Author: Carlos Torres

Carlos Torres has been an activist in the World Social Forum and a researcher at the Centre for Social Justice in Toronto. After years in exile from the Pinochet regime in Chile, he has returned to research, writing and political activism there.

Two Reports from Chile

The Neoliberal Miracle Under Fire Unexpected turmoil erupted in Chile on October 18th, when high school students mobilized against a subway fare increase. On October 25th, another two million Chileans … Keep reading »

Latin America • November 27, 2019 • Carlos Torres and Oakland Socialist
Crisis in Chile – an interview with Carlos Torres

Corvin Russel interviews activist and writer Carlos Torres from Santiago on the rapidly developing protests and political crisis in Chile. Keep reading »

Latin America • November 14, 2019 • Corvin Russell and Carlos Torres
September 11: Forty Years Later

On September 11, millions of Chileans commemorate 40 years since the coup d’état in which the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago was attacked by warplanes and President Salvador Allende … Keep reading »

Latin America • September 11, 2013 • Carlos Torres
The Chilean Student Movement Against Neoliberalism

‘Our future is not for sale’ Perhaps the greatest challenge for the radical left today is to articulate a politics that decisively breaks with the disastrous experiences of many 20th … Keep reading »

Latin America • September 6, 2011 • Manuel Larrabure and Carlos Torres
The Unexpected Revolution

The Venezuelan People Confront Neoliberalism Carlos Torres, et al. In Latin America, there have been many peoples and countries with an abundance of deep, radical political traditions, whose struggles regularly … Keep reading »

Latin America • March 5, 2005 • Carlos Torres and Marta Harnecker