Latin America

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The left and ecology: An increasingly necessary relationship

Historically, the left relegated environmental demands, prioritising the capital-labour conflict over the capital-nature conflict. Today this is unsustainable: class struggles can no longer be separated from ecological struggles, contends Maristella Svampa.
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The irresistible rise and fall of Evo Morales

Against all the odds, Evo Morales built a political career that led to the pinnacle of power. Pablo Stefanoni looks at how did he did it, and the nature of his legacy.
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Defeating Milei: Left strategy in times of reaction

A socialist policy that merely defines or denounces the far right falls short of the task, writes Martín Mosquera.

The ecosocialist alternative: An interview with Sabrina Fernandes

Sabrina Fernandes puts the case for ecosocialism, notes some of its important contributions to modern Marxist theory, and explains why we need an eco-territorial internationalism.
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Cuba: Where is the Russian oil? The truth that Moscow silences

Russia says it is Cuba’s strategic ally. But Russian oil is not arriving. Eduardo Miguel Álvarez Estévez looks at why.
Milei and Trump

The new frontyard: Why Latin America has become the playground for imperial and fascist experiments

William Callison and Verónica Gago unpacking Trump's end game in Latin America.
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Cuba: Who will govern the market?

The crucial question is not how much market an economy can accommodate, but who governs that market and how wealth is concentrated, argues Wilder Pérez Varona.
Washington has escalated its neocolonial stranglehold on Venezuela after the June 24 earthquakes. (Jesús Vargas)

Venezuela: The urgency of shedding illusions

Elías Jaua calls for national unity to reclaim Venezuela's sovereignty and right to self-determination.
Shield of the Americas

The dark shadow spreading across Latin America

Trump and the global far right have made serious progress in Latin America. The next big battle against this neofascist wave has already begun in Brazil, writes Ana Cristina Carvalhaes.
De La Espriella

Colombia and Latin America: A new stage of the struggle

Far right politician Abelardo de la Espriella will soon be sworn in as president, but Colombia is far from being under the control of the United States, reports Ted Zuur.
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Las Malvinas and the national question

A flag at the World Cup reopened a debate that goes beyond the Falklands/Malvinas issue, writes Martín Mosquera.
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How social media invented the ‘world’s most racist country’

Martín Mosquera looks at how the anti-Argentine campaign during the World Cup quickly morphed into hate speech disguised as progressive discourse.