Latin America
Trumpism and Latin America’s new right governments
While the far right surge can be seen as a response to the earlier leftward turn in Latin America, it also represents a genuine turning point, writes Eduardo Lucita.
Delcy Rodríguez is bending over backward to accommodate Washington
Steve Ellner argues that under Delcy Rodríguez, Chavismo has abandoned its defining feature: defense of national sovereignty.
Brazil: Lula and the race for a turnaround
Michael Löwy warns that democracy is at risk in Brazil and that, despite his contradictions, Lula is the only option to stop the “suicide train” of fascism.
Brazil’s presidential election this year pits the far right against a broad coalition led by Lula and including the Workers Party and PSOL, the party of the socialist left. Pedro Fuentes and Peter B look at what to expect.
Brazil: We must confront Bolsonaro’s supporters in the streets and at the polls
The Socialist Left Movement argue there is no middle ground in Brazil’s elections: either Lula wins or Brazil has its worst government ever, creating a dangerous situation.
The Trump–Rodríguez pact and Venezuela’s neocolonial subordination
The US-Venezuela oil deal, a product of the pact between “brutalist” imperialism and an authoritarian regime, represents the exercise of arbitrary power through neocolonial subordination, writes Emiliano Teran Mantovani.
Does Delcy Rodríguez have any options?
Trump’s success in wresting concessions from Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez is a clear demonstration of what can be achieved through the barrel of a gun, writes Steve Ellner.
The Mexican left’s debates on race and nation
Tony Wood reminds us that one nation’s left cannot insist they have the answers for every other nation. Understanding different frames that arise out of local conditions can help us achieve the unity sorely needs.
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.
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.
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.