Peru: Chronicle of a Coup in Slow Motion
The removal of an elected president and the hasty swearing in of a de facto president is reminiscent of the coup against Evo Morales of Bolivia in 2019, although there are important differences.
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Nicaragua’s Humane Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
Nicaragua has achieved one of the lowest rates of excess COVID-19 deaths in Latin America, the highest rates of COVID-19 vaccinations in Central America and one of the highest GDP growth rates in the region and world.
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Peru’s Oligarchy Overthrows President Castillo – 2 Articles
The coup against Pedro Castillo is a major setback for the current wave of progressive governments and movements in Latin America. The coup and the arrest of Castillo are stark reminders that the ruling elites of Latin America will not concede any power without a bitter fight to the end.
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The Global South Births a New Game-Changing Payment System
Challenging the western monetary system, the Eurasia Economic Union is leading the Global South toward a new common payment system to bypass the US Dollar.
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A Factory without Bosses: Voices from Indorca
Indorca is a factory without bosses in the industrial city of Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela. Indorca’s workers carried out a heroic three-year struggle to gain control of the factory after the former owner brought it to a halt. In this interview, Indorca workers talk about their struggle.
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Brazil has a Way Forward
After one of the closest presidential elections ever in Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party emerged the winner. We publish Lula’s election night victory speech as president-elect.
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Cuba’s New Family Code: Made Possible by Socialism
The result of the referendum on the new Family Code in Cuba, held on September 25, is a landmark victory for socialism, a major advance and a signal of the virtue of a genuine people’s democracy.
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After Bolsonaro’s Failures, Why was Brazil’s Election So Close?
Bolsonaro is arguably even crazier than Donald Trump. He mishandled the COVID situation even worse than Trump, and he and his allies are up to their eyeballs in corruption. Yet he came within 2% of Lula? Given the amount of support the far-right politics has, what does it mean for the future of Brazil?
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Even a Lula Victory Won’t Necessarily Mean a Win for Brazil
Latin America’s Left needs a new development model to stop the continent’s ‘open veins’ from haemorrhaging.
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Alpidio Alonso Grau: “In Cuba, Revolution and Culture are Inseparable”
“Culture has been and remains an essential element to deeply understand the meaning of the social project we are building,” says Cuba’s Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso Grau, in this interview.
