Latin America

The situation created in Cuba following the events of July 11th raises questions on a number of levels for those of us fighting for a society free from

NUEVA SOCIEDAD. Democracia y política en América Latina.

Haiti’s president’s term has come to an end, but he refuses to step down. Solidarity is urgent.

Colombia's sustained assault on protesters this week represents a form of warfare that indigenous and Black communities know all too well.

I came to Cali in late May, at the end of a month in which all of Colombia had been engulfed in antigovernment protests. No place had been hit harder by

The Left is racking up victory after victory in Chile. Now, Chileans have the chance to clear away the last remnants of Pinochet's authoritarian, neoliberal rule by writing a new, democratic constitution.

La masiva respuesta de los pueblos es el único modo de impedir que el capital mafioso y los Estados puedan diseñar la coyuntura de la pandemia a su medida.

(Written on June 1 by Anthony, a long-time resident of Bogota) On Sunday, the national strike committee decided that it would work to remove road blocks throughout the country as a measure of goodw…

Peru was the birthplace of neoliberal populism under Alberto Fujimori. Now Pedro Castillo, a socialist trade unionist from an indigenous background, has won its presidency.

Venezuela’s National Assembly has approved two bills with the aim of further empowering the communal councils and communes that lie at the heart of the country's project of communal power, writes

With public university students (including those I teach at the Universidad Nacional in Medellín) and young people in...

Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori face off in a polarized second round. Beyond the candidates, a national popular-rural bloc clamors to be heard.

At least 16 demonstrators and one officer dead after police fired at protesters and rammed crowds with motorcycles

On 11 April 2021, Guillermo Lasso (52,4%), the right-wing candidate, defeated Andres Arauz, the candidate supported by Rafael Correa and part of the Left, by 52.4% vs 47.6% in the second round of…

La desconfianza entre los candidatos Guillermo Lasso y Yaku Pérez complica el recuento de votos para confirmar quién pasará a segunda vuelta. Los manifestantes convocan protestas desde este miércoles

La desconfianza entre los candidatos Guillermo Lasso y Yaku Pérez complica el recuento de votos para confirmar quién pasará a segunda vuelta. Los manifestantes convocan protestas desde este miércoles

NUEVA SOCIEDAD. Democracia y política en América Latina.

Can the left in Latin America escape the trap of extractivism?

Political scientist Thea Riofrancos examines how movements can transform relationships between society and nature.

Two years on from his election, the anti-political wave that Jair Bolsonaro rode to office appears to have ebbed. In its place we are seeing a restoration of the reactionary forces that have ruled the country for most of its history.

After 2019 uprising, a new socialist organization and a new political party change the Puerto Rican electoral situation.

In Peru, democracy has been usurped. A political bloc made up of the most conservative and groteque elements of traditional politics has in a completely capricious manner carried out the impeachment of the person who was only a few days go president of the republic: Martín Vizcarra.Since the Peruvian Congress decided on November 9 to remove the president for “permanent moral incapacity” by a vote of 105 in favor (out of 130 congresspeople), the response of the citizens has been unleashed in the form of a series of massive mobilization mobilizations first in the capital of Lima and then nati...

Con la destitución del presidente Vizcarra, la clase política peruana jugó su ultima carta en un intento desesperado de legitimarse ante la ciudadanía. Sin embargo, la maniobra fracasó, y desde las calles se hace escuchar el reclamo de la renuncia del presidente interino Manuel Merino.

Perú vive días agitados e inciertos. La vacancia contra Vizcarra redundó en la asunción del gobierno por parte de un sector aún más derechista, y la reacción en las calles no se hizo esperar.

Latin American leftists once saw oil as a way to buy their own independence, but it turned out to be a curse....

Bolivia’s MAS party will confront numerous challenges when returning to power. But its resounding victory against the authoritarian right and its roots as a party of social movements represent a radical vision of hope at a time when we need it most.