Tag Archive: South America
Venezuela’s Borderlands Have Been Assaulted by COVID-19
Tags:
Media, North America/United States of America, Politics, South America, South America/Brazil, South America/Colombia, South America/Ecuador, South America/Peru, South America/Venezuela, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 07/01/2020
Sixty percent of Venezuela’s COVID-19 cases are in its border states of Apure, Bolívar, Táchira, and Zulia. Roughly 70,000 Venezuelans who had moved to...
Full ArticleAs Amazonian Wildfire Season Approaches, We Must Protect the Vulnerable Forest
By
Daniel Ross
Released for Syndication: 06/09/2020
Jair Bolsonaro’s aggressive deregulation and exploitation of the Amazon’s resources threatens the entire planet.
Full ArticleWhat the Right Wing in Latin America Means by Democracy Is Violence
Tags:
Indigenous Resistance, South America, South America/Bolivia, South America/Colombia, Time-Sensitive
Released for Syndication: 01/22/2020
It was a curious exchange. Frustrated by the attacks on his party—the Movement for Socialism (MAS)—former president of Bolivia Evo Morales made an audio...
Full ArticleThe People of Colombia Are Cracking Up the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
By
Justin Podur
Released for Syndication: 01/17/2020
The sustained protests are part of a larger trend against austerity and endless war.
Full ArticleThe Political Tide Sweeping South America Won’t Accept Predatory Capitalism
Released for Syndication: 10/29/2019