Tag: Latin America
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The upsurge in Bolivia
The United Left Platform is hosting a virtual event on Friday, June 26 at 8pm ET to discuss the recent uprising in Bolivia and its impact both there and on the fight against imperialism and the far right internationally.
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Trump’s mounting threats against Cuba
Samuel Farber discusses the escalating threats against Cuba from the Trump administration, building on a recent essay on the crisis in Against the Current.
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In the time of predators
In this interview translated by Hector Rivera, Antoine Larrache asks Franck Gaudichaud about his analysis of events in Venezuela and Latin America.
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Venezuela after the coup
Ashley Smith talks to Federico Fuentes about the Donroe Doctrine, the crisis of Chavismo, and anti-imperialist resistance.
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The end of pretenses
The January 3 attack on Venezuela, says Anderson Bean, was the collision of U.S. imperial escalation with a regime that had dismantled the very social forces capable of defending sovereignty from below.
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Beijing in Buenos Aires
Trump’s use of pressure and deadly force against Venezuela is escalating. But as British socialist Richard Seymour explains, Trump’s regional agenda is incoherent and largely theatrical—and won’t restore U.S. dominance or stem the rising influence of China.
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Palestine on trial in Argentina
As Argentina continues to arrest peaceful protesters, socialist Alejandro Bodart speaks to Tempest again about the criminalization of himself and other advocates of Palestinian freedom.
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Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left
In this interview, conducted by Anderson Bean, Edgardo Lander reflects on the deepening repression in Venezuela, the criminalization of dissent, and the stakes for academic freedom, democracy, and international solidarity
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The rise and fall of progressivism in Latin America
Anderson Bean reviews The Impasse of the Latin American Left, a new book by Frank Gaudichaud, Massimo Modones, and Jeffery R. Webber on the experience of the Latin American Left, over the last couple of decades, in and out of power.