By Alejandra Garcia on August 23, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
On September 26, 2014, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal Rural School disappeared in the Mexican city of Iguala, in the Guerrero state, and their loved ones never heard from them again. Eight years later, the controversy remains unsolved despite the families’ endless calls for justice. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 21, 2022, from Havana
photos: Yaimi Ravelo
Silence. Fourteen coffins covered with a Cuban flag rest under the altar of the Virgin of the Forsaken, patron saint of firefighters in Cuba. In the background, two floral tributes of very red roses stand out, among many others, with the signatures of Díaz-Canel and Raul. Matanzas hurt deeply on Friday. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva on August 18, 2022
Chile lithium mine
In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile’s Copiapó province in the Atacama salt flat. The crater, which has a diameter of more than 100 feet, emerged in one of Chile’s most lucrative regions for copper and lithium extraction. The nearby Candelaria mining complex—80 percent of the property is owned by Canada’s Lundin Mining Corporation and 20 percent is owned by Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation—had to halt its operations in the area. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on August 18, 2022
Gustavo Petro-Francia Márquez
The government of Gustavo Petro-Francia Márquez has started off at a very good pace in its very important task and has already shown firm progress 11 days after taking office. (more…)
By Graciela Ramírez and Yaimi Ravelo on August 19, 2022 from Matanzas
Photos: Yaimi Ravelo
We are running 2 reports from our correspondents in Cuba who covered the moving farewell on Friday of a grieving nation to the 14 firefighters who lost their lives in the Matanzas tragedy. – editorial
Since the most serious fire in Cuba’s history broke out on August 5 at the Supertanker base in Matanzas, time and again we have come to this city to follow up on the raging fire and express our solidarity. (more…)
By Maxine Lowy on August 19, 2022
Chile’s new constitution, photo: Javier Torres AEP
Next month, on September 4, citizens in the South American nation of Chile will go to the polls in a plebiscite to decide whether to adopt a new constitution. The existing constitution was created in 1980 under the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, and for years many Chileans have argued that it prevents the country from being a full democracy. (more…)
By Daniel Kovalik on August 19, 2022
photo: Dan Kovalik
On August 7, 2022, Gustavo Petro and his running mate, Francia Márquez, were inaugurated as the President and Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia. This was one of the most historic events in Latin America for at least a century. (more…)
August 17, 2022
Argentinian unions and social movements are marching today towards the National Congress to protest against runaway inflation and ‘speculators’. (more…)