United States Senator Bernie Sanders’ bills to stop US weapons transfers to Israel were defeated, with just under 20% of Democrats voting to support the resolutions, writes Dan La Botz.
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Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Malfred Gerig, a sociologist from the Central University of Venezuela, to discuss what he calls Maduro’s “neoliberalism with patrimonialist characteristics”. This is the final in a three-part interview.
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Thousands protested across Peru against rising violence against women, police culpability and government inaction, reports Ben Radford. The marches were organised as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is marked on November 25.
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Thousands took to the streets in Montreal in combined protests in solidarity with Palestine and against a NATO gathering being held in the city, reports Jeff Shantz.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mozambique is at a critical juncture, with post-election discontent revealing deep-rooted flaws in its political system, writes Boaventura Monjane.
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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.
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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.
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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.