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Standing up to Trump in Latin America
Despite promising developments in Mexico, the US president’s hostile administration heralds dark times for Latin America, says TONY BURKE
The electoral success of far-right Jair Bolsonaro has sparked mass protests in Brazil
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THE last few years have seen a worrying return of the right-wing politicians in Latin America, with the gains made by progressive leaders across the continent coming under fire and being rolled back.
That is why it is important to keep up our solidarity and be clear that whatever problems countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Cuba or Nicaragua face, neoliberalism and US intervention are not the answer.
There are some of the new beacons of hope again arising in the continent, most notably the recent election victory in Mexico of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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