Latin America & the Caribbean

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Thousands of Colombians mobilised across the country on September 19 in defence of the government’s pension reforms and to reject the attempts by right-wing forces to oust President Gustavo Petro, reports Ben Radford.

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to Federico Fuentes about the Venezuelan presidential election results and to Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton about community campaigning ahead of the Victorian local government elections.

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Alberto Fujimori’s 10 years in power were characterised by rampant corruption and horrific acts of violence against Peruvians, writes Ben Radford.

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In part two of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes speaks to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas about the current state of community organising in the country under the combined impacts of sanctions, opposition political violence and the government’s shift away from promoting people’s participation.

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Federico Fuentes spoke to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas on September 4, about why we might be witnessing the Nicolás Maduro government’s final break with the Bolivarian process of radical change initiated by former president Hugo Chávez.

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Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) was to release detailed poll-by-poll voting results on August 28. But CNE’s lack of communication before and after the deadline is concerning, write Steve Lalla, Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza and Saheli Chowdhury, especially in the context of renewed attacks by the United States. 

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Writer, activist and director of the Centre for Studies for Socialist Democracy Reinaldo Iturriza, discusses the competing, and inadequate, narratives surrounding Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election with Federico Fuentes.

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Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Antonio González Plessmann from Venezuelan left-wing human rights collective SurGentes to break down the country’s July 28 presidential election.

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Isaac Nellist speaks with Chloe DS about the encampments set up by refugees in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney to demand permanent visas and with Ben Radford about the history and wins of the Palestine solidarity movement in Latin America. 

The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign hosted a discussion of the Venezuelan presidential elections and aftermath with Francisco Dominguez, secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in London. Chris Slee reports.

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Kerry Smith sat down with Latin American politics writer Federico Fuentes to break down the July 28 Venezuelan presidential elections and its aftermath.

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In Latin America, trade unions, students and Indigenous groups are standing in solidarity with Palestinians and drawing attention to Israel’s nefarious role in the region, reports Ben Radford.