Global South

Suspense continues to build up in Chile over President-elect Michelle Bachelet's choice of a Communist Party member -- or members -- to her cabinet.
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Mexico's growth has been weak since the 'free trade' deal was signed, and it missed out on the region's poverty reduction. It is also easy to see that NAFTA was a bad deal for most…
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The Communist Party of Chile has officially announced that it is ready to be part of Michelle Bachelet's administration, a topic of debate since Dec. 15.
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Michelle Bachelet, Chile's President-elect, this week rebuffed center-right politicians who cautioned her against appointing a Communist to her cabinet and spoke disparagingly about the…
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Joint communiqué to the Ninth WTO ministerial conference from the members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America. Also excerpts from statement by Cuba's Vice Minister…
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How do protest activists elected to public office avoid being drawn into politics as usual? The dilemma faced by Chilean leftists may be recognizable to some in U.S. social movements,…
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Everything in the Honduran government is decided with the blessing of the U.S Embassy. And the Honduran elections of Nov. 24 – like those in Mexico in 1988, 2006 and 2012 – were a…
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Predicting a Venezuelan apocalypse won't make it happen: in this oil-rich country the only thing imploding is poverty.
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November's presidential vote is a key test of whether Honduras can return to democracy after the U.S.-supported 2009 coup.
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No one connected with Dominican society as ancestral or native land could remain psychologically unscathed by a decision that drags the country into the gutter of moral turpitude.
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