Bolivia: Popular Uprising or Regime Change Op?

06-06-2026: During May, the Andean nation of Bolivia was gripped by weeks of a declared general strike, protest marches and road blockades in a seeming effort to topple the government of Rodrigo Paz. Only being elected six months ago, the conservative Paz government has moved ahead with neoliberal measures after almost 20 years of the left-wing Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) holding power, first led by … Continue reading Bolivia: Popular Uprising or Regime Change Op?

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Latin America, People's Republic of China, Socialism, Venezuela

Colombia: National Strike or Deadly Riots?

Image from Al Jazeera (Placard reads “Duque is not my President”) 22-05-2021: The riot is the rhyme of the unheard. So goes the perceptive axiom which describes the fits of repressed anger impoverished masses occasionally release on an unsuspecting body politic. Tired of being ignored and marginalised, grinding poverty and oppression becomes too much to bear, and is expressed in a collective and sometimes violent … Continue reading Colombia: National Strike or Deadly Riots?

redfireonlineMay 23, 2021Leave a comment

Anti-Racism/Anti-Fascism, Latin America

Brazil: “Trump of the Tropics” Assisted into Power

Brazil: “Trump of the Tropics” Assisted into Power 17-11-2018 – Fascism has arrived in Brazil. Or so we are told. Jair Bolsonaro, who won the Presidential candidacy of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) after only joining that party at the beginning of the year, won the second round of Presidential elections on the 29th of October. The ultra-right Bolsonaro secured 55.1% of the vote[1], over … Continue reading Brazil: “Trump of the Tropics” Assisted into Power

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