Global South

By Jon Lee Anderson From The New Yorker Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frias, who died on Tuesday, from cancer, at the age of fifty-eight, was one of the most flamboyantly…
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By Jonathan Watts From The Guardian Hugo Chavéz, the president of Venezuela, has died in a military hospital after a long battle against cancer, the vice-president has announced,…
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Not only have leaders from Ecuador to Venezuela delivered huge social gains – they keep winning elections too By Seumas Milnes From The Guardian Ever since the crash of 2008…
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By Dan Whitman Good news: December 29 no one was injured as the Central Market in Port-au-Prince burned down. Bad news: the market burned down. January 6, another fire – this one…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Imagine that you went to see the Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln, and all you got was the viewpoint of Southern white slaveholders during the…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The New York Times Hugo Chávez and his party won 13 of 14 elections mainly because they greatly improved the living standards of the majority of voters in…
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By Mark Weisbrot From Al Jazeera More than two years and nearly 7,800 deaths after U.N. troops brought the dread disease of cholera to Haiti, a plan has finally been put forward…
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Venezuelan News Agency CARACAS, 27 Nov 2012 – (AVN) – The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a request made by President Hugo Chávez to continue his medical treatment in Cuba. The…
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By Aurelio Pedroso GUATEMALA CITY – His name was Antonio Ceballos Ortiz. He was Cuban-born, 54, and died when two armed men burst into a bar where he was drinking a cold beer and…
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Progreso Semanal/RPA HAVANA – The Colombian Army for National Liberation (ELN) has announced its willingness to “an exploratory dialogue with the government.” In an editorial…
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