By John Perry on November 10, 2022
photo: Radio La Primerisima
Sunday, November 6, saw the latest municipal elections in Nicaragua, with mayors and councilors elected for every city hall in the country, from the smallest to the largest (the capital, Managua). In the last general election, a year ago, 66% of voters took part. (more…)
November 7, 2022
On Wednesday November 3, Chilean President Gabriel Boric reported that he would soon present to Congress a bill to reform the country’s current private pension system. (more…)
By Pedro Marin on November 7, 2022
favela in Rio, photo: Bill Hackwell
The tenure of President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is defined by the deforestation of the Amazon, the return of 33 million Brazilians to hunger, and the terrible governance of the country during the pandemic. (more…)
By Miguel Muñoz on November 7, 2022
Ignacio Ramonet. photo: Jairo Vargas/ Público.
Journalist Ignacio Ramonet has recently published a new book entitled Trump, the Cult of Lies and the Assault on Capitol Hill (Clave Intelectual, 2022) In this interview with Público he offers some details of what the publication contains. (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on November 6, 2022
No to the coup d’etat in Bolivia, photo: Perez del Carpio, picture-alliance
Once again the oligarchy allied with the US government and the Yankee transnationals are waving in Bolivia the banner of division, rupture and regression to the past of exclusion, inequality and oblivion. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on November 6, 2022
How can we stop climate change, which is having a strong impact on the world, especially in Latin America? What are the challenges facing the region in this regard? How can youth movements, indigenous peoples, farmers, environmental activists, and civil society organizations make their voices heard? (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on November 6, 2022
sanctions are a crime
This week the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed the resolution presented by Cuba to demand the end of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade of the United States of America over the island. The rejection was overwhelming, but there was a missing vote among those in favor. Venezuela, which traditionally supports Cuba’s position and is also a victim of the same type of unilateral sanctions, was absent. (more…)
By Ilka Oliva-Corado on November 6, 2022
He first encountered salmon in New York when he saw it laying on trays in the supermarket deli. Twelve dollars a half-pound piece. Twelve dollars, he wondered what he could do with twelve dollars in his native Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, no doubt feeding his family for at least three days. (more…)