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The Progressive Tide in Latin America and the Spectre of the New Monroe Doctrine

7Dec

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Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela

The Progressive Tide in Latin America and the Spectre of the New Monroe Doctrine

By: Aishik Saha “They have the force and will be able to dominate us, but social forces can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and the people make history”- The Last Radio Broadcast of Salvador Allende The defeat of Jair Bolsonaro in the recently held elections in Brazil at the hands of Lula led Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) marks the latest and perhaps most significant victory in a chain of leftist victories in the continent that the United States has traditionally regarded as its backyard. The long history of intervention by the US in order to install dictators overthrowing popularly elected rulers in the region has left a deep and indelible mark on the politics, economy, and history of the region. American private companies have developed entrenched ...

Left Resurgence in Latin America and Tasks Ahead

6Dec

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Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Left Resurgence in Latin America and Tasks Ahead

LATIN AMERICA: LEFT RESURGENCE, FAR RIGHT THREATS Recent developments in Latin America epitomise the global struggle between a resurgent left, and a powerful, internationally linked far-right, between visions of social justice and environmental protection, and a destructive corporate capitalism bent on escalating plunder. The rise to power of left wing political forces in Chile and Colombia, and the hair's-breadth defeat of the fascist Bolsonaro by Lula's Worker's Party in Brazil have been deeply heartening for progressive observers across the world. At the same time, there are many complexities to this picture including the limitations of 'post-neoliberal' welfare measures based on extractivism and high commodity prices, continuing deeply embedded structural racism and exclusion o...

There’s a Dirty Tricks Campaign Underway in Peru to Deny the Left’s Presidential Victory

31Oct

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Peru

There’s a Dirty Tricks Campaign Underway in Peru to Deny the Left’s Presidential Victory

The campaign to overturn Peru’s presidential election results is one of “unconventional warfare.” José Carlos Llerena, Vijay Prashad As Keiko Fujimori fights tooth and nail to overturn the results of the elections in Peru, evidence suggests collusion with her father's intelligence chief, Vladimir Montesinos. Half an hour’s taxi ride from the House of Pizarro, the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, is a high-security prison at the Callao naval base. The prison was built to hold leaders of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), particularly Abimael Guzmán. Not far from Guzmán’s cell is that of Vladimiro Montesinos, intelligence chief under former President Alberto Fujimori, who is also now imprisoned. Montesinos was sentenced to a 20-year prison term in 2006 for embezzlement, influe...

Peru: Hearings for Fujimori’s Forced Sterilizations Resume

21Sep

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Peru: Hearings for Fujimori’s Forced Sterilizations Resume

Between 1996 and 2000, forced sterilizations were applied to thousands of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous women. On Tuesday, the Peruvian Transitory Supraprovincial Criminal Court for Organized Crime will resume the hearings for the 'Forced Sterilizations' case, which involves ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000). RELATED: Peru: Abimael Guzman, Historic Leader of the Shining Path, Dies Milton Campos, a lawyer for DEMUS, a Peruvian feminist organization, indicated that over 180 elements presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office would demonstrate the existence of sufficient evidence to initiate proceedings against the perpetrators. The Public Prosecutor's Office presented a formal accusation against Fujimori and his former h...

Peru: Abimael Guzman, Historic Leader of the Shining Path, Dies

11Sep

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Peru: Abimael Guzman, Historic Leader of the Shining Path, Dies

Published 11 September 2021 Hashtag ‘Untie_Our_Hands’: How Many More Palestinians Mus... by teleSUR/MS John Pilger: The Great Game of Smashing Nations by John Pilger Guzman was serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison. The historic leader of the Shining Path, Abimael Guzman, died Saturday at the age of 86 in Peru while serving a life sentence in the maximum security prison of the Callao Naval Base. RELATED: Peru: 18 People Reportedly Killed by Shining Path Remnant The head of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), Susana Silva, announced the news at 06:40 local time. Also known by the name of "comrade Gonzalo," he died due to a generalized infection at the Naval Hospital, where he was being treated for deterioration in his health. ...

Castillo elected president of Peru: Socialist teacher defeats daughter of fascist dictator

20Jul

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Castillo elected president of Peru: Socialist teacher defeats daughter of fascist dictator

Kimberly Barzola Download PDF flyer Photo: Closing rally of Pedro Castillo’s presidential campaign. Oversized pencils were a symbol of Castillo’s campaign, representing his demand to rewrite the country’s constitution and his own working class background as a rural teacher. Credit — Pedro Castillo official twitter account @PedroCastilloTe In a major breakthrough for the Peruvian left and working class, socialist public school teacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has made history winning election as the country’s next president. Castillo is a member of the political party Peru Libre (Free Peru), which cites the ideas of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and José Carlos Mariátegui as the foundation for its program. His opponent Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned fo...

17Jun

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The Coup That is Taking Place in Peru

BY JOSÉ CARLOS LLERENA ROBLES – VIJAY PRASHAD Keiko Fujimori and Fernand Rospigliosi. Pedro Castillo of the Perú Libre party has already begun to receive congratulations from around the world. It is beyond doubt that he won the June 6 presidential election. The Peruvian Electoral Authority – ONPE – announced the final results: Castillo won 50.137% of the vote (8.83 million votes), while his opponent in the second round Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular won 49.893% (8.78 million votes). This is with 100% of the votes. By all accounts, Fujimori has lost the election. However, Fujimori – the candidate of the right – has refused to concede. In fact, she has hired the very best of Peru’s legal minds to challenge the election results. Within hours of the election tallies b...

13Nov

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Massive Protests in Peru Against 'Legislative Coup' That Ousted President Martín Vizcarra

"All of Peru is fired up, we're all very angry," said one protester. byKenny Stancil, Demonstrators hold signs saying "Merino is not my president" during a protest against newly appointed interim president Manuel Merino on November 12, 2020 in Lima, Peru. Merino, who was head of National Congress, replaced President Martín Vizcarra after he was ousted by lawmakers over allegations of corruption. (Photo: Renzo Salazar/Getty Images) Thousands of Peruvians have taken to the streets this week to protest the interim government of newly appointed President Manuel Merino, a member of Peru's center-right Popular Action Party who as head of Congress played a key role in ousting his predecessor, Martín Vizcarra, in what critics are calling a "legislative coup." As&n...

Peru: Poor People Undertake Exodus to Their Home Towns

25Apr

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Peru: Poor People Undertake Exodus to Their Home Towns

Lack of employment and income makes it difficult for informal workers to survive in big cities. Hundreds of Peruvians Friday continue to leave Lima city on foot towards their home towns after they ran out of resources during the quarantine. RELATED: Peruvian Official Demands Attention of Indigenous Communities After Peru's President Martin Vizcarra decreed the cessation of activities on April 12, many citizens were left without jobs and income to survive. In a city with millions of inhabitants like Lima, the quarantine has been forcing street vendors and other informal workers to search for alternative ways of living in other territories. Among them are rural areas where housing and food costs are more affordable. On April 22, for example, over 200 people...

5Mar

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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, C.I.A, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, USA

Will Policy of Destabilizing Latin American Countries Help Trump to be Re-Elected?

By Paul Antonopoulos Global Research, As the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election campaign heats up, there is every chance that Donald Trump can become a one-term president as the popularity of Bernie Sanders increases despite the sabotage within his own Democrat Party against him. There still remains a strong possibility that Sanders can become the next president sitting in the White House. Sanders continues to grow mass appeal, with former Trump White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon even conceding last month that the Democrat candidate is a “populist,” even if it is different to that of Trump’s. Sanders appeals to the impoverished by directing the frustrations of Middle America to the ultrarich who are fighting tooth and nail to bring th...