Global South

The truth is that commerce was business as usual throughout Nicaragua, not at a standstill because of a general strike called by the Civic Alliance.
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A ranch owned by former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez and other members of his family was the operational base of a deadly paramilitary group, according to the testimony of…
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s sweeping victory in Mexico’s presidential election Sunday said a lot about the country’s national mood, and the electorate’s justifiable anger over…
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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit met at the Presidential Palace in Havana as the countries work to strengthen bilateral ties and…
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Voters in Mexico opted for change in electing Andrés Manuel López Obrador president on Sunday. Candidates from López Obrador's National Regeneration Movement party are also projected to…
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Mexico's National Electoral Institute declared Andrés Manuel López Obrador the country's new president with a total vote count of between 53 and 53.8 percent. Official results will be…
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While some corporate media outlets have portrayed the violent protest movement gripping Nicaragua as a progressive grassroots upswell, the country's own student leaders have suggested…
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A contract granted by PREPA awarding $700 million to Miami-based MasTec raised the island's Federal Fiscal Control Board flags. It was given without providing details on the magnitude…
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In its newest proposed fiscal plan (released May 30), Puerto Rico’s fiscal oversight and management board appears set to use disaster relief funding to finance debt, while proceeding…
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Although now it is more complicated to resort to the invasions, occupations and military dictatorships of yesteryear, the hard line prevails in the North American strategy towards the…
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