WalmartLand: How US Stores Colonizing Mexico are Displacing Local Culture
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WalmartLand: How US Stores Colonizing Mexico are Displacing Local Culture

Foreign corporations have a lot of freedom in Mexico, and they are backed by trade agreements like NAFTA and USMCA that were created within very unequal power dynamics. As an activist put it succinctly, “This is nothing less than a cultural conquest.”

Colombians Resume Protests Against Duque’s Far-Right Government
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Colombians Resume Protests Against Duque’s Far-Right Government

On August 26, as a part of a new national strike, thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country in rejection of a new tax reform bill promoted by the national government and in support of the ten bills presented by different sectors last month.

Cuba, China, Latin America and the World
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Cuba, China, Latin America and the World

Success of the U.S. in its hybrid war against Cuba would be a huge step forward for the U.S. in its fight against national independence in Latin America and the world, and in the new cold war against China. And hence the situation in Cuba is the key to the situation in Latin America today.

Two Years Since Abrogation of Article 370: Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir
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Two Years Since Abrogation of Article 370: Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir

This executive summary of the third report issued by the Forum details several issues from civilian security to freedom of media, speech and information as well as health, employment, land, demography and identity rights.

Two Dharnas

Two Dharnas

For months on end, Indian peasants have tenaciously sustained mass protests at two very different sites – one at the borders of Delhi, the other at Silger, Chhattisgarh. While their issues look very different, at another level, the protests are linked. Also: ‘Chhattisgarh: Silger Protests Continue, Increase in Violence Hinder Access to Justice’.