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Yanis Iqbal
USA’s Game Plan in Venezuela: Strangulation through Sanctions
21 Jan 2021
‘Perhaps the irony of all ironies is that the sanctions were meant to ‘save or liberate’ Venezuela from some supposed tyranny. The method for US-styled liberation is peculiar. When a country is in…
Peoples Dispatch
Argentina Starts Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccinations
30 Dec 2020
On December 24, the South American nation received the first 300,000 doses out of a total order of over 10 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. In the first round it has prioritized the…
Leslie Xavier
The Poetry of Diego Maradona, and Hateful Truth in It
27 Nov 2020
Diego Maradona’s football has been described recently as poetry, and in his death poetry has been extinguished in the game. Except, just as difficult as it is to understand and appreciate poetry in…
Tanya Wadhwa
Chileans Approve Drafting a New Constitution
27 Oct 2020
Following the announcement of the preliminary results, tens of thousands of Chileans took to the streets to celebrate the victory of the “approve” and “constitutional convention” options.
Peoples Dispatch
We have Regained Hope, Says Luis Arce as Estimates Show MAS Victory in Bolivian Presidential Polls
19 Oct 2020
The Unitel-Ciesmori estimate showed the Luis Arce-David Choquehuanca ticket of the MAS winning over 52% of the vote. Shortly after, the president of the coup regime, Jeanine Añez, acknowledged the…
Brasil de Fato
Brazilian Parliamentarians Denounce Gov’t Absence in Combating Wildfires in the Pantanal Region
22 Sep 2020
If the Jair Bolsonaro government doesn’t act, “we will have to see if the rain puts out the fires,” says lawmaker
Peoples Dispatch
MAS Begins Campaign for General Elections in Bolivia
08 Sep 2020
The MAS presidential ticket, Luis Arce and David Choquehuanca, vowed to restore democracy, dignity, employment, hope and stability in Bolivia.
Peoples Dispatch
Paraguayan Students and Peasants Demand Greater Budget for Public Education
26 Aug 2020
The National Federation of Secondary Students denounced that Paraguay is one of the Latin American countries that invests the least in the education sector.
Vijay Prashad
Why Cuban Doctors Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
25 Aug 2020
Amid continued attacks on Cuban doctors who are on the front-lines of battling COVID-19 across the world, Vijay Prashad makes a case for why they deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
Vijay Prashad, Zoe PC
The Tragic Killing of Colombia’s Sports Hero, Patrón
20 Aug 2020
The murder killing is part of an assault on the Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities in Northwestern Colombia and the Left, particularly against those who resists the power of narco-traffickers.