Cuba’s 1959 revolution took it out of the US sphere of influence. And Washington was quick to respond with a decades-long trade embargo. This has cost the Cuban economy at least $130bn; and under Donald […]
Tag: Latin America
Indigenous women rally in Argentina after historic walk against Earth’s destruction
Indigenous women in Argentina have taken part in a historic walk to highlight the environmental and gender violence adversely affecting their communities. After two months, the walk culminated in a rally in the capital, Buenos […]
Kicking out the IMF: Bolivia recovers and learns after defeating Western-backed coup regime
Phoenix Media Co-op asked Ollie Vargas of Bolivia’s union-owned Kawsachun News about how Bolivia is recovering and learning after defeating the 2019-2020 coup regime. He emphasised the importance of quickly closing accounts with the neoliberal International Monetary Fund (IMF). […]
The UK’s Colombian community is rallying against police brutality and pandemic inequality
On 28 April 2021, people across Colombia took to the streets to protest a tax rise that saw the price of basic goods rocket, adding further economic pressure to a population already reeling from the […]
The mass movement that was central to the defeat of Bolivia’s right-wing coup regime
Phoenix Media Co-op asked Ollie Vargas of Bolivia’s union-owned Kawsachun News about the lessons that Bolivians and non-Bolivians can learn from the country’s defeat of the coup regime that ruled the country between 2019 and […]
After the right’s victory, Ecuador’s left needs to reflect and resist
Why does the US care about Ecuador? How have Ecuadorian elites clawed back so much control in recent years? And what does the left need to do now to fight back? Following the victory of […]
‘El estallido social’ – 18 months of Chile’s social insurrection in words and pictures
The people of Chile have been rising up in protest at their country’s inequality and right-wing leadership for 18 months. Phoenix Media Co-op is proud to feature a selection of images by photographer Daniel Espinoza […]
Why the victory of a US-backed banker in Ecuador is disastrous for working people
Guillermo Lasso, a former banker with close ties to the US, won the second round of Ecuador’s presidential election on 11 April, defeating progressive candidate Andrés Arauz. And his victory is likely to be a […]
A lesson from Chile: mass mobilisations can shift policy
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill, proposing a range of changes to enforcement and sentencing in England and Wales, passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 359 votes to 263 on […]