News of socialism

Left-winger Castillo polling ahead of Fujimori for Peru presidency

03-05-2021 11:22 Far-left labour unionist Pedro Castillo is ahead of right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori among voters before Peru's June 6 presidential run-off, according to a poll released Sunday.

Peru election 2021

Peruvian socialist set to face Fujimori in battle of extremes

13-04-2021 14:25 Peru’s next leader will be either a rural schoolteacher who vows to nationalise industries, or the polarising right-wing daughter of a jailed strongman.

Bolivia

Bolivia's Evo Morales says he has taken back control of his party

18-11-2020 00:05 Former Bolivia president Evo Morales announced Tuesday he had re-taken the leadership of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) party he founded, a week after returning from exile.

NEW ERA IN BOLIVIA

Fernández backs Bolivia’s new government as Evo Morales returns home

14-11-2020 10:04 President hails ‘recovering of democracy’ in Bolivia as he attends inauguration of new leader Luis Arce.

PRESIDENT SWORN-IN

Luis Arce takes power in Bolivia facing deep challenges

09-11-2020 14:46 Luis Arce assumed the Bolivian presidency on Sunday in a ceremony attended by foreign leaders including President Alberto Fernández.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's Morales calls for calm after protesters demand junta

27-10-2020 17:33 Exiled former Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protesters in Santa Cruz demand a "military junta" to replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

Ex-Bolivia president

Evo Morales says his return to Bolivia doesn't depend on him

26-10-2020 17:25 Former Bolivia president admitted on Monday that his return to his homeland is out of his hands, as a judge lifted a preventative detention order against him over alleged "terrorism."

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Electoral authorities confirm Arce's landslide win in Bolivian election

23-10-2020 14:22 Bolivia's electoral tribunal on Friday published official results from last weekend's presidential election, confirming leftist Luis Arce's landslide victory.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Bolivia’s new president can’t ride Latin America’s ‘pink tide’

22-10-2020 14:49 The Bolivia that Luis Arce will govern is far from the economic juggernaut Morales commanded during the commodities boom. Coronavirus has clobbered the country. Set to shrink by 7.9 percent this year, its economy is hurtling toward a balance of payments crisis.

by Mac Margolis

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Hundreds protest in Bolivia with Arce set for presidential poll win

21-10-2020 15:50 Authoritative exit polls suggest Luis Arce, 57-year-old economist from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and heir to former president Evo Morales, has beaten centrist former leader Carlos Mesa by a wide enough margin to avoid a run-off.

EVO TO EXIT ARGENTINA

Evo Morales says he will return to Bolivia after ally's election victory

19-10-2020 15:34 "Sooner or later we are going to return to Bolivia, that is not up for debate," exiled Bolivian leader tells a press conference in Buenos Aires.

Crisis in Venezuela

Energised Guaidó returns to Venezuela, vowing it's 'time to move forward'

12-02-2020 11:58 Venezuelan opposition laeder, who is recognised by over 50 countries as country's interim leader, returns from an international tour courting support from various heads of state, including US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Crisis in Venezuela

Guaidó rallies Venezuelan expats in Miami at end of tour

03-02-2020 11:46 Guaidó, who is recognised as the rightful president of Venezuela by 60 countries, has spent the past two weeks rallying support from different heads of state.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Bolivia's interim leader Áñez confirms candidacy in election

27-01-2020 12:13 Right-wing politician who took over for Evo Morales will likely face MAS candidate Luis Arce Catacora, who served as ex-economy minister under the exiled former leader.

AS I SEE IT

The joys of pessimism

25-01-2020 10:32 Would a socialist world order make things any better? To judge from the experience which was so generously provided by the Soviet Union before its demise, it would be sure to make them a great deal worse.

by James Neilson

INTERVIEW WITH PERFIL

Evo Morales discusses MAS, future plans, potential return to Bolivia

09-01-2020 21:28 Former Bolivia president sticks to his guns in an exclusive interview with Perfil journalist Leandro Dario, insisting that his exit last spring was the result of a coup d’état engineered by the opposition and Washington

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Trump sending aid mission to Bolivia ahead of election

08-01-2020 09:06 US government considering possible resumption of foreign aid to the Andean nation following the ouster of leftist leader Evo Morales.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Evo Morales: Washington orchestrated 'coup' to tap Bolivia's lithium

26-12-2019 11:08 Ex-Bolivian leader said Washington had not "forgiven" his country for choosing to seek lithium extraction partnerships with Russia and China, rather than the United States.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Evo Morales summons party leaders for talks on Argentine-Bolivia border event

23-12-2019 00:06 Exiled former Bolivian president says his Movement for Socialism (MAS) party will hold event on border with Bolivia – most likely in Salta Province – to decide candidates for next election.

Crisis in Venezuela

Over a dozen nations move to isolate Maduro's government

04-12-2019 11:02 The 1947 Rio Treaty signatories vowed to cooperate in pursuing economic sanctions and travel restrictions for Maduro government associates accused of corruption, drug-trafficking, money-laundering or human rights violations.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuelan opposition struggling for momentum against Maduro

19-11-2019 10:22 Juan Guaidó calls for daily demonstrations to drive President Nicolás Maduro from power, but only several dozen people answer.

Bloomberg

Caracas Country Club: Where Venezuelan elites await socialism's collapse

18-10-2019 16:06 The unofficial hangout for Venezuela’s beleaguered business class and an escape from the nightmare outside.

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela government says thwarted attempted 'coup'

27-06-2019 13:51 A minister in Nicolas Maduro’s government claimed the US, Colombia and Chile were behind the plot.

ELECTION 2019: SANTA FE

Put out more flags

15-06-2019 08:58 Santa Fe, the cradle of Argentina’s 1853 Constitution, was Juan de Garay’s first choice to found a city (1573) ahead of Buenos Aires in 1580.

by Michael Soltys

News of socialism

Left-winger Castillo polling ahead of Fujimori for Peru presidency

Peruvian socialist set to face Fujimori in battle of extremes

Bolivia's Evo Morales says he has taken back control of his party

Fernández backs Bolivia’s new government as Evo Morales returns home

Luis Arce takes power in Bolivia facing deep challenges

Bolivia's Morales calls for calm after protesters demand junta

Evo Morales says his return to Bolivia doesn't depend on him

Electoral authorities confirm Arce's landslide win in Bolivian election

Bolivia’s new president can’t ride Latin America’s ‘pink tide’

Hundreds protest in Bolivia with Arce set for presidential poll win

Evo Morales says he will return to Bolivia after ally's election victory

Energised Guaidó returns to Venezuela, vowing it's 'time to move forward'

Guaidó rallies Venezuelan expats in Miami at end of tour

Bolivia's interim leader Áñez confirms candidacy in election

The joys of pessimism

Evo Morales discusses MAS, future plans, potential return to Bolivia

Trump sending aid mission to Bolivia ahead of election

Evo Morales: Washington orchestrated 'coup' to tap Bolivia's lithium

Evo Morales summons party leaders for talks on Argentine-Bolivia border event

Over a dozen nations move to isolate Maduro's government

Venezuelan opposition struggling for momentum against Maduro

Caracas Country Club: Where Venezuelan elites await socialism's collapse

Venezuela government says thwarted attempted 'coup'

Put out more flags

Is it time to leave or is Argentina worth it?

Senator Carlos Reutemann hospitalised in serious condition

Fernández kicks off Europe trip as Paris Club debt payment nears

Pope backs temporary suspension of vaccine patents

Nothing more supreme than uncertainty

Grabois reconoció que manda a sus hijos a clases presenciales en CABA: "Hay un fallo de la Corte"

Campaña del Inadi contra escuelas que "presionan" por presencialidad: piden la renuncia de Donda

Tragedia en Tigre: el conductor del accidente fatal se negó a declarar

6 opciones que recomienda el Banco Central para ahorrar y cuidar el valor de los pesos

Las claves del modelo portugués que elogia Alberto Fernández, según Martín Lousteau