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Educating for the Future: How the Che Guevara Commune Confronts the Crisis (Part III)
In this third and final part on the Che Guevara Commune of Venezuela, a look at the Commune’s efforts to provide social assistance to the community at a time when US imposed sanctions are interfering with educational and health services in the country.
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2021 Latin America and the Caribbean in Review: The Pink Tide Rises Again
The balance between the US drive to dominate its “backyard” and its counterpart, the Bolivarian cause of regional independence and integration, continued to tip portside in 2021 with major popular electoral victories in Chile, Honduras, and Peru.
