By Atilio A. Boron on June 20, 2022
photo: Prensa Latina
With just over 98 percent of the precincts counted, the triumph of Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historic Pact, in the second round of the Colombian presidential elections was confirmed. Petro had 50.51 percent of the votes against 47.22 percent for his rival. It is an extraordinary victory, with not only national but also continental projections. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Gustavo A Maranges on June 21, 2022
We Won!
This Sunday, Colombia made history. For the first time, a leftist candidate will become president of this Latin America nation that yearns for a definitive regime change. Gustavo Petro, the former rebel fighter who has promised a profound social and economic reform in that country, is the Colombian people’s best option at this point in time to get them out of the poverty and violence that has shaken them for decades. (more…)
June 21, 2022
photo: Radio LaCalle
With more repression, raids and mobilizations throughout the country, Ecuador reaches its ninth consecutive day of protests with new statements by the Minister of Defense, Luis Lara, accusing indigenous organizations of putting “democracy at risk”. (more…)
John Perry on June 18, 2022
Daniel Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is “laying waste to civil society” according to the Associated Press. The Guardian called it a “sweeping purge of civil society,” while for the New York Times, Nicaragua is “inching toward dictatorship.” According to the Washington Post, the country is already “a dictatorship laid bare.” In a call repeated by the BBC, the UN human rights commissioner urged Nicaragua to stop its “damaging crackdown on civil society.” (more…)
By Marcia Perdomo and the editorial staff on June 20, 2022
image: Criterio
After four postponed hearings, sixteen minutes were enough to read the sentence against Roberto David Castillo Mejía, who must serve a total of 22 years and six months in prison for the murder of indigenous environmentalist Berta Isabel Cáceres. (more…)
By: David Brooks on June 17, 2022
Jan. 6 attack on US Congress, photo: Tyler Merbler/creative commons
At the same time that Joe Biden and his team were acting as supreme judges of democracies at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, at the other end of the country, in Washington, Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Select Committee on January 6 (more…)
By Elson Concepción Pérez on June 18, 2021
down with blockade, photo: Yaimi Ravelo
Five years ago today, Donald Trump dusted off the rhetoric of the Cold War and intensified the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba compiling the unusual figure of 243 measures. (more…)
By Rick Sterling on June 17, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
Last week (June 8-10) there were two summits in Los Angeles, California: the Summit of the Americas hosted by the US State Department and the Peoples Summit hosted by US and international activist organizations. (more…)