Thursday, 23 March , 2023

Latin America

CELAC and OAS

The tale of two opposed regional organizations By Charles McKelvey Jan 24, 2023 The Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC for...

Colombia Refuses To Donate Russian Weaponery To Ukraine

"I prefer that such old Russian weapons remain as scrap on Colombian land rather than using them to promote the armed conflict in Ukraine,” the Colombian President...

Clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru government

Jan 18, 2023 Thousands marched through Peru’s capital Thursday in a large anti-government rally punctuated by clashes with police, while the death toll from over...

Workers in Peru call for national strike to demand president’s resignation

At least 50 people have been killed so far during protests that began in December By Laura Gamba Fadul 19.01.2023 Workers in Peru have called a national...

Petroecuador Workers on Indefinite Strike Over Wage Demands

Authorities have not yet incorporated the new salary, despite a ruling executed on January 15 establishing equal pay for equal work Jan 18, 2023 On Wednesday, workers...

Protesters in Peru Are Demanding Change

Peru is now in its third week of protests, triggered by the impeachment of former president Pedro Castillo. The country’s rural poor are decrying...

Lula Is Giving a Lesson in How to Respond to Right-Wing...

On January 8, far-right supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of Brazil’s government in a scene reminiscent of the US...

Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say

By Anthony Faiola, Samantha Schmidt and Marina Dias January 14, 2023 BRASÍLIA — As security forces cleared supporters of defeated former president Jair Bolsonaro from Brazil’s Congress,...

Commune or Nothing! Venezuela’s Transition to Socialism

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez defined communes as the key blocks to building socialism from the bottom up. Nov 9th 2022 Amidst Washington’s economic siege, Venezuela’s communes...

Maduro proposes creating international alliance with nations close to Russia and...

January 14, 2023 Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, has proposed creating a new international alliance with nations in Latin America and the Caribbean that...