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Breaking the Map with the Machete’s Edge: the Internationalism of the Landless

By João Pedro Stedile on July 13, 2022

Landless, but with a lot of history, the peasants of Brazil’s MST have been practicing internationalism as a principle since 1984. As in their own flag, the machete overflows the borders and traces the itinerary of new possible maps. (more…)

Lula is Brazil’s Hope

By Alejandra Garcia on July 14, 2022

The eyes of the world are beginning to turn to Brazil. This October, the Brazilian people will go to the polls hoping to change the country’s political course and overthrow the unpopular Jair Bolsonaro. (more…)

Argentina: Thousands March to the Plaza de Mayo against the Social Crisis and to Demand a Break with the IMF

July 14, 2022

“we will defeat the adjustment”

Early today thousands of workers and unemployed concentrated in different parts of Buenos Aires followed by a massive march to the Plaza de Mayo and to the centers of political power. (more…)

AMLO Meets Biden and Proposes a Change for the Better

By Gustavo A. Maranges on July 14, 2022

Undoubtedly, the most relevant news of the week in Latin America was the visit of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) to the United States. (more…)

The Pink Tide Surges in Latin America

By Roger D. Harris on July 13, 2022

the people of Latin America rising to get what’s theirs. photo: Bill Hackwell

While the political balance between progressive and reactionary states south of the Rio Grande continues to tip to the left, even the corporate press pronounced Biden’s June Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles a flop. (more…)

El Salvador Hurts: Young Woman Sentenced To 50 Years in Prison for Miscarriage

By Alejandra Garcia on June 10, 2022

Lesly Ramirez

El Salvador has committed a great injustice, on an almost unthinkable level. A 21-year-old girl was sentenced to 50 years in prison for “aggravated homicide” due to miscarriage. (more…)

Guatemala and the Progressive Wave in Abya Yala

By Ollantay Itzamná on July 10, 2022

graphic: ecoportal.net

The political results of “progressivism” were not the fruit of the articulation of traditional political parties, nor the product of electoral campaigns alone. (more…)

After Ecuadorians, Panamanians Say No more Pillaging

By Gustavo A Maranges on July 10, 2022

photo: Suntracs

The situation in Panama is becoming increasingly tense as more people join in what has become a permanent strike expressed in street protests. (more…)

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