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Zohran Mamdaniās tenure as New York City mayor has raised hopes of a more invigorated, deeper form of democracy and posed a question facing…
President Daniel Noboa governs Ecuador with increasingly authoritarian methods. Elected in 2023 and reelected in 2025, he has concentrated power in the…
During the recent World Cup, the clash between national teams quickly escalated into an international campaign against Argentina. A diverse range of…
As part of Spectreās ongoing discussion regarding how the Left can think the conjuncture in Venezuela given recent US intervention and the dynamics…
Social media is not conducive to nuance. In the interest of reach, cut and dried positions are more effective and binary moral…
A photograph of President Rodrigo Paz shaking hands with the executive secretary of the countryās principal trade union federation, the Bolivian Workersā…
Bolivia has been rocked since early May by strikes, mass marches, and road blockades across the country as people demand the resignation…
The massive demonstrations of popular solidarity following the earthquakes that shook the country on June 24 have once again shown us that…
On Saturday June 20, President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency in Bolivia. The decree came shortly after he reached an…
The latest regulations favor the expansion of extractive activities at the expense of communitiesā rights. Added to this is a political landscape…
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