The pathos of international social democracy

Recently, prominent representatives of the Ibero-American social-democracy gathered in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to carry out the XXVI Plenary Meeting of the Fundación Círculo Montevideo (Nov 30 and Dec 1).

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Factual powers in Latin America

Today, in Latin America, as in other parts of the world, factual powers are developing and consolidating while imposing a specific functioning and orientation on capitalism. This is not always

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Eternal debt in Latin America

During the COVID-19 crisis, many countries in the world launched stimulus measures to stop the deterioration of their productive and financial sectors. Rich nations, based on a growing indebtedness, have

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Another crucial moment for Argentina

The government front, furrowed by internal contradictions and pressure from the opposition, faces midterm elections after a hard defeat in the primaries. What happened? Defeated in primaries On September 12,

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CELAC vs OEA

At the end of July, López Obrador, the President of Mexico, addressed the foreign ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), based on harsh criticism of

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Sandinist Nicaragua

For more than a century, the United States has intervened in the internal affairs of Nicaragua in various forms. They occupied the country militarily between 1912 and 1933. They supported

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At the gates of a new Peru

A schoolteacher and a left-wing union leader will lead the new Peruvian government. The possibility of a future is opening up that incorporates the popular majorities and reverses the extractivist

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Intervention and resistance in Haiti

Besieged by popular pressure, in the midst of an internal security crisis, the de facto president of Haiti suspended the constitutional referendum. A massive popular insurgency is growing and the

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A post-neoliberal Chile?

On May 15th and 16th, municipal elections were held in Chile together with the election of the delegates who will be tasked with drafting a new Constitution of the State.

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Colombia is exploding

Massive protests have been taking place in Colombia. They began as a demonstration against the government’s intent to impose a new neoliberal tax reform. Violence by the state and the

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