World

Venezuelan flag and economic graph

In the second of a three-part interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with sociologist Malfred Gerig to discuss Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s economic policy response to what he terms the country’s “Long Depression”.

Frente Amplio candidates

Uruguayans chose to return the centre-left Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition to government, by electing its candidate Yamandú Orsi in the run-off presidential election, reports Pablo Meriguet.

Protesters with banner and signs

Despite COP29 overrunning by 33 hours to finalise negotiations, the United Nations Conference of Parties on climate change ended without any agreements to meaningfully confront the climate crisis, reports Ben Radford.

Donald Trump

While incoming United States President Donald Trump’s inauguration is still a month-and-a-half away, he is preparing the ground for his second term, reports Barry Sheppard.

protest and inset picture of Venâncio Mondlane

Mozambique is at a critical juncture, with post-election discontent revealing deep-rooted flaws in its political system, writes Boaventura Monjane.

person speaking to media

Federico Fuentes speaks to constitutional lawyer and human rights activist María Alejandra Díaz about why, as she puts it, the rule of law in Venezuela is “in frank deterioration” since the July 28 presidential elections.

person riding a bicycle in San Juan

Gubernatorial elections were held on November 5 in the United States colony of Puerto Rico, with pro-independence candidate Juan Dalmau only narrowly defeated by pro-Trump candidate Jenniffer González-Colón, reports Barry Sheppard.

NPP election rally in Sri Lanka

The working-class party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — part of the National People’s Power coalition — gained an outright majority in the country’s 225-seat parliament, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

Venezuelan flag and woman voting

Communist Party of Venezuela leader Neirlay Andrade discusses the July 28 election with Federico Fuentes and argues that by refusing to publish results from the July 28 presidential election, the Nicolás Maduro government “is crossing a line of no return”.

While disease, hunger and death continue to stalk the Gaza Strip and the West Bank remains occupied, Binoy Kampmark reports on United Nations committee resolutions that increase Israel’s isolation.

Satellite image of Typhoon Carina (Gaemi) before it made landfall over Taiwan

A new report argues that progressively taxing the world’s seven biggest oil and gas companies would raise significant funds to pay for the losses and damages caused by climate disasters, reports Ben Radford.

Donald Trump and US flag in background

Cyn Huang and Daniil Sapunkov, members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, unpacked the United States elections with Green Left’s Isaac Nellist and Jacob Andrewartha.