South America

CODEPINK is appalled and outraged at the attempted coup in Brazil that took place on January 8 by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Emulating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, fascist and extreme-right groups stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court…

The 8th International Meeting of Graphic Narratives Dibujos que Hablan (Drawings that Speak) will take place from 9 to 16 January 2023. This year Drawings that Speak invites us to reflect on violence in comics, cartoons, illustration, and other drawn…

Pedro Castillo’s attempted coup d’état caused confusion throughout the country for a couple of hours. His swift capture and subsequent imprisonment quickly made headlines in most of the national and international media. In the days that followed, however, it was…

The Presidency’s Sociocultural Coordination, headed by social scientist Irina Karamanos, ceased its functions on Saturday 31 December. Yesterday, however, Karamanos left the Palacio de La Moneda after meeting with the former first ladies and former sociocultural directors who held the…

La Paz, 04 January 2023 (ABI) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced to his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce Catacora, that his country will once again join the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), from which…

Social polarisation has reached its peak. Yesterday, January 4th, was the first day of the indefinite National Strike called by grassroots social organizations mainly from the south of the country, but in which protesters from the departments of Junin, Ayacucho,…

Next February 5, the Ecuadorian people will go to the polls. The period of mayorships (local authorities) and prefectures (provincial authorities) will take place. The electoral campaign officially begins today, January 3 and will conclude on February 2. The campaign…

Brazil’s new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revoked more than ten decrees signed during Bolsonaro’s government, in one of his first acts after taking office. Lula determined that the General Controller of the Union (CGU) would have to re-evaluate…

The minimum required of democratic countries is that their authorities are elected by the people in free, informed and secret elections. In Chile, let’s say that this objective is fulfilled, although the elections are not so free and informed, because…

As fleeting as anything that lacks deep roots, the idea of change only survives until the first shock of reality. There is no doubt that the unbroken line of time – plus one more week, minus one less week –…