• Latin America’s pandemic of mounting troubles

    Latin America’s pandemic of mounting troubles

    Jan 03, 2021 10:34

    Many regions performed badly when confronted with COVID-19, but Latin America fared worse than most, in terms of both lives and livelihoods lost. As of November 2020, nine of the 20 countries with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per capita were in Latin America.

  • Myanmar pays rising price for Rohingya crisis

    Myanmar pays rising price for Rohingya crisis

    Mar 04, 2020 14:24

    Recently, the government of Myanmar started paying a real price for its failure to provide meaningful accountability for its security forces’ widespread and systematic violence against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority in Northern Rakhine State in late 2017.

  • Leftists make a comeback in Latin America

    Leftists make a comeback in Latin America

    Nov 10, 2019 10:50

    The U.S. is concerned about the presence of its rivals, especially Russia and China, in Latin America and the cooperation of these two countries with leftist states in the region.

  • The age of anger exploding in serial geysers

    The age of anger exploding in serial geysers

    Nov 08, 2019 10:16

    The presidential election in Argentina pitted the people against neoliberalism and the people won. What happens next will have a tremendous impact all over Latin America and serve as a blueprint for assorted Global South struggles.

  • G20 Summit: Bye-Bye American Empire

    G20 Summit: Bye-Bye American Empire

    Dec 03, 2018 09:34

    The G20 summits are nominally about how the world’s biggest national economies can cooperate to boost global growth. This year’s gathering – more than ever – shows, however, that rivalry between the US and China is center stage.