Latin America

Strong shift to support socialist candidates in recent elections across Latin America, including Venezuela’s United Socialist Party
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Latin American Elections Show a Leftward Shift

January 3, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Recent elections in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Honduras, and Chile show a definite shift of popular support for socialist candidates, in open defiance of U.S. imperialism. But since the 2019 Bolivian coup, supported by […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo among the people
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Attempts Continue to Remove Peru’s Socialist President

August 24, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Daily efforts are continuing aimed at the overthrow of the recently elected administration of President Pedro Castillo of Peru. Castillo, a member of the Free Peru Party, a socialist organization which grew […]
Peru President Pedro Castillo
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Peru’s Progressive President Under Attack

August 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Right-wing political interests within the Peruvian parliament backed by international finance capital have sought to besiege the newly elected socialist president of the South American state of Peru. There was a tremendous […]
Segunda Marquetalia announce their formation — Vazquez is third from the right
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Colombia’s insurgency resumes

March 29, 2021 fwstaff
Inside a base in the Catatumbo mountains, OLIVER DODD speaks to Comandante Villa Vazquez in the first ever face-to-face interview with a senior figure in the recently re-established guerilla army. By Oliver Dodd – morningstar.co.uk […]
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Monday appointed the new high command of the Armed Forces, in an official ceremony held at the Great House of the People
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Latin America news

December 29, 2020 fwstaff
Evo Morales: Situation in Peru Reveals “Double Standards” of Lima Group and OAS Bolivian Police Confirms Former Jeanine Añez’s Ministers Escaping to Brazil and Panama President of Bolivia Changes Military Hierarchy Venezuela’s National Assembly Elections: […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition-MECAWI Weekly Organizing Meeting solidarity action with Bolivia,Mon. Nov. 11 2019
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Solidarity from Detroit to Bolivian President Evo Morales and the Movement Towards Socialism

November 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff After the Moratorium NOW! Coalition and Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) weekly organizing meeting on Nov. 11, 2019, the participants expressed their support for President Evo Morales […]
Chile demonstrations involve over one million people
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Chile Demonstrations Continue Despite Declaration of a State of Emergency

November 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A general strike and mass rebellion has erupted in Chile where the administration of President Sebastian Pinera has failed to quell the widespread discontent among the workers and youth. The president announced […]
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Ecuadoran General Strike Wins Concession on Fuel Subsidies

November 3, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After days of mass demonstrations and work stoppages, the Ecuadorian people have illustrated their revolutionary tradition in the ongoing battle against the imposition of austerity. Beginning on October 3, people responded angrily […]