latin america

Latin America epicentre of drive for socialist change

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Bill Bonnar · The election for the National Assembly in Venezuela produced the expected landslide victory for the Socialist Party; expected because the right-wing opposition boycotted the poll. ...

Why has the US blockade on Cuba been lifted?

May 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Bill Bonnar It will come as a relief to the peoples of the world that Cuba has now been removed from the list of ‘rogue nations sponsoring international terrorism’. This gesture from the ...

New Cold War at heart of Ukraine crisis

February 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Bill Bonnar During the Cuban missile crisis of 1963 the American Government declared that it would never accept enemy nuclear weapons located near its borders nor would it ever tolerate the ...

Socialist Cuba doing the heavy lifting in Ebola crisis

December 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Bill Bonnar While the world rallies to support the countries suffering the from the Ebola epidemic and Lord Bob Geldof and his tax dodging, self-publicising friends plug the latest Band Aid ...

Bolivia’s Evo Morales wins historic third term

October 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Bill Bonnar Major celebrations broke out in Bolivia and throughout Latin America on October 12 at the stunning election victory by MAS—The Movement Toward Socialism led by President Evo Morales. ...