Chile is facing a devastating forest fire in the Valparaíso region, which has claimed more than 120 lives and left 15,000 homes in ruins. Viña del Mar and Quilpué communities now bear witness to the devastation this catastrophe is inflicting on daily life. It is...
The people of Cusco, Peru, site of the historical Inca city of Machu Picchu, have risen up against the government’s plans to privatize the site’s administration. The unelected government of Dina Boluarte, which came to power last year by impeaching former president...
Most of the data and other information in this article are from a piece called “Davos and the Melting World Economy” in Michael Roberts’s blog. Link to it here. The global One Percent and the world’s major political power brokers meet annually in the luxury ski resort...
Last November, 55 percent of Argentinian voters elected the far-right “anarcho-capitalist” economist Javier Milei as president. Milei ran on a platform promising extreme measures to supposedly “fix” Argentina’s economy. The country has experienced record inflation,...
On Saturday, January 13, Taiwan held its presidential and legislative elections to determine who will replace the term-limited president Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who has served two four-year terms. The presidential election, which was...
