Latin America
Chile: Neoliberalism Under Siege in its Country of Birth
The movement for a new constitution is changing Chile, the country where military rulers embarked on an early and violent experiment in market reforms
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The mysterious case of an island that ‘vanished’ in the Gulf...
Isla Bermeja, only noticed missing in 2008, may have cost Mexico millions in oil revenue
By Shannon Collins
June 28, 2021
First appearing in a Spanish compendium...
Argentina: ‘15% Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate Is Too Low’
Martin Guzman pointed out that international negotiations should take as a starting point a rate of at least 21 percent.
29 June 2021
Argentina's Finance Minister...
The Imminent Coup In Peru
June 26, 2021
Legal maneuvers and delays, presented by the far-right, are pushing Peru closer to a coup with each passing day. It’s been 20...
Pedro Castillo – a teacher elected to dismantle neoliberalism in Peru
By Francisco Dominguez
Primary school teacher from Peru’s rural Cajamarca, Pedro Castillo, has been elected president of this South American nation in a hotly fought...
Peru at the Brink of Civil War? The Uprising of the...
By Peter Koenig
15 June 2021
On 28 July 2021, Peru, with her 33 million inhabitants, celebrates 200 years of Independence. The People of Peru may...
Colombia, Between Extermination and Emancipation
by Laura Carlsen*
June 11, 2021
Colombia’s nationwide strike has gone on for a month now, its mass mobilization reaching historic proportions for the nation and...
Cuba To Begin Clinical Trials of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine
About 300 children and adolescents will take part in the clinical trial to be developed in Havana.
Jun 11, 2021
On Thursday, Cuba's Center for State Control...
‘We Are Sounding the Alarm’: Global Left Warns Right-Wing Fujimori Trying...
"Fujimori’s only way forward to victory is simple: annul tens of thousands of already tallied votes," warned Progressive International. "Powerful forces are organizing to...
Brazil doesn’t need US permission to its own backyard, ex-president Lula...
7 Jun, 2021
RT’s Oksana Boyko caught up with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former leader of Brazil – who usually goes simply by...