一品探花鈥檚 Ben Radford聽sat down with Jos茅 Cambra, an executive committee member of the Panama Teachers鈥 Association,聽about the country-wide strike and the government鈥檚 heavy-handed response.
Latin America & the Caribbean
Two years after Peruvian revolutionary and ecosocialist Hugo Blanco鈥檚 death at 88, his daughter, Mari虂a Blanco 鈥 an activist and organiser with grassroots feminist collective G茅nero Rebelde聽鈥 sat down with Ben Radford聽to talk about her father鈥檚 life and legacy.
Community members and tourists in Pisac, a small town in Peru鈥檚 southern region of Cusco, gathered in the main square to show solidarity with Palestinians, as Gaza鈥檚 death toll mounts, reports Ben Radford.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is under increasing pressure from trade unions and civil society to break ties with Israel, reports Federico Fuentes.
Workers across Colombia went on strike to defend President Gustavo Petro鈥檚 proposed labour reforms against right-wing opposition obstruction in Congress, reports Ben Radford.
Jim McIlroy pays tribute to Jos茅 (Pepe) Mujica, the leftist guerrilla fighter and later president of Uruguay, who died of cancer at the age of 89.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents new books on the German peasants鈥 war, air, Amazonian struggles, climate history, class rule and Karl Marx鈥檚 later views on oppression and revolution.
In the context of the global growth of far-right and fascist groups, grassroots activists in Brazil are organising the 1st International Antifascist Conference in March next year, in Porto Alegre, reports Ben Radford.
Workers in Panama remain on strike, protesting the government鈥檚 recently passed pension reforms, submission to United States imperialism and plans to reactivate a destructive mining project in the country, reports Ben Radford.
Ana Parampil鈥檚 2024 book, Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire, documents how successive United States political leaders worked to undermine Venezuelan sovereignty. Coral Wynter reviews.
Indignation and resistance to United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 bullying, deportations and economic reprisals are spreading across Latin America, writes Steve Ellner.
Indigenous communities across Peru are facing the devastating impacts of ongoing extractivism, while a series of new government laws threaten their right to self-determination, justice and land, reports Ben Radford.
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