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Latin America rejects racist Trump

Latin American聽leaders have strongly defended聽the world鈥檚 most impoverished migrants after US President Donald Trump聽reportedly referred to certain developing聽nations as 鈥渟hithole聽countries鈥.

Bolivian President Evo聽Morales expressed his indignation on Twitter: 鈥淭o insult African countries, El Salvador and Haiti, Trump insults the world and demonstrates his opinions and politics are contaminated by capitalist racism, fascism, arrogance, and ignorance.

鈥淗istory has shown that those who offend like this end up eating their words.鈥

At UN, Bolivia鈥檚 Evo slams capitalism, war

Bolivia鈥檚 President Evo Morales used his September 19 speech to the United Nations General Assembly to condemn terrorism, abusive market practices and wars in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Libya as well as the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

In his address to the 72nd UN General Assembly聽in New York, Morales also sent聽his solidarity to the people of Mexico聽after the 7.1 earthquake and Caribbean nations devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Bolivia鈥檚 Evo Morales slams Trump鈥檚 Cuba policies

Bolivian聽President Evo Morales has rejected the United States聽economic blockade imposed on Cuba, as well as President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to backtrack on the normalisation of diplomatic relations with Havana.

In a public letter sent to his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro, Morales repeated his nation鈥檚 鈥渦nconditional support and solidarity鈥 with the Cuban Revolution and the 鈥渕ost heroic people of the continent鈥.

Evo Morales: 'I will free OAS's Luis Almagro from imperialism'

Bolivian President Evo Morales offered to 鈥渇ree鈥 Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Luis Almagro from the 鈥淣orth American empire鈥 on June 24

鈥淚 offer to free brother Luis Almagro from submission to the North American empire,鈥 Morales said in a tweet. 鈥淎ll for the dignity and sovereignty of our peoples.鈥

The message came only hours after Almargo declared that he would resign 鈥渇or freedom in Venezuela.鈥

Bolivia: Movements from around the globe call for 'world without walls' to fight global crises

At the closing of the on June 21 in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, social movements called for a 鈥渨orld without walls,鈥澛爓hile Bolivian President Evo Morales urged social movements to adopt the progressive proposals of the gathering's final declaration, which dubbed the migration crisis as just one symptom of neoliberal globalisation.聽

Five new books for ecosocialists

Below are five new books for the bookshelves of ecosocialists. They cover climate change, the Anthropocene, water and food 鈥 plus聽an inspiring account of the Russian Revolution by award-winning聽science fiction writer China Mieville.

Bolivia: New law could allow workers to take over closed companies

The Bolivian government has proposed a bill that would allow workers to take over the private companies they work at if they go bankrupt, and convert them into 鈥渟ocial companies鈥 to stimulate production and address unemployment, Pagina Siete reported on May 16.

The government justified the measure as part of the state's duty to protect labour rights and generate job opportunities while improving the productive apparatus of the country.

Venezuela announces withdrawal from OAS, Bolivia's Evo slams OAS

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez announced that the country will begin the process of exiting the Organization of American States (OAS).

The announcement came after the organisation's Permanent Council agreed on April 26 to convene a meeting of foreign ministers to discuss the situation in Venezuela, with 19 votes in favour, 10 against, one abstention and one absence.

Bolivia鈥檚 Evo Morales: The US threatens humanity with nuclear war

鈥淲ar aids capitalism, those who support capitalism support war, that is, the philosophy of death and destruction,鈥 Boliva鈥檚 left-wing President Evo Morales said on April 18.

Morales warned that humanity was 鈥渁t risk of disappearing in a nuclear holocaust,鈥 as tensions mount worldwide after US military attacks in Syria and Afghanistan.

鈥淣uclear power in the United States and Western countries are getting us dangerously closer to a nuclear conflagration.鈥

Bolivia to host global 鈥榳orld without walls鈥 people鈥檚 summit on migrant and refugee rights

Bolivia鈥檚 government and social movements have announced they will host a global people鈥檚 summit on migrants and refugee rights. The "People鈥檚 Conference for a World without Walls and Universal Citizenship", set for June 20 and 21, is expected to draw together immigration experts and pro-migrant and refugee rights organisations and activists from around the world.

Ecuador, Bolivia call for Latin American unity against Trump

Ecuadorean said on January 30 that Latin America needed to respond with a strong, united front against the anti-immigration measures of US President Donald Trump, T.

Evo Morales

Bolivian President Evo Morales to UN: 鈥楴o imperialist walls, eradicate capitalism!鈥

The world was again entering an era of 鈥渄ark capitalist and imperialist barbarism鈥 which acts against human dignity, the integrity of Mother Earth and the sovereignty of countries, Bolivian President Evo Morales told the United Nations General Assembly on September 21.

Morales, Bolivia鈥檚 first indigenous president, called for a 鈥渘ew world order鈥 that, rather than building walls, built a global citizenry where all people live together as a common family.