By Geraldina Colotti on January 19, 2022
Colombian President Duque welcomes in NATO
International analysts are often, and understandably, asked whether there will be a change in U.S. foreign policy depending on whether a Republican or Democratic president rules the White House. Since, for a Marxist, it is always a good idea to flee from Manichaeism and look at the concrete situation in its historically determined class relations, to point out that, at the international level, the essence of U.S. foreign policy presents no discontinuities, it is not an ideological position-taking. (more…)
By Fernando Bossi Rojas on January 20, 2022
Cuba vaccine Abdala, photo: Juan Pablo Carreras Vidal
When reviewing various balance reports for the year 2021 – a year in which the impact of the pandemic continued to be, by far, the most relevant issue – it is striking to see how the achievements of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua in the fight against Covid-19 are ignored. Not only is this information omitted from the right-wing media, which is logical, but also from the supposedly progressive media. (more…)
By Sebastián Ochoa on January 19, 2022.
Bolivia to the Sea
Two months before Gabriel Boric assumes the Chilean presidency, what can be expected in Bolivia? ‘Sputnik’ consulted two analysts about the future of bilateral relations, battered since the War of the Pacific (1879-1884). In Bolivia they are waiting for March 11, when Gabriel Boric will assume the presidency of Chile, with the expectation of improving relations between the two countries that have not had ambassadors since 1884, the year of the end of the War of the Pacific. (more…)
By Pedro Jorge Velázquez on January 18, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
There are failures that I guess you get a taste for, or how can it be possible for the defeated to regenerate into new forms of failure? Are they guided by that feeling that someday it will work out, after trying so hard? (more…)
January 18, 2022
image: Lacoste
Republican President Ronald Reagan created the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in 1983, which along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has functioned as an economic arm of the United States government’s interventionist policies, financing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and foundations disguised with names citing very laudable values like democracy and freedom, which in fact seek to change governments that do not subordinate themselves to Washington’s policies. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 18, 2022
Guantanamo, photo: Bill Hackwell
“The United States is violating the law by maintaining the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba as a prison, where most of the inmates are being held without criminal charges,” said attorney Thomas B. Wilner categorically during a conversation with this reporter via video call. (more…)
By José (Papo) Coss on January 12, 2022
MST school in Brazil, photo: Bill Hackwell
In the last decades, progressive social and political movements have successfully made inroads in the electoral activity of our continent, with its ups and downs. However, we cannot let our guard down, given our impressive advances of the last four years. (more…)
By Leonardo Flores on January 14, 2022
Luis Almagro photo:Alamy News
The Organization of American States (OAS) has never been a friend to the peoples of the Americas. This institution, ostensibly a space for multilateralism, has instead always been a tool for the U.S. Department of State. As Fidel Castro said in 1962, it is nothing but the U.S. Ministry of Colonies. That is truer now than ever before under the leadership of Secretary General Luis Almagro, who has been at the helm since March 2015. He is quite possibly the worst leader since the OAS was founded in 1948. (more…)