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President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 25, 2019.

Capitalism and authoritarianism in Maduro’s Venezuela

Gabriel Hetland — Maduro’s authoritarianism has garnered significant attention, but there has been less notice of the transformation in Maduro’s class base.
Incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Ecuador’s Presidential runoff vote on Sunday, defeating his opponent Luisa González of the Citizens’ Revolution party. (Flickr/Casa de América/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Ecuador enters ‘Trump mode’ with Noboa victory

Ociel Alí López — Authoritarian drift and political blackmail shape the runoff election in Ecuador, where incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Sunday’s vote.
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Ecuador: How militarization and fear politics secured the right’s victory

Augusto Barrera Guarderas, Franklin Ramírez Gallegos and Pablo Ospina Peralta give their opinions on Ecuador's elections and what the results portend for the country's political future and the fate of democracy.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) greets the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, Richard Grenell, in Caracas.

Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-Communist zealots in Miami don’t like it

Steve Ellner — During his first term, Trump exerted a “maximum pressure” campaign against perceived US adversaries in Latin America. But how committed is Trump to fighting Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua? Today, it is anyone’s guess.
An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government steps on an election campaign poster with the image of Maduro during a protest at the Petare neighborhood in Caracas on July 29, 2024, a day after the Venezuelan presidential election.

‘Maduro has done tremendous damage to the left’: An interview with Atenea Jiménez (Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy, Venezuela)

Atenea Jiménez explains the origins and objectives of the Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy, how the new Donald Trump presidency might impact Venezuelan politics and the need for solidarity with Venezuela’s left.
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In search of alternatives: Strategies for social movements to counter imperialism and authoritarianism

Iqra Anugrah — The rise of potential state challengers to US dominance does not mean the ushering in of a new progressive era, but it can represent opportunities for social movements to challenge Western imperialism.
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Leónidas Iza (Pachakutik, Ecuador): ‘Our election campaign is an extension of the people’s struggle’

Leónidas Iza analyses the country’s economic and political crisis, the impact of popular mobilisations and the need to articulate a project from the grassroots that combines social struggles and electoral disputes.
Then-President Donald Trump arrives for a Latinos for Trump event, in Doral, Fla., Sept. 25, 2020

Trump’s war on China in Latin America

Steve Ellner — Trump’s threats against Panama, Canada and Greenland, albeit unachievable, lay the groundwork for a more “rational” strategy of targeting China and singling out real adversaries such as Cuba and Venezuela.
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Venezuela: Maduro’s inauguration ushers in new cycle of class struggle (plus Constitutional reform: ‘New economy’, same objectives)

Two articles by members of the National Independent Autonomous Workers’ Coordinating Committee discuss the implications of Maduro’s inauguration after the disputed July 28 presidential elections and the dangers of his proposed constitutional reforms.
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Comunes: Keys to understanding what is happening in Venezuela (plus statement: ‘A de facto government is born, let’s organise the rebellion’)

Comunes — With Chávez, we were moving in a revolutionary and popular direction. But in the past 10 years, the Bolivarian Revolution has lost protagonism and is no longer expressed in government policies. The results are in plain sight.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro waves his nation’s flag at Miraflores Palace during his third-term inauguration in Caracas.

The Venezuelan working class under Maduro (2013-24): Part IV — The 2024 presidential elections and Madurismo’s authoritarian turn

Luís Bonilla-Molina — The July 28 presidential election marked the start of a new phase within Madurismo, one of deepening authoritarianism in order to stabilise its pro-capitalist regime.
Maduro with PDVSA workers

The Venezuelan working class under Maduro (2013-24): Part I — Introduction

Luís Bonilla-Molina — To understand the situation of the Venezuelan working class, it is important to analyse the Maduro government and Madurismo in three phases.