Latin America

Oaxaca teachers resist government attacks
An executive order by the Governor of Oaxaca disbanded the State Public Education Institute of Oaxaca (IEEPO) as part of an effort to weaken teachers' protests. Teachers from Section 22 of the dissident CNTE (National Committee of Education Workers) have announced that they will fight back.
Celeste Murillo
July 22, 2015MEXICO: Statement in the Face of the IEEPO Removal
Statement from the Movimiento de Trabajadores Socialistas (MTS, Socialist Workers Movement) in Mexico.
Movimiento de los Trabajadores Socialistas (MTS)
July 22, 2015International Solidarity with the Greek demonstrators taking part in the protest against the austerity plans
We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the brutal police repression against demonstrators gathered outside parliament to oppose the new referendum signed by Tsipras and The Troika, and backed by the Greek Parliament.
Left Voice
July 22, 2015Solidarity from Brazil with the Greeks demonstrators
(VIDEO) The Congress of the Movimiento Revolucionario das Trabalhadores (MRT), Brazilian section of the Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International, held last weekend in Sao Paulo (Brazil), sent its solidarity to Greek demonstrators.
Left Voice
July 21, 2015Washington and ‘Chapo’ Guzman’s ‘Great Escape’
Distrust of the Mexican regime was expressed in social networks since there are signs that this “escape” could not have been done without collusion with the government.
Sergio Moissen
July 20, 2015MEXICO: Chapo Guzmán’s great escape: a new blow to Peña Nieto
For the foreign press it is the result of the second escape of the “boss”, who once again has become the most wanted man in the world. Meanwhile, social networks showed distrust with the government and the collusion between “organized crime” and the State.
Sergio Moissen
July 18, 2015Left Voice: Soon!
The Left Voice is a newly launched project aimed at bringing you daily news, analysis and opinion from a socialist left perspective. The Left Voice is part of the La Izquierda Diario news network, which has editions in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, France, and Chile.
Left Voice
July 13, 2015The corruption in Mexico City and the recent Subway scandals
In recent days, three former officials of the Mexico City Subway Project were arrested and charged with "illegal use of powers" in the construction of Line 12; more specifically for giving out contracts for services that had never been opened for bidding and for withholding millions in contributions.
Pablo Oprinari
July 12, 2015Good results for the Left and Workers’ Front in Mayoral and Legislative Elections in Buenos Aires and Córdoba
The Left and the Workers’ Front adds a new legislator to the bench in Buenos Aires, and three seats in Cordoba.
Gloria Grinberg
July 7, 2015Cuba: Thaw in relations with imperialism
On May 29, President Obama took Cuba off the list of the "governments that sponsor terrorism." It is a new step, politically significant, in the process of re-establishment of relations, and soon, the establishment of embassies in both capitals could be agreed on.
Eduardo Molina
July 7, 2015