Latin America

By JOSE MONTEROJO The inter-imperialist rivalry in which the dominant imperialist powers (primarily the United States and China) attempt to reestablish social/political control and profitable capital accumulation is re-shaping Latin America’s political, social, and economic realities. The drive to reestablish profitability across the world is deepening Latin America’s dependency on imperialist powers, creating social conditions […]

The cycle of electoral victories of so-called progressive parties, which had already brought Gabriel Boric (Chile) and Gustavo Petro (Colombia) to national governments, is now confirmed with the election of Lula (Brazil), the last of the 2022 crop. By: Ricardo Ayala – PSTU (Brazil) Thus, the largest economy in Latin America is added to Mexico, […]

September 28th is commemorated in Latin America as the Day for the Legalization of Abortion, and every year more women and gestating people progress in making this a day of struggle and global mobilization. In the last few years, the fight for abortion in our continent has had ups and downs—from the important advances in […]

Seven months after the July 11, 2021 protests in Cuba, repression against demonstrators is intensifying. On January 25, after more than half a year of silence, the Cuban Attorney General’s Office provided information about the criminal proceedings of those accused of having participated in the demonstrations. By Daniel Sugasti The official report reveals 117 files […]

REPSOL out of Peru! Expropriate La Pampilla refinery and clean up the environmental disaster! The oil spill is the responsibility of REPSOL and the neoliberal economic model that Castillo continues to support. By PST – Peru The more than six thousand barrels of oil spilled on the beaches of Ventanilla, Peru by Repsol have caused […]

February 8, 2022 With the beginning of another agreement reached with the IMF, we begin another chapter in the chronicles of fiscal imperialism. The IMF granted Argentina the largest loan in history at the request of Mauricio Macri’s government.  As quickly as the dollars entered the country they flew out, with scenes worthy of an […]

SINTTIA, the National Independent Union of Automotive Industry Workers (Sindicato Independiente Nacional de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Industria Automotriz in Spanish), achieved an overwhelming victory with 76.5% of the votes at the Silao plant. Thus, the union gained the representativeness to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with General Motors. It was demonstrated that […]

December 8, 2021 During the 90s, Carlos Menem’s government unleashed a neoliberal offensive on our country. Once taking power, he allied himself with Alsogaray (a mix of Macri and Milei of yesteryear, a servant of all dictatorships), privatized national industries, handed over our sovereignty to foreign capital, accelerated the transition of our economy to focus […]

December 14, 2021 On December 6, the newspaper “Folha de S. Paulo” published a report showing that this year, general Augusto Heleno, minister of the Institutional Defense Cabinet (GSI) of the Presidency, authorized seven gold-prospecting projects in the region of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Amazonas). The final decision was made following various projects led by […]

December 23, 2021 Many workers, youth, and fighters are breathing a sigh of relief at the results of the second round of voting in Chile. Kast’s defeat (44.13%) is encouraging for the thousands who have taken the streets over the last couple of years. On the other hand, Gabriel Boric’s victory, with over 4.6 million […]

Authored by MIT, the Chilean section of the IWL-FI Translated by: Dolores Underwood The electoral results last Sunday were a surprise within Chile and across the world. Many activists, youth, and workers are asking themselves how it is possible that the extreme right won in the preliminary presidential elections, particularly after the mobilizations that began […]

October 19, 2021 Two years ago, millions of us took the streets to say “enough.” Young people took the lead with students hopping the subway turnstiles in protest of the increase of ticket prices. The government’s violent response caused the country to erupt in indignation against other ongoing abuses as well: precarious healthcare, pensions, miserable […]

The “Fourth Transformation” government’s attempt to impose a return to in-person classes launched by President López Obrador with the imperative slogan “come rain or shine” is an irresponsible measure. This decision is being made, it seems, in obedience to the directives from UNESCO and other international organisms who have urged the reactivation of the economy […]

Between the night of July 11 and the afternoon of August 30, a group operating both inside and outside Cuba has reported—based on accounts by family, friends, acquaintances or citizens with this information–that 896 people have been arrested. Of the 896 reported arrests, 496 have been confirmed. It has also been confirmed that 354 people […]

By PST-Peru (Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores, Socialist Workers Party), translated by Dolores Underwood The Workers’ General Confederation of Peru (CGTP in Spanish, a national trade union center in Peru) recently stated: “We characterize the current government as a government of the people, and one that proposes a new economic, political, and social model,” and […]

May 17, 2021 The counting of today’s electoral results has not yet finished [05/16]. However, everything indicates that there has been a real political earthquake in the country based on the results that will be confirmed in the next few hours. By International Workers’ Movement (MIT) -Chile Translation: Corriente Obrera and Workers’ Voice, IWL-FI U.S. […]