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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in the UK , photo Paul Mattsson
7 March 2013
Hugo Chavez dies but the struggle continues
Redouble efforts to fight for socialism - revolutionary and democratic: Millions of Venezuelan workers, the poor and youth will mourn the death of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez on Tuesday 5 March, writes Tony Saunois, CWI secretary.
Che Guevara, photo Alberto Korda
14 November 2012
Che Guevara - Symbol of fashion or symbol of struggle?
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is perhaps the most recognisable revolutionary icon, his image having graced countless posters and t-shirts, writes Tom Baldwin, South West Socialist Party.
CWI Latin America school, photo CWI
24 February 2010
CWI Latin America school: A continent on the brink
Members and supporters of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) in Latin America met for a very enthusiastic and successful political education school in Brazil between 3 and 7 February...
26 August 2009
World recession, revolution and counter-revolution in Latin America
Former president of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan has described the economic situation we are living through today as a: "once in a century economic crisis", writes Aron Amm, CWI Germany.
11 November 2008
Secretary of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) Tony Saunois, introduced the session on Latin America with a vivid account of the struggles of the working class and poor...
24 September 2008
Revolution and counter-revolution in Bolivia
EVO MORALES, the Bolivian president, won a crushing victory in the 10 August re-call referendum, winning 67.4% of the national vote on a turnout of over 83%, writes Tony Saunois (CWI) and, Roberto Antezana (CWI, Bolivia).
30 April 2008
Bolivia - right-wing coup threat
BOLIVIA IS awash with rumours about an impending right-wing coup against the elected government of president Evo Morales, writes Karl Debbaut.
12 March 2008
World's poor hit by rocketing food prices
ONE IN six of the world's population (854 million) do not have enough food to eat. Every year, despite the recent boom in the world economy, another four million are added to this total.
27 February 2008
Feature: Fidel Castro's resignation opens up new chapter
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Fidel Castro in his days as a guerrila |
20 February 2008
OVER 80 members of the Committee for a Workers' International* - representing sections in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela and visitors from Europe and the USA - recently met in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for an education school...
4 October 2007
Che Guevara - revolutionary fighter
Forty years after his death, flags, banners, portraits and the slogans of Che Guevara are carried on the mass demonstrations in the new revolt that is sweeping Latin America...
1 March 2007
Latin America: A continent in revolt
CWI world congress report (4): THE RECENT world congress of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI - the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated) debated the explosive developments in Latin America where th...
28 September 2006
Socialism 2006: SOME OF the most important discussions at November's Socialism 2006 will be about the mass movements that have swept Latin America - an entire continent in revolt - and to discuss the way ahead, writes Mike Garrett.
6 July 2006
Chile: Who killed Victor Jara?
Scandal of state compensation paid to mass murderer: AMONGST THE first to be slaughtered by the military dictatorship which seized power in Chile in September 1973 was the very popular folk singer and Communist Party member, Victor Jara, writes Tony Saunois, CWI, Santiago.
11 May 2006
Venezuela: Fight for socialism
"THE MOST dangerous man in the region" is US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice's description of Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's president who is visiting London this week, writes Karl Debbaut.
11 May 2006
The part-nationalisation of Bolivia's gas and oil industry by president Evo Morales, similar to Hugo Chávez's decree in Venezuela earlier this year, is another blow to the 'neo-liberal' agenda of big business and imperialism in Latin America...
20 April 2006
Successful CWI public meeting in Caracas
ON 7 APRIL the CWI section in Venezuela together with the union of the hospital workers of the Algodanal in Caracas held a successful public meeting about the widespread protest action by students and workers in France, writes Celso Calfullan, CWI, Caracas.
26 January 2006
Morales' presidential victory - a new phase in the class struggle
With Bolivia's Evo Morales and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez declaring an "anti-imperialist front" does this signify a genuine movement toward socialism or will both presidents seek to compromise with capitalism...
26 January 2006
Chile: First woman president elected
THE ELECTION of Michel Bachelet as the first woman to be elected President of Chile has aroused big interest around the world...
12 February 2005
Huge crowd cheers Chavez's radical speech at World Social Forum 2005
THE ANTI-GLOBALISATION World Social Forum (WSF) met last week in Porto Alegre, Brazil...
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