Global South

By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada What country do we mean when we refer to an economic leadership that increasingly concentrates national wealth, buys politicians…
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By Ángel Guerra Cabrera From Latin America in Motion The analysis of the midterm elections in the United States leads to a very serious diagnosis about the health of the empire. It…
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 By Mark Weisbrot  From The Guardian  Like the rally led by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central that brought hundreds of thousands of people into the streets of…
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 By David Brooks   From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada  Four years ago, Warren Buffett, the third richest man on the planet, said, "Of course there is a class war, but it's my class,…
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The death of Argentina's former president is a sad loss. His bold defiance of the IMF paved the way for South America's progress. By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian The sudden death of…
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By Javier Giraldo Moreno, S. J. (Letter written by Javier Giraldo Moreno, a Colombian and a Jesuit priest from the Javeriana University, to Father John Dear of Georgetown University…
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By Collin Laverty Venezuela held elections to elect 165 representatives to the National Assembly in what many analysts characterized as an important run-up to presidential elections…
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An editorial in the Mexican newspaper La Jornada It is abundantly clear that the police mafia that revolted yesterday in Quito and held Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa hostage for…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian In June of last year, when the Honduran military overthrew the social-democratic government of Manuel Zelaya, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador took…
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(CNN) -- Ecuador teetered on the verge of a government collapse Thursday, as national police took to the streets of Quito, the capital, and physically attacked the president…
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