Latin America & the Caribbean

Desafíos al movimiento progresista en Nuestra América

Por Juan Diego García Publicado en lapluma.net el 1 de enero.  Para los movimientos populares de América Latina y el…

January 29, 2020

Puerto Ricans protest undistributed 2017 supplies unearthed by 2020 quakes

Still grappling with the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, Puerto Ricans reacted with protests when they learned Jan. 19 that massive…

January 29, 2020

Washington embraces Bolivia’s rightists

The Jan. 23 announcement that the U.S. would resume diplomatic relations with Bolivia’s government -- after breaking them with Evo…

January 28, 2020

Embassy Protectors face court: A trial of our times

By Lauren Smith Smith is an independent journalist. On Feb. 11, four American peace activists, known as the Embassy Protectors…

January 27, 2020

Embassy Protectors speak in New York City

The four American peace activists who protected the Venezuela Embassy in Washington, D.C., for 37 days during the attempted coup,…

January 27, 2020

Challenges to people’s movements in the Americas

By Juan Diego Garcia Garcia is Colombian, residing in Spain. Published in lapluma.net on Jan. 1. Translation by John Catalinotto…

January 23, 2020

Philadelphia: Stop denying disaster relief to Puerto Rico!

Demonstrators gathered in Philadelphia on Jan. 15 in front of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Mid-Atlantic Region,…

January 22, 2020

In Venezuela, reactionary Guaidó humiliated by assembly defeat

The self-appointed “interim president” of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, received a humiliating setback in that country’s National Assembly vote on Jan.…

January 17, 2020

San Francisco Labor Council opposes the coup in Bolivia

The following resolution was passed by unanimous vote of the San Francisco Labor Council on Jan. 13. Whereas Evo Morales,…

January 16, 2020

As earthquakes hit Puerto Rico, the people organize against “natural” and capitalist-made disaster

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean on Jan. 7, with the southern coast of Puerto Rico its epicenter. Then…

January 12, 2020