News of movement

Hugo Moyano: ‘We’ve always defended workers to the death’

09-07-2021 20:32 Veteran teamster and union leader Hugo Moyano riffs on his meteoric rise through the labour movement, relationships with Argentina’s presidents and why he is targeted for being on the side of the worker.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Black Lives Matter

US marks slavery's end on new 'Juneteenth' national holiday

19-06-2021 22:35 With marches, music and speeches, Americans on Saturday celebrated "Juneteenth", the newly declared national holiday that marks the end of slavery, and a year after George Floyd's murder sparked anti-racism protests.

And that reminds me…

From cultural to dead cows

24-04-2021 09:58 The palindrome province of Neuquén features the paradox of supreme political stability with spasmodic social upheavals.

by Michael Soltys

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF: Latin America rebound imperiled by virus resurgence

15-04-2021 16:52 The economic rebound forecast for Latin American this year faces risks from the recent resurgence of Covid-19 and slow vaccine roll-outs, the International Monetary Fund said.

UNITED KINGDOM

Women hit back at safety advice after London disappearance

12-03-2021 12:58 Women hit back at safety advice from authorities after 33-year-old Sarah Everard disappeared when walking home through South London on March 3. A serving Metropolitan Police officer from the elite diplomatic protection unit has been arrested on suspicion of her kidnap and murder.

AS I SEE IT

Sorry, capitalism is not about to die

02-01-2021 09:07 Capitalism of one kind or another has been with us for millennia. It was there in ancient Greece and China. All attempts to stamp it out have had disastrous consequences.

by James Neilson

A DISASTROUS YEAR

2020 is coming to an end, luckily

26-12-2020 09:24 The spotlight on justice is irreversible and its consequences have defined the year, along with the coronavirus.

by Beatriz Sarlo

OBITUARY

Region mourns loss of former Uruguay president Tabaré Vázquez

12-12-2020 09:56 Tributes pour in for two-time former president, who died last weekend from lung cancer at age of 80. Vázquez was the first candidate of leftist Frente Amplio coalition to win Uruguayan presidency, breaking traditional hegemony of Colorado and Nacional parties.

Bolivia

Bolivia's Evo Morales says he has taken back control of his party

18-11-2020 00:05 Former Bolivia president Evo Morales announced Tuesday he had re-taken the leadership of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) party he founded, a week after returning from exile.

PRESIDENT SWORN-IN

Luis Arce takes power in Bolivia facing deep challenges

09-11-2020 14:46 Luis Arce assumed the Bolivian presidency on Sunday in a ceremony attended by foreign leaders including President Alberto Fernández.

US ELECTION 2020

Win or lose, Trump's movement stronger and bigger than ever

04-11-2020 22:47 The election is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain: the movement created by Donald Trump is alive and well, and more solid than pundits expected.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's Morales calls for calm after protesters demand junta

27-10-2020 17:33 Exiled former Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protesters in Santa Cruz demand a "military junta" to replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

Ex-Bolivia president

Evo Morales says his return to Bolivia doesn't depend on him

26-10-2020 17:25 Former Bolivia president admitted on Monday that his return to his homeland is out of his hands, as a judge lifted a preventative detention order against him over alleged "terrorism."

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Electoral authorities confirm Arce's landslide win in Bolivian election

23-10-2020 14:22 Bolivia's electoral tribunal on Friday published official results from last weekend's presidential election, confirming leftist Luis Arce's landslide victory.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Bolivia’s new president can’t ride Latin America’s ‘pink tide’

22-10-2020 14:49 The Bolivia that Luis Arce will govern is far from the economic juggernaut Morales commanded during the commodities boom. Coronavirus has clobbered the country. Set to shrink by 7.9 percent this year, its economy is hurtling toward a balance of payments crisis.

by Mac Margolis

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Hundreds protest in Bolivia with Arce set for presidential poll win

21-10-2020 15:50 Authoritative exit polls suggest Luis Arce, 57-year-old economist from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and heir to former president Evo Morales, has beaten centrist former leader Carlos Mesa by a wide enough margin to avoid a run-off.

EVO TO EXIT ARGENTINA

Evo Morales says he will return to Bolivia after ally's election victory

19-10-2020 15:34 "Sooner or later we are going to return to Bolivia, that is not up for debate," exiled Bolivian leader tells a press conference in Buenos Aires.

PROTESTS IN CHILE

Chile's wounded look to referendum, a year on from start of protests

14-10-2020 23:37 A year after the start of Chile's tumultuous social protests and as the country prepares for a landmark referendum, several protesters who suffered eye injuries believe their loss will not be in vain.