Latin America & the Caribbean

Reclaiming an Irish anti-imperialist legacy

While the dominant narrative of the “Irish experience” in the U.S. is often reduced to little more than a fairy…

August 21, 2020

U.S. cities, states look to socialist Cuba for COVID-19 help

With the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 expected to surpass 200,000 by the end of August, governing bodies in U.S.…

August 21, 2020

Fidel at 94: The ideas of a revolutionary never die

Makasi was 16 when he first learned about Fidel Castro. As a Black Latinx youth, Makasi notes that “growing up…

August 18, 2020

EDITORIAL – El virus, el PIB y el afán de lucro

“El costo de la pandemia de coronavirus en la economía de la nación se volvió enfáticamente más claro el jueves”,…

August 18, 2020

Colonialism intensifies pandemic school crisis for Puerto Ricans

This slightly edited talk was given at the Aug. 6 Workers World Party webinar, “War on the Working Class: the…

August 17, 2020

U.S. mercenaries sentenced to 20 years for invasion attempt in Venezuela

Telesur published the following report Aug. 8. Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab reported Friday [Aug. 7] that the two…

August 14, 2020

Why Cuba is winning the fight against COVID-19

This article is a lightly edited version of a talk given Aug. 6 during the Workers World webinar entitled, “War…

August 13, 2020

Political strike shuts down Bolivia

Ibarra, Ecuador Do Bolivian lives matter? The Bolivian masses are experiencing a perfect storm of social, health and economic crises.…

August 11, 2020

El uso de la tecnología por parte del estado: un problema para el movimiento

La información está en todas partes. En el 2020, la tecnología es una parte omnipresente de la vida cotidiana de…

August 11, 2020

Brazil: From pandemic to genocide

Since the pandemic began, Brazilians have suffered 93,000 deaths and 2.7 million infections — the second highest number of infections…

August 4, 2020