Latin America & the Caribbean

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Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of 鈥淭he Right to Decide鈥, reports Ben Radford.

Gustavo Petro

Thousands of Colombians mobilised across the country on September 19 in defence of the government鈥檚 pension reforms and to reject the attempts by right-wing forces to oust President Gustavo Petro, reports Ben Radford.

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen talk to Federico Fuentes about the Venezuelan presidential election results and聽to Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton about community campaigning ahead of the Victorian local government elections.

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Alberto Fujimori鈥檚 10 years in power were characterised by rampant corruption and horrific acts of violence against Peruvians, writes Ben Radford.

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In part two of our interview, 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes speaks to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas about the current state of community organising in the country under the combined impacts of sanctions, opposition political violence and the government鈥檚 shift away from promoting people鈥檚 participation.

Hugo Chavez in 2012

Federico Fuentes spoke to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas聽on September 4, about why we might be witnessing the Nicol谩s Maduro government鈥檚 final break with the Bolivarian process of radical change initiated by former president Hugo Ch谩vez.

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Venezuela鈥檚 National Electoral Council (CNE) was to release detailed poll-by-poll voting results on August 28. But CNE鈥檚 lack of communication before and after the deadline is concerning, write Steve Lalla, Jes煤s Rodr铆guez-Espinoza and Saheli Chowdhury,聽especially in the context of renewed attacks by the United States.聽

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Writer, activist and director of the Centre for Studies for Socialist Democracy Reinaldo Iturriza, discusses the competing, and inadequate, narratives surrounding Venezuela鈥檚 July 28 presidential election with Federico Fuentes.

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91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to Antonio Gonz谩lez Plessmann from Venezuelan left-wing human rights collective SurGentes to break down the country鈥檚 July 28 presidential election.

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Isaac Nellist speaks with Chloe DS about the encampments set up by refugees in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney to demand permanent visas and with Ben Radford about the history and wins of the Palestine solidarity movement in Latin America.聽

The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign hosted a discussion of the Venezuelan presidential elections and aftermath with Francisco Dominguez, secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in London. Chris Slee reports.

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Kerry Smith sat down with Latin American politics writer Federico Fuentes to break down the July 28 Venezuelan presidential elections and its aftermath.