Tag: Latin America

For the first time in its state history, Colombia will have a former guerrilla as its president. Today, former M-19 fighter Gustavo Petro was elected President of Colombia with 50% of the vote, defeating construction sector oligarch Rodolfo Hernández who fell short at 47%. Petro joined the anti-imperialist 19th...

On Thursday March 10, thousands of protesters demonstrated at the National Congress in Buenos Aires against an imminent bill approving $45 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Argentine state is already $18 billion in debt to the IMF, a debt steadily growing as 50% inflation plagues an...