Tag: Latin America and the Caribbean

The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a “military intervention” in Brazil. They had set up camps that had assembled in front of army barracks throughout the country since November

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets supporters, October 19, 2022. Photo by Ricardo Stuckert/Twitter. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory in Brazil’s October 30 presidential vote is worth celebrating. Indeed, the last few years have been a sustained test of the former president’s popularity among the Brazilian population. From the

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, left, and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Photos courtesy Telesur. Colombia and Venezuela are two countries with unbreakable geographical, historical, and cultural ties. Indeed, they were once part of the same country, Gran Colombia, which covered much of South America’s northern protuberance. However, striking political conflicts have

Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro of the left-wing Liberty and Refoundation Party. Photo by El Periódico. In the November 28 elections in Honduras, voters granted a resounding victory to Xiomara Castro of the left-wing Liberty and Refoundation Party, also known as “Libre.” Castro campaigned on a platform of “democratic socialism” which

Marches organized by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) and the Pacto de Unidad move through El Alto. Starting on August 3, more than 100 roadblocks were set up throughout the country, with only vehicles delivering medical supplies being allowed through. Thousands of Bolivians have taken to the streets demanding the

US troops oversee a marching band within the Haitian Gendarmerie. Image taken from Monograph of Haiti, assembled by United States Marines during the US occupation of that country, 1915-1934. Courtesy of Duke University Libraries. While remembering their past has not prevented history from repeating itself, it is not possible for

Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair/Counterpunch. In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to cross the maritime border. They landed on the Venezuelan coastline at La Guaira. This was clearly a hostile action, since the

Laguna del Maule, a lake in the Andes mountain range, 300 kilometres south of Chile’s capital Santiago. Chile is today in the midst of an unprecedented constituent process 30 years after the return of democracy, where the possibility of a new constitution has opened a discussion about what sort of

The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia’s central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment. And the protests have continued into the new

A woman prays amid the wreckage of Notre Dame de l’Assomption—the main cathedral in Port-au-Prince—on January 9, 2011. Image by Allison Shelley. Ten years ago Sunday an earthquake devastated Haiti. In a few minutes of violent shaking hundreds of thousands perished in Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions and many more were

Known as Bolivia’s Chapare region, the Tropico of Cochabamba is a sanctuary for elected President Evo Morales’ most dedicated base of support. Since the November 10 coup, it has effectively become a self-governing territory where the military junta is absent. The police and military were sent in full retreat from

Bolivian President Evo Morales annouces his resignation in Cochabamba, Bolivia on November 10, 2019. Still image taken from Bolivian Government TV. Mexico which has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in the wake of a coup, while thousands of pro-Morales protesters were marching

Evo Morales Ayma in Cochabamba, Bolivia in June 4, 2012. Photo by Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS. As of today, Evo Morales, the Indigenous president of Bolivia, was forced to resign the presidency. His Vice President, (Alvaro Garcia Linera) also resigned, as did Adrianna Salvatierra, the President of the Senate, who was

A shattered picture frame holding a photograph of deposed Bolivian president Evo Morales. Image courtesy of MintPress News. Bolivia’s president Evo Morales Ayma has just resigned. Hours earlier, surrounded by leaders of the grassroots mass organizations that serve as a sort of “people’s cabinet,” he had called for new elections

Bolivian vice president Álvaro García Linera (left) with President Evo Morales A year ago, the corporatists and anti-socialist militarists in the administration of US president Donald Trump appeared ecstatic over the electoral successes of neo-fascism in Latin America. Jair Bolsonaro, a self-proclaimed admirer of Adolf Hitler and who is nicknamed

The large anti-government protests in Chile have led to more than 18 deaths. Photo by Getty. Chile has been held up for decades as South America’s clearest example of the stability possible when neoliberal policies are adopted and implemented as if they were religious tenets. The country is now in

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido (right), who some nations have recognized as the country’s rightful interim ruler, was given $52 million by the Trump administration. Caracas, September 25, 2019 – Self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan opposition have been given US$52 million by the Trump administration. According to

In early 2019, the White House threatened to invade Venezuela, take down the government and replace it with their choice of president and political party. Though no missiles have been fired and no bombs dropped on the country, our government is waging a war by other means, namely criminal economic

Photo courtesy EDUCA Oaxaca On June 22, 2019, PBI accompanied EDUCA (Servicios para una Educación Alternativa) at Oaxaca’s first ever “Guelaguetza” against mining, in the municipality of San Martín de los Cansecos. Various communities from the Valles Centrales in Oaxaca joined together to commemorate the state’s annual “Rebellion Against Mining

Today marks the 66th anniversary of the simultaneous assaults on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba and the military garrison in Bayamo led by Fidel Castro and less than 200 combatants in what is known as the impossible storming of the heavens against the brutal U.S. puppet dictator Fulgencio