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Peoples Dispatch
Colombian Social Leaders Walked 15 Days and 600 km to Demand the Right to Life
11 Jul 2020
A group of social activists and human rights defenders have been marching from the southwestern Colombia for the past 15 days to demand respect for the life, territory and human rights of minority…
Peoples Dispatch
Uruguayans Reject the Approval of the Urgent Consideration Law
09 Jul 2020
The Urgent Consideration Law (LUC) is a neoliberal legislation that promotes budget cuts in the public sector, supports the privatization of public companies and restricts the right to strike of the…
Peoples Dispatch
Macri is Further Implicated in the Case Investigating an Illegal Spying Network
09 Jul 2020
Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri is eagerly watching the progress of a lawsuit in which 22 people were arrested on June 30, including former officials of his government, which links…
Peoples Dispatch
Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Coronavirus
08 Jul 2020
The president had already told his followers on Monday July 6 that he had symptoms such as a fever of 38 degrees and pain.
Peoples Dispatch
Vice-president of Ecuador Otto Sonnenholzner Resigns
08 Jul 2020
Sonnenholzner was the third vice president of Lenín Moreno during his four years in office.
Carlos Aznárez
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: “The United States has No Allies, It has No Friends, it Only Thinks of Its Economic Interests”
07 Jul 2020
Carlos Aznárez speaks with Adolfo Pérez Esquivel about the debt crisis facing Argentina and why Argentina should not pay.
Peoples Dispatch
Venezuela Denounces ‘Absurd Decision’ of UK to Retain its Gold Reserves
03 Jul 2020
A British high court ruled on July 2 that because the UK recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president, it does not have to give the government of Nicolás Maduro access to the reserves.
Vijay Prashad, Eduardo Viloria Daboín, Ana Maldonado, Zoe PC
Venezuela’s Borderlands Have Been Assaulted by COVID-19
02 Jul 2020
Over 70,000 Venezuelan migrants have returned to the country due to the uncontrolled coronavirus outbreaks in the neighboring countries. Venezuela has welcomed them and provided free testing and…
Tanya Wadhwa
Indignation in Colombia Amid Spree of Assassinations and the Rape of an Indigenous Girl by Soldiers
01 Jul 2020
The wave of assassinations and acts of sexual violence carried out by security forces and paramilitary groups against Colombian civilians in the past week has shaken the country.
Peoples Dispatch
Ecuadorian Trade Union Calls for National Mobilisation Against Moreno’s Government
01 Jul 2020
The FUT has called for a national mobilisation in defense of the workers’ rights and in rejection of budget cuts, corruption, mass dismissals, and privatisation of public institutes.