Category: Latin America
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Risks in Expanding Non-state Enterprises in the Cuban Economy
This article is intended to call attention to the most important negative consequences that the recently announced decision to permit free hiring of salaried labour could generate in Cuban society. … Keep reading »
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Forum on Bolivia with Dr. Hugo Salvatierra
Toronto — 8 November 2010. Moderated by Judy Rebick. Dr. Hugo Salvatierra is one of Evo Morales’s top advisors and a founder of the MAS in Bolivia. Salvatierra is a … Watch video »
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1810, 1910, 2010 and Mexican Labour
In the midst of a deep depression, an ongoing crisis of legitimacy and a brutal internal war amongst the different fractions of the drug cartel/state complex, Mexico is celebrating its … Keep reading »
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Ecuador and Venezuela: Danger South of the Border
It is not difficult to see that the events of September 30, in the Latin American country of Ecuador, amounted to an attempted right-wing coup d’état. Mass mobilizations in the … Keep reading »
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Venezuela: Voices on the Struggle
In mid-June 2010, we caught up with three revolutionary socialist activists, Gonzalo Gómez, Stalin Pérez Borges, and Luis Primo in Caracas, Venezuela to discuss their views on the contradictions and … Keep reading »
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The Spectre of Barbarism and its Alternative
The following two documents are presentations made or prepared for different purposes in Venezuela. The first (‘The Spectre of Barbarism and its Alternative: Eight Theses’) was presented at a conference … Keep reading »
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Two Takes on the Bolivian Uprising in Potosi
The Andean countries in Latin America have been at the centre of attempts to form anti-neoliberal political alliances and put on the agenda a 21st century socialism. Bolivia has formed … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Failed Aid to Haiti
The six month mark after Haiti’s January 12 earthquake saw a flurry of news reports in Canada and around the world. The depictions of the harsh conditions still prevailing for … Keep reading »
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Colombia and Venezuela Rattle Their Sabres: Uribe’s Parting Shot
Outgoing Colombian President, Álvaro Uribe, dropped a figurative bomb in the Andes on Thursday, July 22, just weeks before the scheduled inauguration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, Uribe’s former Defence … Keep reading »
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The Labour Movement and Socialist Struggle in Venezuela Today
An Interview with Pedro Eusse In mid-June, 2010, we met with Pedro Eusse, National Secretary of the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) and part of the provisional executive committee of the labour … Keep reading »
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Indigenous Struggle, Ecology, and Capitalist Resource Extraction in Ecuador
An Interview with Marlon Santi On July 5, I sat down with Marlon Santi, President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), in his office in Quito. We discussed … Keep reading »
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Communal Power in Caracas
An Interview with Wilder Marcano We caught up with Wilder Marcano, director of the network of Comunas in Caracas, on the morning of June 18, 2010. He talked with us just … Keep reading »