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Venezuela is a real challenge that requires a conceptual review of the term “left” since, from my perspective, it is an outdated and decontextualized definition that does not reflect current reality, leading to ...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 ...
On the 26th and 27th of February, the Russian Federation hosted over 500 participants from more than 130 countries in Moscow to challenge Western hegemony in the Second Congress of the International Russophile Movement (MIR). UWI documents in the following days some speeches delivered in the congress. Today we publish the speech of Atilio Alberto Borón, Argentine sociologist. Good afternoon, ...
On the 26th and 27th of February, the Russian Federation hosted over 500 participants from more than 130 countries in Moscow to challenge Western hegemony in the Second Congress of the International Russophile Movement (MIR). UWI documents in the following days some speeches delivered in the congress. Today we publish the presentation of Raphael Machado, Political scientist / Leader of ...
On the 26th and 27th of February, the Russian Federation hosted over 500 participants from more than 130 countries in Moscow to challenge Western hegemony in the Second Congress of the International Russophile Movement (MIR). UWI documents in the following days some speeches delivered in the congress. Today we publish the presentation of Ismael Blanco Martino, lawyer from Uruguay. Friends ...
The Russian political party “United Russia” held the first “For the Freedom of Nations” International Forum of Supporters of the Struggle Against Modern Practices of Neocolonialism on 16-17 February 2024 in Moscow. It brought together over 400 participants from more than 55 countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the CIS, representing the global majority. From ...
By Esteban Portillo * Russian Foreign Ministry sources told this correspondent that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, is preparing to define a new international tour, this time to the main Latin American countries. As in his recent visits to Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Minister seeks to reaffirm economic and political ties with the ...