The new constitution was rejected as an expression of the growing discontent among Chileans regarding the general direction of social liberalism.
Continue readingThe Most Important Election in the Americas Is in Brazil
Former president Lula is in the lead in the polls ahead of the first round of elections in Brazil to be held on October 2. These elections will be transformative for Brazil and will have ramifications across the globe.
Continue readingChile’s Lithium Provides Profit to the Billionaires But Exhausts the Land and the People
About a third of the world’s lithium comes from Chile. The needs of the people of Chile seem to only come after the needs of the large corporations.
Continue readingThe Era of Northern Hegemony Over Mexico Is Coming to an End
The general mood in Latin America is that the United States should not waste its time interfering south of its border but should, instead, spend its energy trying to resolve its cascading internal crises.
Continue readingColombia Needs Democracy, Plain and Simple: An Interview With María José Pizarro
An interview with María José Pizarro, whose father, Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, was a Colombian left-wing politician assassinated in 1990.
Continue readingThe People’s Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region
Biden’s insistence on continuing the U.S. policy of exclusion and aggression against Latin America has made his summit a failure before it has even begun.
Continue readingWhy Latin America Needs a New World Order
In recent years, the region has experienced a new wave of progressive governments. The idea of regional integration has, therefore, returned to the table
Continue readingWashington Watches as China and Latin America Deepen Their Ties
Foreign policy experts in the United States have alerted to the growing economic relationship between Latin America and China, a trend only expected to increase in the coming period.
Continue readingHow Corporate Media Has Put the American Public in a State of Ukraine-Russia Psychosis
Binary knee-jerk activism is far too common in American political culture.
Continue readingLabor and Workers’ Rights Are at the Heart of Chile’s New Constitutional Convention
Even the workers in the Constitutional Convention process are themselves organizing a union.
Continue readingElections in Colombia: Prospects for Change and Lack of Guarantees
With legislative and presidential elections coming up in Colombia, the supposedly “oldest democracy in Latin America” will see if it can consolidate the most precarious and recent peace on the continent.
Continue readingRight-Wing Hate Speech Runs Rampant in India’s Elections
The upcoming elections in three Indian states will be a contest between the BJP’s polarizing, violent, Islamaphobic messages and efforts to create a more plural, more democratic India.
Continue readingChile Is at the Political Crossroads: Social Renewal or Decades of Painful Neoliberal Policy
Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast reflects the failure of Chile to prosecute those who violated the rights of Chileans during the 30 years of Pinochet’s rule.
Continue readingAs the Planet Wants to Go Green, France Has a Nuclear Habit It Just Cannot Kick
With one of every three lightbulbs in France being lit by the yellow-cake uranium from Niger, its armies have garrisoned the Sahel, from Mauritania at one end to Chad at the other, as part of Operation Barkhane. War is what turns on the lights in France.
Continue readingIn U.S. Foreign Policy, Realists Are Finally on the Rise
The long unheeded and potentially bipartisan policy advocated by thinkers like the late Sherle R. Schwenninger, co-founder of the New America Foundation and my friend, may finally have its moment.
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