News and Analysis: Latin America

Efraín Ríos Montt found guilty of genocide!

'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards Justice'

May 12, 2013

We celebrate the guilty verdict against former Guatemalan dictator and School of the Americas Graduate Efraín Ríos Montt, who was sentenced to 80 years in prison.

Guatemala's rulers cover up their genocide by annulling trial

Demonstrations outside Court House demand justice for Mayan people

April 24, 2013

The trial of Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt—for the genocidal murders of Guatemalan Indigenous people in the 1980s—was annulled on April 18 by a first-instance judge, Carol Patricia Flores.

Margaret Thatcher: imperialism personified

A sworn enemy of workers the world over

April 10, 2013

While the ruling class mourns the death of one of their most loyal politicians and mouthpieces, the British and Irish working classes and oppressed peoples the world over are certainly not mourning Margaret Thatcher’s passing.

Balance y perspectiva de la vida y muerte de Hugo Chávez

Millones en todo el mundo rinden homenaje

April 6, 2013

Millones de venezolanos, cubanos y habitantes de todo el globo rindieron homenaje al revolucionario latinoamericano Hugo Chávez Frías. Asistieron a su funeral treinta y tres jefes de Estado y representantes de cincuenta gobiernos.

Human Rights Watch lies about Chávez and Venezuela

Answering the slanders

March 21, 2013

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez Frias has died, and true to form, the establishment press and so-called “human rights” organizations are dusting off all the old slanders and lies.

Chávez’s record of international solidarity

Venezuelan foreign policy based on anti-imperialist unity and resistance

March 21, 2013

From the beginning of the Bolivarian Revolution, Chávez made clear that the revolution’s success would be determined not just by the people of Venezuela, but as a continent-wide, and ultimately global, project.

Hugo Chávez: The heart of Venezuela will live forever

Notes of a journalist who recently visited Venezuela

March 20, 2013

There are few moments in one's life that have such power that they change it forever. Similarly, there are few leaders who have the power to synthesize an entire people's hopes, dreams and aspirations in such a brilliant way that their loss is felt in ripples across the globe.

The life and death of Hugo Chávez in perspective

Millions around the world pay homage

March 10, 2013

Millions of Venezuelans, Cubans and people around the world have paid homage to Latin American revolutionary Hugo Chávez Frias in recent days.

Investigating Hugo Chávez's death

FOIA filed demanding information on possible assassination plans

March 5, 2013

Within hours of the death of President Hugo Chávez, U.S. civil rights groups FOIA demands seeking information that "relate to or reference or discuss any information regarding or plans to poison or otherwise assassinate ... Chávez."

Hugo Chávez, Presente!

Statement from the Party for Socialism and Liberation (U.S.)

March 5, 2013

It is with the profoundest sorrow that we learn of the death of President Hugo Chávez. We extend our solidarity to the Venezuelan people, and have confidence that those struggling for a socialist and sovereign Venezuela will win.

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