Global South

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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Radio Progreso Alternativa (RPA) HAVANA /QUITO – President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said that, beginning in January 2013, the tax on the profits of private banks will be increased…
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By Abner D. Barrera Several days have elapsed since the presidential elections in Venezuela, where Chavismo inflicted a serious defeat to the Venezuelan oligarchy, but the Right…
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By Eduardo Galeano From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada As usual, the United Nations Security Council repeats that it will maintain a military occupation of Haiti because it must…
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By Juan Carlos Monedero From Público.es Chávez faces Chávez One year ago, when Hugo Chávez’s illness seemed to put an end to the Bolivarian process, serious analysts agreed…
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