Pink Tide

Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

April 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Brazil, Colonialism, Ecuador, Human Rights, Imperialism, Latin America, New Pink Tide, Venezuela

by Steve Ellner, published in The Monthly Review, March Edition Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades. One position is favorable, while the other highly critical, to the extent that Pink Tide presidents—including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Bolivia’s Evo Morales,[…]

Latin America and Caribbean, Year 2022 in Review – Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony

January 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Argentina, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, International Aid and Debt, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger D. Harris, published on NicaNotes, January 12, 2023 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington’s backyard. Two centuries later, the[…]

Nicaragua Celebrates 43 Years of Revolution:A Clash Between Reality and Media Misrepresentation

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Peoples' Movements, Propaganda, Public Health, Socialism

by John Perry, published on Council on Hemospheric Affairs Website, July 19, 2022 July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it’s yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. We’ll hear again about[…]

Interview With Evo Morales; UK Role in Coup That Ousted Him;

July 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Bolivia, Interview, New Pink Tide, Peoples' Movements

by Matt Kennard, published on DeclassifiedUK, July 14, 2022 Matt Kennard interviews the former president of Bolivia about a range of subjects — including the British-backed coup of 2019, Julian Assange, NATO and transnational corporations — at Morales’ house deep in the Amazon rainforest. THE COUP: ‘The UK participated in it – all for lithium’ THE BRITISH: ‘Superiority is so important to them,[…]

Brazil’s Lula Proposes Creating Latin American Currency to ‘Be Freed of US Dollar’ Dependency

May 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Brazil, Latin America, Lawfare

by Benjamin Norton, published on Multipolarista, May 6, 2022 Brazil’s left-wing leader Lula da Silva has proposed creating a pan-Latin American currency, in order to “be freed of the dollar.” A founder of Brazil’s Workers’ Party, Lula served as president for two terms, from 2003 to 2011. He is now the leading candidate as Brazil’s October 2022 presidential elections approach.[…]

21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America (so far)

January 10, 2022 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Latin America, Lawfare

by Stansfield Smith, published on Dissident Voice, January 6, 2022 During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. US organized coups in Latin American countries is hardly a 20th century phenomenon. However, this[…]

Yes, There Were 10 Good Things About 2021

December 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Action!!, Democracy, Visions of a Future

by Medea Benjamin, December 28, 2021 This year, 2021, began with a huge sense of relief as Trump left office. We hoped to emerge from the ravages of COVID, pass a hefty Build Back Better (BBB) bill, and make significant cuts to the Pentagon budget. But, alas, we faced a January 6 white nationalist insurrection, two new COVID mutations, a[…]

Pedro Castillo’s Presidential Win: A Peruvian Trade Unionist Perspective

June 17, 2021 Judith Bello Peru

by Fightback News Staff, June 12, 2021 A brief introduction to Pedro Castillo and the transformational election in Peru. Since this article was written, Castillo was confirmed as the President of Peru. The Pink Tide lives on. [jb] Fight Back! interviewed Cristiano Mayta, a trade unionist in Peru on June 10 as the country awaited the official results of the[…]

Brazil’s Lula is Free

November 11, 2019 UNAC Editor Brazil, Latin America

Co-Written by Ana Paula Vargas and Vijay Prashad, published on Countercurrents, November 9, 2019 Just before 5pm on Friday the 8th of November, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked out of his prison in Curitiba (Brazil). Lula went to prison in April last year on a 12-year sentence. Five-hundred and eighty days of prison are now over, as[…]

Debate on Nicaragua: Capitalist Reform or Socialist Revolution?

September 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Revolution, Socialism

A protester in Masaya holds a cartoon likening Ortega to the former dictator Somoza. by Jeff Mackler, originally published on Socialist Action, September 23, 2018 Part II. (Part I appeared in August 2018.) In today’s epoch of worldwide imperialist intervention and war, real revolutions are hard to make, even harder to maintain, and sometimes difficult to define in their evolution[…]