Latin America

Cuban market

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.
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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.
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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.
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On US intervention and the Venezuelan state: Interview with Federico Fuentes

As part of the ongoing discussion on recent US intervention and the dynamics of the Venezuelan state, Shireen Akram-Boshar and Charlie Post interview Federico Fuentes.
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Electoral setback in Colombia opens a new phase of struggle

The left’s razor thin loss in the presidential election in Colombia have set the stage for a new period of social and class conflict in Latin America, writes Ted Zuur.
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Cuba: ‘The blockade suffocates and kills silently’

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.
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Ecology, Trump’s new colonialism and a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism: An interview with Ana Cristina Carvalhaes

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes argues for a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism, which incorporates ecology, understands Trump’s aggressive neo-colonialist shift and recognises sub-imperialist countries.
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215 years after Venezuela's Declaration of Independence: Long live the republic!

In a collective statement, Venezuelan leftists say stability, peace and a just society depend on the restoration of the full exercise of sovereignty.
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Cuba: History and inventory

Julio Cesar Guanche charts out three paths Cuba could take as a result of the announced reforms: socialist renewal, negotiated transition or subordination to Washington.