Category: Latin America
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Intensification of Contradictions in the Empire: Election in the USA and Its Impacts
In his last interview (streamed live on November 6th, 2020), Leo Panitch spoke with the International Relations and Marxism Network (RIMA), in partnership with Chutando a Escada Podcast and PUC-Rio, … Watch video »
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Local Elections in Brazil: The Return of the Living Dead
Brazil held local elections this past November. These always take place midway through the legislative terms of the presidency and the national parliament, and hence, serve as an important temperature … Keep reading »
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A Country Is Entitled to Refuse to Repay a Debt
The following interview, given by Éric Toussaint to the Argentine review Mugica, has been adapted to make it accessible to readers who are not necessarily aware of the details of … Keep reading »
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Capitalism and Climate Change in Honduras
Honduras lies in tatters. Ecological catastrophes in the form of twin hurricanes have rapidly destroyed its pandemic-ravaged economy. At a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez said … Keep reading »
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How Ecuador’s Democracy Is Being Suffocated
A recent poll showed that if Andrés Arauz Galarza were allowed to run in Ecuador’s presidential election of 2021, he would win in the first round with 45.9 per cent … Keep reading »
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The MST on the Crisis in Brazil: Economy, Education and Politics
The pandemic has accelerated the consequences of the crisis on people, the forms of labor exploitation and natural goods. Keep reading »
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On the Eviction of 450 families from Quilombo Campo Grande, Brazil
During the second week of August in Brazil, the ruthlessness of state violence by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro was on full display against the Quilombo Campo Grande community … Keep reading »
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Havana Once Again Under Quarantine
Introduction Last month The Bullet published a report on Cuba’s remarkable success in meeting the threat of COVID-19, “Cuba in the Last Stretch of the Pandemic.” At the time there … Keep reading »
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Extractivism and Exploitation in Peru
Martin Vizcarra, Peru’s president, has announced that “[t]his government has taken up the challenge and has been working on the approval of a new regulation for mining procedures in order … Keep reading »
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Bolivia’s Perfect Storm: Pandemic, Economic Crisis, Repressive Coup Regime
Introduction The rising toll of diseased and deceased from the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Bolivia particularly hard, in a continent that is now in the lead in global contagion rates. … Keep reading »
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The Collapse of Healthcare in Peru
On 11 March 2020, Peru declared a 90-day national sanitary emergency. Subsequently, the country announced a total lockdown beginning 16 March, 2020. Despite implementing one of the earliest and strictest … Keep reading »
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Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second US “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk … Keep reading »