On one of the most decisive battles in Latin American history. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein When the Liberator Simón Bolívar arrived in Peru on September 1, 1823, he found himself in a very complicated scenario. There were strong contradictions between José de la Riva-Agüero and the Marquis of Torre Tagle. The country had two presidents, two governments and two Congresses. ...
Presentation at the International Symposium “Decolonization and Cooperation in the Global South”. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Shanghai, November 12, 2024 Dear colleagues and friends, We have been invited to this momentous event on “Decolonization and Global Cooperation” at a time when the world is struggling in a crisis apparently advancing in a transition to a better world. Various manifestations point ...
A view from Latin America. By Prof Dr Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires / Argentina The non-consecutive re-election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America invites us to reflect on what Latin America and the Caribbean should expect in its historical relationship of dependence and colonialism with the decadent imperial metropolis. Trade, migration, and hemispheric security ...
The example of authoritarian, police-based neoliberalism is already spreading to other countries in the continent. By Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires / Argentina When we define the four main vectors by which the imperialist mode of production is reproduced, we indicate that they are: financialization, militarism, chaotization and narcotization. To a different extent and according to the contexts, some of these ...
Spain and China: Two different forms of approaching the world. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The publicized national commotion that occurred in Spain as a result of the fact that the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, did not invite the Bourbon king to her inauguration, leads to the question of whether – as a poster widely disseminated these days in the ...
6 major currents and the need to redefine what’s left. By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein During the first 15 years of this century, Latin America and the Caribbean witnessed a series of democratic and popular processes that placed different versions of the left at the center of events. However, the leading role of Cuba and Venezuela and the overwhelming influence that ...
First part of an analysis of the Latin American “left”. By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Assessing the role of left-wing forces in Latin America after the elections in Venezuela is a real challenge that requires a conceptual review of the term “left” since, from my perspective, it is an outdated and decontextualized definition that does not reflect current reality, leading to ...
Two weeks ago, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA -TCP) held its XXIII summit in Caracas, Venezuela. Two readers wrote to me separately, asking if I wasn’t going to write about that event. Coincidentally, a few days later the General Secretariat of ALBA, which has its headquarters here in Caracas, invited me ...
The authorship of the project to build a large port on the country’s coast is attributed to Peruvian admiral Juan Ribaudo. To do that, he took on the task of looking for the most suitable site and chose a piece of land in the small fishing port of Chancay located 70 km north of Lima. In 2011, the Volcan group ...
Between February and March of last year I wrote a long report titled “NATO’s growing military presence in Latin America and the Caribbean.” In three articles, I reported on the strong interference of the United States and stated that the military terrorist conglomerate was not only expanding in Eastern Europe and Asia-Pacific but also south of the Rio Grande. At ...