Latin America
Behind the Olympics: Crisis, Corruption and a Coup
Left Voice speaks with Carol Cacau, currently running for Rio de Janeiro City Council as a representative of the socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Movement (MRT). She describes the current situation in Rio, in the midst of the Olympic Games.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
August 10, 2016Militants Leave PSTU, Launch MAIS
On July 23, a new left-wing organization was launched at a rally in São Paulo by former militants of the PSTU.
Esquerda Diário
August 8, 2016Left News Portal Breaks Barriers
Fernando Rosso, director of La Izquierda Diario, on the challenges of a leftist news portal. It’s been 25 years since a left party in Argentina last attempted to introduce a general-interest newspaper with big aspirations, but it seems the Socialist Workers’ Party (PTS) is giving it another shot.
Fernando Rosso
July 31, 2016Brazil’s PSTU Faces Large Split
On July 6, 739 members of the PSTU (Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificados, United Socialist Workers' Party), one of the largest left parties in Brazil, announced they were leaving the PSTU.
Leandro Lanfredi
July 26, 2016MORENA: A New Alternative in Mexico?
Many in Mexico today see Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) as the party that represents the interests of the people. How is MORENA currently situated in Mexican politics and what is reflected in its recent growth? How will the left and movements relate to or challenge this “new” formation?
Óscar Fernández
July 22, 2016The Collective Organizer of a Mass Party
At the PTS National Congress that took place in July, discussions centered on the party’s overall progress, how the Left can increase influence within the working class, women, and youth, and the central role of La Izquierda Diario online media network.
Fredy Lizarrague
July 21, 2016Venezuela at the Brink
The Venezuelan crisis has sharpened dramatically in recent months, with skyrocketing inflation and widespread shortages of food and basic goods in poor and working class neighborhoods, which led to massive protests and the looting of stores throughout the country.
Robert Belano
July 16, 2016Organizing Against Rape Culture: Lessons from Brazil
Amidst attacks from right-wing governments in Brazil, tens of thousands of women took to the streets to protest rape culture. How are these protests related to the current political climate, and how can this movement inform the struggles of women in the United States and elsewhere?
Tatiana Cozzarelli
July 5, 2016Nochixtlán: Sounding the Alarm, Spectres of Resistance
The Mexico City teachers’ union (SNTE) will begin an indefinite strike tomorrow, July 5. The CNTE teachers’ struggle in Oaxaca is catching fire throughout the country--in the throes of battle against fatal repression, education reforms, and the regime’s attempts to destroy the most organized workers in Mexico.
Sergio Moissen
July 4, 2016Solidarity Actions for Oaxacan Teachers
Throughout the United States, dozens of actions took place in support of teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
June 27, 2016