Federico Fuentes explains what happened in the Venezuelan elections, what it means and where it leaves the solidarity movement.
Latin America & the Caribbean
Transport workers in Peru鈥檚 Lima and Callao region went on strike on October 10鈥11 to demand that the government act against the worsening violence and extortion that workers face at the hands of organised crime groups, reports Ben Radford.
More than 300,000 fires have burned more than 80 million hectares and claimed hundreds of lives across South America this year, reports Ben Radford.
Honduras is facing at least US$14 billion in claims brought against it by corporations to protect their profits at the expense of people and the environment 鈥 a practice that applies across Latin America, reports Tamara Pearson.
Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of 鈥淭he Right to Decide鈥, reports Ben Radford.
Thousands of Colombians mobilised across the country on September 19 in defence of the government鈥檚 pension reforms and to reject the attempts by right-wing forces to oust President Gustavo Petro, reports Ben Radford.
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to Federico Fuentes about the Venezuelan presidential election results and聽to Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton about community campaigning ahead of the Victorian local government elections.
Alberto Fujimori鈥檚 10 years in power were characterised by rampant corruption and horrific acts of violence against Peruvians, writes Ben Radford.
In part two of our interview, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes speaks to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas about the current state of community organising in the country under the combined impacts of sanctions, opposition political violence and the government鈥檚 shift away from promoting people鈥檚 participation.
Federico Fuentes spoke to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas聽on September 4, about why we might be witnessing the Nicol谩s Maduro government鈥檚 final break with the Bolivarian process of radical change initiated by former president Hugo Ch谩vez.
Venezuela鈥檚 National Electoral Council (CNE) was to release detailed poll-by-poll voting results on August 28. But CNE鈥檚 lack of communication before and after the deadline is concerning, write Steve Lalla, Jes煤s Rodr铆guez-Espinoza and Saheli Chowdhury,聽especially in the context of renewed attacks by the United States.聽
Writer, activist and director of the Centre for Studies for Socialist Democracy Reinaldo Iturriza, discusses the competing, and inadequate, narratives surrounding Venezuela鈥檚 July 28 presidential election with Federico Fuentes.
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