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  1. Brazilian social leader: 'We defeated the military dictatorship, we'll defeat Bolsonaro'

    second round in Brazil鈥檚 presidential elections on October 28, defeating Fernando Haddad of the Workers鈥 ... towards聽 women, the LGBTI community and indigenous peoples, millions in Brazil and globally were horrified ... and frightened. Not so investors, with Brazil鈥檚 stock market soaring to new highs on the news of the ...

  2. Bolsonaro's win brings big dangers, but left 'more united than ever'

    declare war on it. The internal enemy is the PT, which just won 47 million votes and still represents ... Bannon apparently worked on both campaigns. Bolsonaro is not a 鈥淭rump of the Tropics鈥 because, although ... Bolsonaro, on the other hand, is literally a neo-fascist who comes out of Brazil鈥檚 neo-fascist tradition. [US ...

  3. The indigenous fire in Latin America

    in the Chapare region, which, faced with the US-imposed "war on drugs", was forged into one ... Federico Fuentes The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia By Benjamin ... Ben Dangl's first book The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia. Dangl is ...

  4. Revolts show Arab world's true face

    praying for our success in Iraq.鈥 Commenting on the recent protests, Bush鈥檚 former defence secretary, ... Donald Rumsfeld, told US foreign policy magazine The Cable on February 14 鈥 two days after the fall of ... is Egypt鈥檚 example that has spread to Iraq, not vice versa. On February 17, the Washington Post said: ...

  5. Could Venezuela's socialists lose the coming elections?

    Raga鈥 trending on Twitter. 鈥淭he economic war exists, it鈥檚 a reality, but part of the economic war is ... things you can usually count on. The upcoming December 6 elections for the National Assembly are no ... election since Hugo Chavez鈥檚 successful 1998 bid for president has been transformed into a referendum on ...

  6. Colombia: 'Narco state' illegally uses Red Cross, Telesur logos

    American States (OAS), Denis Moncada, on July 24. The statement comes as criticism grows over ... with the FARC. In response to claims that he had met with FARC leaders on July 19, Ortega denied any ... 1 massacre on Ecuadorian soil of more than 20 FARC soldiers and civilians. In response Ecuador, Venezuela and ...

  7. El Salvador: In power, former guerrillas to hold first congress

    groups engaged in a guerilla war. Today, 13 years after peace accords ended the armed conflict, it is in ... government. New social programs have been created to benefit the population. We are also focused on ... countryside, particularly agriculture. We are also seeking to benefit different sectors, such as youth, women ...

  8. Venezuela: Uniting revolutionaries to end capitalism

    struggle should be based on "the largest possible number of men and women [involving] themselves in ... Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 24, speaking to more than 2000 promoters of the new socialist party ... pocket, but we have to enter into this issue, we cannot avoid it". On July 28, while attending ...

  9. Bolivia: Conflict deepens over disputed highway

    rubber bullets sent indigenous marchers, including pregnant women and children, fleeing for safety. ... presented a list including 15 further demands on the government. The issues ranged from improving indigenous ... on the CIDOB website on September 19, was implementing 鈥渢he process of consultation with the ...

  10. Bolivia: Indigenous government defies US-backed fascists

    supposedly refuse to collaborate in the "war on drugs". Oppressed take the offensive The government ... Morales as a "civil coup". This campaign of terror, centred on the four resource-rich eastern ... racist armed youth gangs, such as the Santa Cruz Youth Union (UJC). The worst violence occurred on ...

  11. Latin America: 'Don't mess with us'

    have been uncovered, is of open civil war 鈥 where only on the graves of tens of thousands of determined ... Federico Fuentes Caracas Arriving at the Palacio Moneda in Santiago, Chile, on September 14, where ... integration Chavez's words were backed by the action on September 11 when his government expelled the US ...

  12. Bolivia: Right-wing push to stop change defeated

    draft constitution to "refound Bolivia" on the basis of justice for the indigenous majority ... (see article in this page). More importantly, a strengthen Morales government now counts on an ... (MAS) in early general elections in 2005. On assuming the presidency, Morales moved to nationalise ...

  13. Bolivia: Amazon protest 鈥 development before environment?

    a battleground of the US 鈥war on drugs鈥. The cocalero (coca-growers) movement, head by Morales, was the backbone ... Territory and National Isiboro Secure Park (TIPNIS), to initiate a 500-kilometre protest march on ... focused on the supposed hypocrisy of the government headed by Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous ...

  14. Latin America's struggle for integration and independence

    Federico Fuentes Caracas Commenting on how much the two had in common 鈥 same age, three children, ... similar music tastes 鈥 Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said to Mexican President Felipe Calderon on ... priest joins the ranks of current Latin American presidents that includes two women (Cristina Fernandez ...

  15. Venezuela: Reform battle continues as Chavez ally splits

    Federico Fuentes Caracas Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas on ... Assembly that will be put to a referendum on December 2. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has explained ... already achieved significant gains in redistributing wealth and power to the poor majority. On November 6, ...

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