Castro-Chavismo

The following months showed that the July 11 demonstrations inaugurated a new political scenario in Cuba. The objective factors that triggered the popular discontent expressed in the streets – high prices, dollarization, shortages, health crisis, little or no perspective for the precarious youth, etc. – are still present, since Miguel Díaz-Canel and the top brass […]

Last July 11, several demonstrations were held in Cuba against the Castro regime. They expressed the demands of numerous sectors of the Cuban people for the terrible socio-economic situation in which they live and the demands for democratic freedoms denied by the regime[1].

In the debates on the current Cuban situation, a majority sector of the left (defenders of the current Castro regime and its policies) claims that the main problem is the country’s “isolation”. This is partially true with regard to the commercial and financial U.S. imperialist blockade. However, they hide the fact that it was Fidel […]

The mobilisations that took place on the island since 11 July and the Cuban government’s response are being followed with extreme attention in America and around the world. The dictatorship has responded with repression, calling its shock troops to the streets to act alongside the regime’s armed forces, a measure that has left hundreds of […]

Hands Off Cuba!  For an Immediate End to the Sanctions and Blockade!

In our recent IWL-FI statement on Cuba, we pointed out, along with the need to expose and repudiate the government repression, which has already claimed at least one death, the urgent need “to launch an immediate campaign for the freedom of political prisoners.” As we believe that “solidarity towards the fighters is part of the […]

Amid massive social and political upheavals, the decay of the institutions of bourgeois democracy in the face of calls for a coup, all while a third wave of COVID threatens the country, Peru is facing a serious crisis with no clear resolution, just in time for the country’s 200th anniversary of its establishment as an […]

The Nicolás Maduro government has just decreed the freedom of the bourgeois opposition politicians who were imprisoned by the President himself.

Bolsonaro never tires of proving that it is a Donald Trump doormat. For the first time, the Brazilian government has aligned with the United States and rejected a UN General Assembly motion calling for an end to the US economic blockade against Cuba. By Jeferson Choma Brazil’s position, however, did not change the historic UN […]

The U.S. imperialism and his allies tried to carry out a coup d’état in Venezuela on April 30, 2019.

Last Saturday, May 6, 2019, Venezuelan working people held 358 rallies across the nation against both Maduro-led Bolivarian regime and the lack of safe water and energy.

The sickness and death of Hugo Chávez, doubtlessly one of the most important leaders of the Latin American and international politics of the 21st century, have brought back to the surface the discussion about the true meaning of him, his movement and his governments in Venezuela. By Alejandro Iturbe. Written in 2013.* This discussion has […]

The workers must oust Maduro! Out with Maduro! North American imperialist pro-intervention policy, allied with right wing Latin American governments, has taken a leap regarding Venezuela. John Bolton’s reports where he shows the “5000 troops to Colombia” and the over flight of North American military aircrafts in Colombian territory show the diplomatic offensive and economic […]

It has been more than four months since the demonstrations that led to the insurrection against Ortega-Murillo’s tyranny. Over 450 people have been killed by the hands of the regime and its paramilitary groups so far, hundreds of people are missing and thousands have become refugees as a result from the persecution, and there is […]

On August 18, 2018, a 2,000-strong mob targeted the 3,000 refugees from Venezuela in the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima. Starting 7am they threw stones, sticks and home-made bombs on tents and squares where the refugees were living. The refugees’ belongings were set on fire. 1,200 refugees were expelled back to Venezuela.

An Unbearable Situation. The workers and inhabitants of the poor neighborhoods and sectors of the country are going through an actual social tragedy. Economic crisis deepens, food and medicine shortages continue, hunger strikes, long lines to acquire foods in markets and supermarkets continue in the country and in the banks to get cash. We, workers, […]