Latin America

The Bolivian People Said Yes to Democracy and No to U.S. Imperialism

October 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Bolivia, Featured, Statement

The Alliance for Global Justice Congratulates the Bolivian People October 18, 2020, marked the end of the US-backed coup against Evo Morales and the theft of democracy in Bolivia. Today, the victory of Luis Arce, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS in Spanish) presidential candidate, marks the strong determination of the Bolivian people to return to democracy. From the Alliance for[…]

Power to the People! Policing and Caribbean Autonomy in Nicaragua

October 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua, Regional Solutions, Socialism, Women

Normally I wouldn’t post a webinar, but this is special. Friends of Latin America produced this webinar where 3 women from Nicaragua speak about their experiences with Community policing. Ajamu Baraka comes in after they speak and talks about how their experiences relate to what is happening now in the United States where people are demanding community supervision of police[…]

Bolivia’s Corrupt Coup Makers Fear Electoral Rebuff

October 17, 2020 UNAC Editor Bolivia, Hybrid Warfare, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by John Catalinotto, published on Workers World, October 15, 2020 National elections are scheduled to take place in Bolivia on Oct. 18. They are the first to be held since November 2019, when a Washington-backed coup overthrew the legal government of President Evo Morales. The coup regime, guilty of repression, massive corruption and a mangled response to COVID-19, is facing[…]

Unfounded U.N. Report on Venezuela Being Used as an Instrument of Regime Change

October 10, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Latin America, Statement, United Nations, Venezuela

Statement by US Peace Council, September 28, 2020 The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a report* by the Independent Mission to Determine the Facts in Venezuela (Independent Mission), which accuses Venezuela of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment committed since 2014.” The veracity, timing, and political intent of this report is best understood in the context of a campaign led[…]

Latin American Ex-Presidents Stage ‘Rebellion on the Farm’ Following IADB Appointment

September 28, 2020 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Imperialism, Latin America

by Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, published on Workers World, September 17, 2020 The web magazine lapluma.net published this article by its author, a Venezuelan analyst, on Sept. 3. The article refers to George Orwell’s novel,“Animal Farm,” which pro-imperialist intellectuals have used for reactionary purposes in the past. In this case the author highlights the role of Latin American bourgeois leaders who[…]

France: Yellow Vests Resume Protests

September 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Press Freedom, Resistance, Venezuela

FYI: from Telesur English, September 12, 2020 The ‘Yellow Vests’ Saturday took to the streets after a summer break to continue protesting against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans. Almost two years after their first mobilizations, the Yellow Vests marched through Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Nice, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg. Yellow Vests in France are back! https://t.co/rJTznMN9SA pic.twitter.com/etuoptte4b — Karli[…]

Oppose U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela, Illegal and criminal interference

August 24, 2020 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Politics, Venezuela

Statement by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC) This Statement is part of a series by the Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC) updating the latest on the U.S. government’s brutal and illegal sanctions and attacks on various countries. It is meant to help us build our opposition, and further join in the International Campaign Against U.S. Sanctions. This Statement mainly focuses on the U.S. sanctions[…]

A Hunger Crisis in Guatamala

August 22, 2020 UNAC Editor Guatamala, Latin America, War on the Poor

By Yanis Iqbal, published on Countercurrents, August 20, 2020 A report released by Oxfam in July 2020 states, “COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than will die from[…]

Protecting Food From the Hungry

August 22, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Brazil, South Africa

by Vijay Prashad, published on Consortium News, August 21, 2020 Young children marvel at an obvious contradiction in capitalist societies: why do we have shops filled with food, and yet see hungry people on the streets? It is a question of enormous significance; but in time the question dissipates into the fog of moral ambivalence, as various explanations are used[…]

Era Of US Domination Of Latin America Coming To An End

August 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Latin America, Resistance

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, August 9, 2020 Despite its failings at home, the United States intervenes in countries across multiple continents seeking to control their governments and resources. This week, we look at the US’ latest efforts in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Bolivia to undermine their independence and force them to serve the interests of[…]