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Colombia: under a hail of bullets, workers and peasants refuse to retreat
The Duque government is slipping back into Latin America's old methods of controlling the poor — from the streets of Bogota, OLIVER DODD reports on the explosion of state terrorism and the resistance it has provoked
Thousands of protesters, bystanders and journalists have been wounded by rubber bullets, baton charges and in some cases live fire — at least 30 have so far been killed
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
ON APRIL 28 millions of Colombians answered calls to take to the streets to oppose tax reforms proposed by Ivan Duque’s right-wing government.
The National Strike Committee, a coalition of unions, farmers’ associations and student groups formed in 2019 to channel growing working-class unrest, led the charge.
Taking place in more than 500 cities throughout Colombia, the mobilisation began in opposition to the “reforma tributario” which imposes higher income taxes on workers and a regressive 19 per cent VAT on basic essentials like petrol, electricity, water and internet connection.
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