Global South

The South American nation will continue under the political leadership of the left-wing Broad Front party.
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After arriving in Managua from Caracas Wednesday night (Feb. 12), the Russian defense minister, Army Gen. Sergei K. Shoigu, spent several hours meeting with Nicaraguan Army and Defense…
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This article was first published in June 2014. President Mujica will soon be Uruguay’s former president as he finishes his term in March 2015. We felt his thoughts and ideas are worth…
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Russia's defense minister, Army Gen. Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, will arrive in Caracas on Wednesday (Feb. 11), on the first stop of a four-day tour that will also take him to…
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Across the Americas, an unprecedented debate on drug policy reform is underway.
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The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded its third annual summit in San José on Thursday, and while the United States did not have a representative present…
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Excerpts from the speech delivered Wednesday (Jan. 28) at the CELAC Summit in Costa Rica by Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz, as translated by Progreso Weekly.
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After a dull first Summit in 2013 in Chile, under neoliberal President Sebastián Piñera, and a second Summit in Havana, justly described as brilliant and transcendental, CELAC…
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President Castro made the remarks in the opening session of the two-day Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Costa Rica.
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Mujica’s generosity runs parallel to a government announcement that minimum wage will rise more than 13 percent in 2015.
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