Latin America
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Walking the tightrope under siege: Cuba’s reforms and the defence of socialist sovereignty
Cuba’s future need not be reduced to a choice between bureaucratic centralization and private capital accumulation, writes Isaac Saney.
The Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee reveal the extent of the tragedy triggered by Venezuela’s double earthquake, amid US military aggression, tutelage and financial restrictions.
An interview with three Cuban economists — Juan Triana, Omar Everleny, and Julio Carranza — on the approved package of 176 economic measures in Cuba and the key priorities for overcoming the crisis.
When life for the people becomes so difficult, the primary duty is not to explain the crisis better, but to change whatever needs to be changed, contends Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
Cuba: An urgent, but risky, reform
The US economic war on Cuba makes reform riskier, yet this pressure has ultimately propelled a transformation that had been continuously postponed, writes La Joven Cuba.
