By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores on April 16, 2021
A spoiled ballot in Ecuador’s elections. Photo by @AlinaDuarte_
Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it (more…)
April 8, 2021
Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people more than a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health (more…)
By Marc Vanderpitte on April 15, 2021
President Miguel Diaz Canel with Raul Castro, Photo: Bill Hackwell
Tomorrow April 16, Raúl Castro will step down as First Secretary of the Communist Party in Cuba. On that day the historical generation makes way for a (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on April 15, 2021
Photo: Santiago Fernández / EFE
What caused the electoral debacle of the candidate of the Union for Hope (UNES) Andrés Arauz in the April 11 election against the money-laundering banker (more…)
By Carlos Aznarez on April 6, 2021
To interview Joao Pedro Stedile, referent of the Landless Movement of Brazil, is to know in advance that everything he says (more…)
April 12, 2021
Who is Pedro Castillo?
The presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, of the Peru Libre party, assured at the closing of this electoral Sunday (more…)
By Marco Teruggi on April 13, 2021
Ecuador woke up with the news that Guillermo Lasso will be the new president. None of the crisis scenarios or disputes about the results happened: the candidate of the right wing won with (more…)
By Graziella Pogolotti on April 10 2021
The bombardment was heard throughout the whole city. It came from the west of the capital. The militia soldiers rushed from their houses and (more…)