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The Death of the “Lima Group” and Re-birth of the Latin American Anti-imperialist Left

By Nino Pagliccia on August 13, 2021

One of the most despicable foreign policy decisions made by the government of Canada must have been co-opting a small number of Latin American countries to turn against their regional neighbor Venezuela. (more…)

Cuba Keeps Achieving the Impossible Thanks To Fidel’s Legacy

By Alejandra Garcia on August 13, 2021 from Havana

Fidel, photo: Roberto Chile

In 1969, Cuba achieved the impossible: the manufacture of the first micro-computer prototype on record in the Third World, the CID-201. That device, which did 25,000 sums per second and had a capacity of 4 kilowords -equal to 1024 words-, was a small step forward for science on the island. (more…)

Brazil: A Coup in the Planning and the Paralysis of Democratic Institutions

By Fernando de la Cuadra on August 10, 2021

tanks “parade” in front of the National Congress. Photo: Pedro França/Agência Senado

There is no longer any doubt that Bolsonaro is plotting a coup in the increasing probable scenario that his chances of being reelected in next year’s elections are very remote. After the successive and innumerable attacks made by Bolsonaro to democratic institutions, nothing indicates that he is going to stop (more…)

Peru No Longer Wants to “Wag its Tail” in the Backyard of the US

By Geraldina Colotti on August 11, 2021

image: The Hindu

In what stands out as the second progressive wave of this century for Latin America, the Peru of rural teacher Pedro Castillo, who assumed the presidency on the bicentennial of independence, promises to do its part. (more…)

Cuban Scientists Write Letter to Biden Rejecting ‘Failed State’ Claim

August 10, 2021

President Biden:

You recently referred to Cuba at a White House saying: ‘I would be prepared to give significant amounts of vaccines if… an international organization would administer those vaccines and do it in a way that average citizens would have access to those vaccines.’ You also called Cuba a ‘failed state’. (more…)

Biden’s Policy Stimulates Illegal Immigration from Cuba

By Alejandra Garcia on August 10, 2021 from Havana

photo: Bill Hackwell

President Joe Biden failed to keep the promise he made so many times during his election campaign regarding his Cuba policy. He vowed before millions of U.S. citizens to bring the two peoples closer together, beginning with at least the reestablishment of embassies in their capitals. (more…)

The Bolivian Government Warns Almagro that it Will Not Allow Meddling and Another Coup d’état

August 10, 2021

Almagro provoked massacres in 2019 coup in Bolivia

The Bolivian government, has through its Foreign Ministry, defended the results of the research analysis conducted by the Deep Tech Lab Research Group of BISITE of the General Foundation of the University of Salamanca – Spain, which ruled out an alleged fraud in the Bolivian elections. (more…)

The Progressive Death of Progressivism

By Roger D. Harris on August 5, 2021

Spanish for progressives divided into two parts

Emblematic of our times, the Berniecrat organization Our Revolution – never remotely revolutionary – has rebranded itself as “pragmatic progressive.” This innovation is based on the realization that progressive reforms will never be enacted unless they are fought for. And, since they are not about to fight President Biden, then it is only programmatic to accept that these reforms won’t happen. (more…)

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