Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has criticised the U.S. State Department’s “absurd” decision to threaten Latin American countries with sanctions should they engage in trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
At the sixth International Forum of Philosophy in Maracaibo, Venezuela,philosophers from four continents were invited to discuss "State, Revolution and the Construction of Hegemony". What is interesting is the institutional significance that is given to philosophy in the region.
Lizzie Phelan looks at the repercussions of NATO's war on Libya on African-Latin American relations and the vulnerability of sovereign nations of the Global South in the face of the military and media prowess of the United States.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez yesterday met with his Argentine counterpart, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as part of a four-nation Latin America tour intended to further consolidate regional integration efforts. While in Argentina, Chávez received the prestigious Rodolfo Walsh media advocacy award.
By Michael Lebowitz, Marta Harnecker - Socialist Project, Jan 4th 2011
Marta Harnecker and Michael Lebowitz were invited by the N. Poulantzas Institute and Transform magazine to present lectures on “21st century socialism: the strategy of the left and the Latin American experience”.
By Michael Lebowitz, Marta Harnecker - Socialist Project, Jan 4th 2011
Marta Harnecker and Michael Lebowitzwere invited by the N. Poulantzas Institute and Transform magazine to present lectures on “21st century socialism: the strategy of the left and the Latin American experience”.
By Federico Fuentes, Green Left Weekly, Dec 10th 2010
It should come as no surprise that Latin America, a region converted into a laboratory for ongoing experiments in social change, has increasingly become the topic of discussion and debate among the broader left.
By Francisco Dominguez- Morning Star, Dec 2nd 2010
Since the election of Hugo Chavez to the presidency of Venezuela in1998 Latin America has undergone an extraordinary transformation which was unthinkable back then. Ever since, powerful social movements have elected a wave of progressive governments which have turned a region traditionally under the US imperial thumb into an assertive subcontinent which is seeking to build a better world.
By Jacqueline Villagomez - Party for Socialism and Liberation , Nov 23rd 2010
Since the election of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in 1998, leftist parties or coalitions have won the presidencies in many Latin American countries. What these movements have in common is a strong rejection of imperialism and a firm support for the social, political and economic changes each of these countries is undertaking.
