By Ricardo Vaz on July 30, 2022
On Friday, the High Court of England and Wales decided in favor of opposition politician Juan Guaidó and dismissed a new effort by the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to regain control over their 31 tons of gold reserves worth an estimated US $1.7 billion. (more…)
By Jeremy Kuzmarov on July 30, 2022
In an interview with British journalist Matt Kennard at his home in El Trópico, a small town four hours from Cochabamba in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, former Bolivian president Evo Morales (2006-2019) called for an international campaign to eliminate NATO (more…)
By Olmedo Beluche on July 29, 2022
photo: Larish Julio
In the last 20 years, Panama has shown macroeconomic figures that the neoliberals love, in particular a sustained growth of the GDP based on private accumulation as a result of the reversion of the canal to Panamanian sovereignty. (more…)
By Medea Benjamin on June 23, 2022
AMLO interacts with supporters from the Lombardy Hotel. photo: Portico
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is wildly popular among Mexicans at home and abroad. It’s not just because of his domestic policies: AMLO is also playing a key role in challenging US dominance in Latin America. (more…)
By Arnold August on July 26, 2022
In 1953, when virtually all the progressive and revolutionary forces in Cuba offered no viable solution to oppose the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship, Fidel Castro and his comrades did indeed work out a path. It was a route characterized by game-changing statements coupled with exceptionally courageous deeds, out of which emerged the July 26 Movement. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on July 28, 2022
Since July 4 Chile has been going through one of the most important processes in its history: the campaign for the approval of the new Constitution. The draft constitution that will be voted on September 4 is the result of an entire year of work by the Constituent Assembly composed of 154 people representing all sectors of Chilean society. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 28, 2022
An Indigenous woman sings a powerful rendition of O’ Canada, in Cree during the Pope’s visit. photo: Gavin John, Globe and Mail
Canada is opening its eyes to the past as it gradually uncovers with horror the traces of colonization and religion in the country. This is happening since a year ago when a mass grave with 215 remains of indigenous children was discovered in the vicinity of a former residential school in the British Columbia province in May, 2021. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet, journalist, Spain; Hernando Calvo Ospina, writer, France; Atilio Borón, sociologist, Argentina and Fernando Buen Abad, philosopher, Mexico on July 28, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
A few months ago, at our initiative, we collected signatures of scientific, political, artistic and intellectual personalities, with social leadership and deep humanist commitments, to disseminate worldwide an emphatic protest against the blockade that the United States has maintained against Cuba for more than sixty years. (more…)