Thanks to its stances on issues ranging from deportations to trade policy, the Trump administration is undermining US influence across Latin America, increasing political polarization in the region, and strengthening the hand of progressive forces there.
What have we learned from the Pink Tide’s years in power?
The media is debating food politics — and missing the mark.
To understand how a body of thought became an era of capitalism requires more than intellectual history.
Economic crisis alone won’t end US imperialism. Only a political threat from below can do that.
The benefits of peace between FARC and the Colombian government will not be widely felt.
Looking back at the Pink Tide’s accomplishments, and the roots of its shortcomings.
With the Trump threat looming and Raúl Castro possibly stepping down, the future of the Cuban Revolution is uncertain.
Apologetics for a kleptocratic tyrant have nothing to do with anti-imperialism.
1968 was a decisive turning point in the Cuban Revolution.
Recent elections in Colombia saw the Right's Iván Duque win the presidency. But the Colombian left had its most impressive turnout in history.
TeleSUR English is a rare voice of dissent to US foreign policy. Is that why Facebook deleted its page?
The Nordic countries aren't socialist. But they're still a living, breathing falsification of the US right's anti-socialist talking points.
The anti-autocracy movement in Nicaragua is a reflection of broader popular struggles against neoliberal policies across Central America. It shouldn’t be dismissed or reduced to its most reactionary elements.
Ilhan Omar is one of the most forthright critics of imperialism in US politics. That’s why her recent stances on Turkey, the Kurds, and the Armenian genocide are so disappointing.
Before 2019 comes to a close, let’s take one last look at the most obnoxious, appalling, and insidious personalities of the past twelve months. These are eight auld acquaintances we’d desperately like to forget — here’s hoping we’ve heard the last of them.
On September 21, 1976, Orlando Letelier, a former minister in Salvador Allende’s socialist government in Chile who was forced into exile after the US-backed coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, was assassinated by a car bomb in the heart of Washington, DC.
After weeks-long massive protests were put on pause, Colombia’s future is more uncertain than ever. The 2022 elections will be critical in determining whether the country will return to the miserable status quo under the thumb of the United States, or blaze a new leftward path.
Since a US-backed coup toppled leftist president Manuel Zelaya in 2009, Honduras has been in crisis. The election of socialist Xiomara Castro is a chance to break the cycle and take on neoliberalism.
On Sunday, Rodolfo Hernández, a right-wing populist, snuck into the second round of Colombia’s presidential elections. Leftist Gustavo Petro is still the front-runner, but the Right's unexpected success should be cause for alarm.