latin america

Cuban leader: ‘Everything for the people and with the people’
Ernesto Limia Díaz draws out the challenges Cuban revolutionaries face today as they try to confront the impact of a severe economic crisis.

Rebellious Panama: Workers and indigenous peoples against neoliberalism
José Cambra denounces the neoliberal dismantling of the country and explains why Panama has become a symbol of popular resistance against austerity policies and authoritarianism.

Call for 1st International Antifascist Conference
Socialism and Liberty Party, Workers’ Party and Communist Party of Brazil will host a global gathering in Porto Alegre to organize and debate how to build a movement to confront the far-right.

False anti-imperialism and the class struggle in Venezuela
Pedro Eusse outlines the Communist Party of Venezuela’s position on the Maduro government and responds to statements made by Steve Ellner about his party.

Revitalizing popular counterpower in Venezuela: Tensions between the PSUV and popular organizations
John Brown & Atenea Jiménez — Under an increasingly authoritarian government, Venezuela’s Chavista project faces stark challenges and dilemmas.

Venezuela: Trapped in an authoritarian maze
Yoletty Bracho and Manuel Sutherland discuss Venezuela’s situation almost a year after Maduro’s “re-election”.

Demonising Nicolás Maduro: Fallacies and consequences
Steve Ellner — Failure to contextualise errors and transcend binaries when it comes the Maduro government leads to underestimating the US sanctions and undermines solidarity.

Panama is the epicentre of the struggle in Latin America
José Cambra & Luís Bonilla-Molina — A small country is showing the world it is possible to confront the interests of financial capital and vulture funds in the 21st century.

Panama’s mass strike movement confronts Trump’s canal grab
Pedro Fuentes — Panama is the sharpest point of class struggle on the continent and will be crucial for determining the battle between Latin America and Trump’s imperialist policy.