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Ecuador

Listening to Tupac in the Andes

A young man sports a Tupac (2Pac) Shakur t-shirt in Parque Carolina (Quito, Ecuador) Photo: Julian Cola Cruising the streets of Quito, it’s my distinct impression that the top five music artists or groups, their name or image printed on fans’ t-shirts, are Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, and Tupac (2Pac) Shakur. […]

Bolivia

Bolivia: Do we not eat? Do we not know how to speak?

Part One LISTENING TO THE POOR –September’s enormous march, October’s blockades, and the assassination attempt against Evo Morales met with thousands of Indigenous standing guard  “For them –for this kind of government– we are worth nothing. So who are we, then? Do we not eat? Do we not know how to speak?”     –A

Latin America

ALBA Movements stands by Panama’s sovereignty

Below is a statement emitted by ALBA Movimientos in responses to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in which he threatened the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Panama, and its operation of the Panama Canal. Days after a new anniversary of the Invasion of Panama perpetrated by the United States Army on December 20, 1989,

Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela

Human Rights Day 2024: U.S. organizations oppose sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua & Venezuela

U.S. organizations are observing this year’s International Human Rights Day with a call to end the cruel unilateral coercive measures targeting Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on December 10, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A week of actions against sanctions will demand an

Ecuador

FBI informant’s leaked chats reveal deep corruption among Ecuador’s US-backed authorities

With three months before crucial presidential elections, Ecuador is engulfed by scandalous revelations that question the actions of US-backed Attorney General Diana Salazar and showcase the deep corruption of the country’s current neoliberal period. According to thousands of chats leaked from the phone of murdered presidential candidate and FBI informant Fernando Villavicencio, Salazar has systematically

Cuba

Cuba, buckle up! Trump elected US president

The people of the United States and most of the rest of the world woke up this week to the last news they wanted to hear.  Not only had Donald J Trump presiding over a proto-fascist Maga mass movement been elected president of the United States, he will enjoy a comfortable Republican majority in the

China

Contexto Chino: Russia and the Digital Yuan

This is the second installment of our bi-weekly column ‘Contexto Chino’, in which we interview Maria Fe Celi, Peruvian political analyst in Shanghai, to discuss Chinese culture and current affairs from a Latin American perspective.

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