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Workers of the World

Colombia’s drug war returns as peace deal sputters

by Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

As the 2016 peace deal struggles to deliver lasting changes, many young Colombians are faced with two options: a life of crime, or the life of an armed revolutionary.

Politics and Movements: International

Farmers in Colombia fight multinational oil companies to get their land back

by Rodrigo Vázquez-Salessi December 15, 2023December 15, 2023

Rear shot of a woman in a brightly colored hat, carrying the Guatemalan flag

Politics and Movements: International

Guatemalans celebrate return of ‘Democratic Spring’ as potential violence threatens transition

by Emily Taylor August 28, 2023March 13, 2024

Politics and Movements: International

Elliott Abrams has left bloody footprints across the globe

by Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler and Ariel Gold July 27, 2023July 26, 2023

Politics and Movements: International

Unions, Native people fight mining “reforms” and police repression in Argentina

by Sam Carliner July 4, 2023March 13, 2024

Cuban foreign vice minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio speaks into a microphone in front of a stone staircase outdoors. Next to him is a Cuban flag.

Politics and Movements: International

US tells another bedtime story to scare away normal relations with China and Cuba

by Manolo De Los Santos and Kate Gonzales June 12, 2023March 14, 2024

Closeup image of a small Cuban flag hanging at the entrance of a narrow street flanked by colorful buildings

Politics and Movements: US

US activists are campaigning to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List

by Ju-Hyun Park June 7, 2023June 14, 2023

Flames flicker through the thick green trees of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, where gas flares, oil wells and refineries darken the landscape and poison the environment.

The Marc Steiner Show

‘For us, extractivism is lethal’: The ongoing colonial violence of resource extraction in Latin America

by Marc Steiner and Bret Gustafson May 23, 2023March 14, 2024

Guillermo Lasso stands at a podium in the National Assembly with one hand raised in an impassioned gesture and his mouth open, suggesting he is shouting.

Politics and Movements: International

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dissolves parliament through ‘cross death’ mechanism

by Tanya Wadhwa May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Workers of the World

On May Day, Colombians mobilize to defend the Petro government

by Nick MacWilliam May 8, 2023May 8, 2023