Latin America
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...
Lula, thw BRICS, Russia and China
How will President Lula navigate his affinity for Russia?
By David Monyae
Jan 8, 2023
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula, was inaugurated as...
Venezuela: Metalworkers Block Highway, Protest for Better Pay
Mérida, January 14, 2023
Venezuelan industrial workers have staged demonstrations to demand higher wages at state-owned steelmaking company Siderúrgicas del Orinoco (Sidor).
Since last Monday, hundreds...
Peru: US-Backed Coup Regime Has Murdered 46 Demonstrators
By Steve Lalla
Jan 11, 2023
In Peru, the death toll has risen to at least 46 following the December 7 US-backed coup overthrowing democratically elected...
Brazil: a victory in a tragedy underway
by Virgínia Fontes
1 January 2023
Lula’s victory raises many hopes, despite the alliances made too early with a motley array of forces, including those who...
‘No Amnesty!’: Brazilian Democracy Defenders Call for Imprisonment of Pro-Bolsonaro Attackers
"In a revolutionary situation workers are a hundred times more to the left than the Party, the Party a hundred times more to the...
Brazil – the Netanyahu connection
Brazil's new leader Lula ousts Israel envoy appointed by predecessor Bolsonaro
Jan 11, 2023
Brazil’s Ambassador to Israel General Gerson Menandro Garcia de Freitas was booted...