Thursday, 16 May , 2024

Latin America

Venezuela’s Pemon People Reclaim Sacred Kueka Stone Stolen by German Artist

11 May 2018 The stone was illegally granted to a German artist in 1998 against the will of the Pemon people. Members of Venezuela's Indigenous Pemon...

Bolivian President Evo Morales Warns of Plan ‘to Invade Venezuela’ by...

13 May 2018 Morales explained that "the empire acts out of fear of the sovereign vote and knows that it will never again subject the free...

Ecuador hints it may hand over Julian Assange to Britain and...

By James Cogan 12 May 2018 Julian Assange is in immense danger. Remarks made this week by Ecuador’s foreign minister suggest that her government...

Ecuador’s new rules ban Assange from taking visitors and phone calls

10 May 2018 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has found himself increasingly isolated within the Ecuadorean embassy in the United Kingdom. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been banned...

Argentine Opposition Warns of Crisis Amid Macri’s Return to IMF

9 May 2018 In 2001 an IMF-induced crisis left one in five Argentines without a job while people flooded the streets in protests that saw...

Communes and Workers’ Control in Venezuela – interview with Dario Azzellini

By Ricardo Vaz Source: Investig’Action April 27, 2018 “The communes should be the space in which we are going to give birth to socialism.” – these were...

Dilma Rousseff: ‘Free or Jailed’ Lula Will Be Elected President

2 May 2018 Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Lula "is an idea," the very "symbol of Brazil." Whether “free or imprisoned,” Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva “will...

Climate of Fear

by John Davis March 15, 2018 In The Atlantic, November 1, 2007, Cornell West wrote that “Niggerization is the wholesale attempt to impede democratization – to turn...

Zapatistas: Capitalism Won’t Allow AMLOs, Lulas, Correas or Evos

19 April 2018 The Subcomandate Galeano warned about the next possible fraud in Mexican elections and the rise of right wing in Latin America The Subcomandante...

Latin America Leaders Condemn US-led Attack on Syria

14 April 2018 The governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia were among those condemning the airstrikes against the Syrian government. Several Latin American governments, including those...