Latin America

Latin America

• What happened in the Venezuela coup attempt, and why the threat remains

  

  Juán Guiadó's failed military takeover was a charade, but its international supporters have further interests and plans for ousting Maduro's government, reports Orlando Hill

• Venezuela: The US empire is on the march again

  

  As Western leaders impose more sanctions and ultimatums, we must oppose this cynical foreign intervention in Venezuela, writes Rob Winkel

• Venezuela faces US-led intervention as Haiti struggles to break free

  

  To understand the imperialist intervention from the US and its allies, look to Haiti and the region's history, argues John Clarke

• Before Venezuela: a long history of US imperialism in Latin America

  

  The push for regime change in Venezuela represents the latest in an abhorrent history of intervention in Latin America, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• ‘Progressive’ Trudeau government attacks Venezuela

  

  With neoliberalism's sights set on Venezuela, John Clarke examines the imperialism of a superficially progressive Canada

• Building Power from Below: Chilean Workers Take on Walmart - book review

  

  The success of trade-union organising in Walmart within Chile shows the potential social power of workers in the most difficult circumstances, finds Orlando Hill

• 7 things you need to know about the Venezuela coup attempt

  

  As Western leaders impose more sanctions and ultimatums, Robin Winkel explains why we must oppose foreign intervention in Venezuela

• Venezuela in the shadow of Trump

  

  Venezuela must be defended from Trump's push for regime change and attempt to export his toxic brand of right wing politics, argues Sean Ledwith

• Trump's teargas and racist brutality at the US-Mexico border

  

  As the Migrant Caravan arrived at the US border, they were met with heavy tear gas and rubber bullets in a show of inhumane violence, John Clarke reports

• Marx, colonialism and the Global South - Counterfire Media Podcast

  

  Chris Nineham talks to American author and Marxist historian on Marx, colonialism and the Global South, and how Marx's ideas were ahead of their time in the fifth episode of Counterfire Media's Podcast

• Trump in the tropics: Bolsonaro takes power in Brazil

  

  Michael Roberts explains how Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidential election and what capitalism's response is

• Migrant Caravan: Trump sends 5000 troops to stop refugees

  

  Thousands of troops have been sent to the US border as Trump vows to stop the Migrant Caravan, reports John Clarke

• O efeito Bolsonaro: e agora Brasil?

  

  À medida que as eleições do Brasil avançam para o segundo turno, Orlando Hill examina as perspectivas para a esquerda derrotar a candidatura presidencial da extrema-direita Jair Bolsonaro

• The Bolsonaro effect: what now for Brazil?

  

  As Brazil's elections progress to the second round, Orlando Hill examines the prospects for the left in defeating the presidential candidacy of the far right Jair Bolsonaro

• Brazil’s election and the Global South’s debt trap

  

  The media present today’s Brazilian elections as a special case but, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, Brazil’s troubles reflect the troubles of the world economy

• The Brazilian elections and the fight against the far right

  

  The far right threatens to do well in Brazil's elections this weekend amid a polarised climate of reaction and resistence, reports Orlando Hill

• The Battle for Paradise - book review

  

  Naomi Klein gives a stirring account of the struggle against disaster capitalism in Puerto Rico after 2017’s Hurricane Maria, finds Ellen Graubart

• A New Hope for Mexico - book review

  

  AMLO, the new Mexican president, represents a break from neoliberalism, despite the political limitations of his programme, argues Orlando Hill

• Frida Kahlo: artist and revolutionary

  

  Frida Kahlo was a revolutionary and a politically-committed artist whose art condemned the society she revolted against argues Judy Cox

• The rise of president ‘AMLO’: Mexico’s left turn?

  

  The landslide triumph of anti-establishment figure Andrés Manuel López Obrador has emerged from a disastrous social and economic crisis for Mexico’s ruling order and traditional party, opening up a new era of possibility for the left, argues Sean Ledwith

• Corruption and Crisis in Peru

  

  As the Peruvian establishment reels, the left must seize the moment, take to the streets and strike a blow, argues Jonathan Maunders

• The Pink Tide: Media Access and Political Power in Latin America - book review

  

  The Pink Tiderepresents Latin American efforts to reform and democratise the media. While real advances have been made, the limits to reform are made clear, argues Des Freedman

• The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same - book review

  

  Electing a left-wing government is not enough; Jeffrey Webber’s analysis of Latin America shows that capitalism must be confronted, argues Orlando Hill

• Parliament and power: Lessons from Latin America with Jeffery Webber - video

  

  Author and professor Jeffery Webber dissects the political situation in Latin America, how it developed and what lessons can be learnt from it at a London Counterfire public meeting

• Peru: the left’s failure

  

  By becoming entrenched in parliamentary politics, the left coalition under Vero Mendoza has undermined its support base

• Weakness and Deceit: America and El Salvador's Dirty War

  

  Raymond Bonner’s account of US intervention in El Salvador shows that today’s catastrophic imperialist interventions have a long history, argues Dominic Alexander

• Corbyn: a view from afar

  

  An Argentinian perspective on the rise of Jeremy Corbyn from journalist Mariano Schuster

• Latin America: reformism hits the rocks

  

  As the economic downturn hits Latin America, Dan Morgan considers the impact on progressive developments and looks ahead to the role of political organisations

• Brazil coup: will the left respond?

  

  Héctor Rios takes a look at the context of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff

• Strategy matters: the left in Chile

  

  The lack of a common strategy to confront neoliberalism, and divided by the Communist Party, Hector Ríos looks at the new left in Chile

• A World to Build: New Paths toward Twenty-First Century Socialism

  

  A World To Build shows us alternatives to neoliberalism in recent movements in Latin America, where political strategies have claimed important victories, argues Ian Richardson

• The New War on the Poor: The Production of Insecurity in Latin America

  

  The New War on the Poor shows how neoliberal security regimes produce insecurity, and worse, for poor citizens, while protecting rich interests, finds Ellen Graubart

• What is going on in Brazil?

  

  Orlando Hill looks at the mass opposition demonstrations against President Dilma Rousseff just four months after her party's election victory

• Venezuela: revolution and progress versus reaction and empire

  

  The choice in Venezuela is stark; social progress versus extreme reaction and US intervention. We should be clear which side we are on argues Matt Willgress