Latin America Follow

After almost a year of an unelected right wing government backed by the US, the people of Bolivia have voted to remove the coup regime.

Police in Rio de Janeiro killed 177 people in April alone

Strikes in Peru and Colombia have marked the spread of revolt

Israel killed unleashed a fresh round of bombings on the besieged Gaza Strip last week.

Bolivia’s president Evo Morales has been forced out by a coup. It was orchestrated by the army and police—and backed by Donald Trump and the US.

The uprising in Chile continues, and it is raising fundamental questions about neoliberalism and even capitalism

Latin America has returned to the headlines with the explosive revolts in Chile and Ecuador. They show how neoliberalism continues to evoke massive popular resistance

Protesters in Ecuador have forced the government to cancel an austerity package

The deforestation unleashed by Brazil’s far right president is a big threat to the environment. But, Gabby Thorpe argues, we can’t trust those world leaders who have attacked him either

Millions of workers struck in Brazil on Friday of last week against bigoted president Jair Bolsonaro’s pension reforms.

Juan Guaido’s abortive coup in Venezuela this week would go down in history as a pathetic spectacle if it wasn’t so dangerous.

Western governments are organising to force out Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. Their manoeuvres show up the sham that is democracy under capitalism.