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Ortega’s Next Term
Daniel Ortega is still despised by the Right. But that doesn't mean Nicaraguans have much to look forward to in his next term.
El Salvador’s New Battlefield
Twenty-five years after laying down their arms, the FMLN continues its struggle.
Assessing the Pink Tide
Pink Tide governments delivered much-needed reforms. But they also defanged the movements that brought them to power.
Unfinished Business
The Bolivarian Revolution went too far for capitalism but not far enough for socialism.
Lessons Earned
What have we learned from the Pink Tide’s years in power?
From the Underground to the Mainstream
Feminists in Argentina have achieved an unprecedented breakthrough on abortion rights.
Gustavo Petro’s Dream
Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro's success shows that whatever happens in Colombia's elections today, change has come to the country.
The Guardian’s Populism Panic
Britain’s leading liberal newspaper has set out on a mission to define and defeat “populism.” It has not gone well.
Mexico in the Era of AMLO
In an inauguration ceremony unlike any other in Mexican history, Andrés Manuel López Obrador called neoliberalism a disaster. Now he must dismantle it.
El Salvador’s Backslide
With its loss of the presidency in El Salvador’s recent elections, the gains of the revolutionary project launched by the FMLN in 1980 are in serious jeopardy.
The Worst Diplomat in the World
Jair Bolsonaro’s chief foreign policy architect is combining rabid nationalist rhetoric with pathetic submissiveness to the United States.
Latin America’s Bitter Stalemate
The Pink Tide governments failed because they couldn't transform the region's economy. But the resurgent right doesn't have a solution to the economic crisis either — and the impasse is deepening the basis for violent, reactionary politics.
Building a New Chile Requires a New Social Contract
Frustration over life under neoliberalism has created mass revolt in the streets of Chile. But unless we build an alternative to failed neoliberal policies, a historic opportunity will be lost.
Chile Can Be a Laboratory of Popular Democracy
The social upheaval in Chile has made it clear that the country’s Pinochet-era, neoliberal constitution must go. But the process of replacing it cannot be a top-down affair. Like the popular assemblies that have carried the rebellion forward, it must be based on democratic mass participation.
Against the Odds, AMLO Has Made Gains in His First Year
It’s been a year since Andrés Manuel López Obrador took power in Mexico. Against the odds, his administration has won a host of important progressive victories. But it’ll need to do more to withstanding pressure from Washington and the more conservative parts of the MORENA coalition.
They’re Not Sending Their Best People to Stage a Coup in Venezuela
The recent failed invasion of Venezuela by several clown cars worth of idiotic “freedom fighters” is almost too absurd to believe. But the goofballs aside, this misadventure can only be understood in the context of Donald Trump’s increased aggression toward Venezuela and open desire to overthrow its government.
The Global South Needs More Than Just Debt Relief
The G20’s plans to postpone 76 emerging countries’ debt repayments are a band-aid on fundamental injustices in the global economy. Rebuilding the Global South after the pandemic will require a complete upending of the international order — and the defending states' sovereignty rather than financial markets'.
“Michael Brooks Was My Absolute Political Inspiration”
After putting out a call for his listeners and viewers to share their reflections on our comrade and friend Michael Brooks after his shocking and untimely death this week, we were flooded with emails. Here are a few of them.
“Michael Brooks Leaving This World Was Only the Beginning of His Legacy”
After we put out a call for remembrances of Michael Brooks, we received deeply emotional emails from his viewers and listeners all around the world about how he changed their politics — and often their lives.