Recent Latin America

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  Prashad: Why Imperialism Is Obsolete in Latin America

  An interview with Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of Venezuela
• Escobar: A judicial war in Latin America

  Our America is alive, but it needs new leaderships and governments prone to the liberation of social forces, fearless of what may come, as well as more critical thinking, to achieve a definitive decolonization, based on the accumulated experience of local peoples and political cultures
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  Weisbrot: What the OAS Did to Bolivia

  Bolivia has descended into a nightmare of political repression and racist state violence since the democratically elected government of Evo Morales was overthrown by the military on November 10
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  Benjamin: Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America

  Progressive groups see the need to push a new administration to make a positive contribution to the well-being of people throughout the hemisphere
• & Jen Moore: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration

  Across the Global South, and especially in Latin America, international mining companies have used a combination of disturbing tactics to forcibly open mining operations in places where communities have resisted them.
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  Fitz: A Statue of Hatuey

  Hatuey led the first guerrilla warfare against European invasion of the western hemisphere
• Wilkins: Teaching Torture: The Death and Legacy of Dan Mitrione

  Although Dan Mitrione has been dead for half a century, his legacy lives on in the words and deeds of a new generation of US torturers
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  Iqbal: Covid-19 and the Health Crisis in Latin America

  Latin America has surpassed more than 5 million Covid-19 cases to overtake North America, with 4.8 million Covid-19 cases, as the region worst-hit by the Coronavirus pandemic
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  Benjamin: Long Overdue For Latin America: A New “Good Neighbor Policy”

  Universal threats, such as coronavirus and the climate crisis, have taught us the limits of borders and should act as incentives to construct a Good Neighbor Policy for the 21st century based on those principles of non-intervention and  mutual respect
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  Prashad: Each Heartbeat Must Be Our Song; the Redness of Blood, Our Banner

  This level of public action is simply not available in the advanced capitalist countries, where mass organisations have been tethered and voluntary action has become professionalised in non-profit organisations
• Moore: Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers

  Global South communities affected by mining face multiple pandemics — health, economic, violence, militarization, and corporate capture
• Paley: Feminists build power in Uruguay

  Source: Toward Freedom 03 08 2020 / Montevideo, Uruguay: Poster...
• Danticat: U.S. Deports COVID-19-Positive Immigrants to Haiti & Guatemala

  The United States continues to deport thousands during the coronavirus pandemic, causing a dangerous spread of COVID-19 to Central America and the Caribbean
• Smith: Covid-19 hits an economically weak and deeply unequal Latin America

  Will Latin American economies returning to “normal” or build for a more equitable future after the pandemic?
• Collectives of Uruguay: Uruguay: May First Feminist Manifesto

  The exit from this crisis must be feminist, migrant, plurinational, anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-prison, anti-capitalist, anti-extractivist and anti-fascist
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  Prashad: Witnessing the Hell That a Migrant Can Face

  At Obock, Djibouti, 2,000 migrants gather each day along the waters of the Gulf of Aden; they look for boats to get them to Yemen
• Moore: Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats

  This month a peaceful resistance movement marks eight years of struggle against a gold mining project that threatens scarce water supplies.
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  Flores: Venezuela’s Coronavirus Response Might Surprise You

  Venezuelans waiting to go home understand that their chances of surviving the coronavirus – both physically and economically – are much better in a country that values health over profits
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  Prashad: IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis

  The IMF denial of the $5 billion request from Venezuela follows Pence’s sentiment. It is a violation of the spirit of international cooperation that is at the heart of the UN Charter
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  Norton: Brazil begs for Cuban doctors – after expelling them

  Brazil’s far-right government requested the return of thousands of Cuban doctors to help fight the coronavirus. Months ago, President Jair Bolsonaro smeared the doctors as “terrorists” and expelled them
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  Carlsen: How the OAS Revived the Cold War in the Americas

  An in-depth analysis of the actions of the Organization of American States reveals a disturbing political bias, a willingness to manipulate events and data for political purposes, and a pattern of double standards under the leadership of Secretary General Luis Almagro
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  Mestrum: Reinventing the World Social Forum: how powerful an idea can be

  Ideas that were discussed concerned the initiative to make a network of sanctuary cities, to develop a world movement against fascism and to emphasize the need for convergence between the movements
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  Carlsen: The Organization of American States Is Eroding Faith in Democracy

  Under its pro-Trump secretary general, a politicized OAS has botched electoral missions across the hemisphere — and even precipitated a coup
• Abbott: A Dispatch From the Caravan

  The massive open migration from Central America highlights the growing sense of desperation in the region
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  Carlsen: The Power of the Mothers

  The most important form of empowerment for these mothers is to develop the power to search for and find their children