The recent electoral victories of Javier Milei in Argentina and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands suggest that the world has not yet reached peak populism.
The Return of the Far Right
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Latin America & Caribbean
Remembering Salvador Allende and the Chilean Counterrevolution
It wasn’t only the United States that overthrew the Chilean leader.
The New Russian Presence in Cuba
Right-wing Russians want to push Cuba toward a neoliberal economy.
Cuba 1962 and Ukraine 2022
The confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union in 1962 holds important lessons for addressing the potential for nuclear escalation today in Ukraine.
El Salvador’s Dangerous Democratic Backslide
The world’s “coolest dictator” is imprisoning innocents at rates not seen since the country’s dictatorship and civil war. Solidarity activists are fighting back.
Greenwashing ExxonMobil’s Oil Boom in Guyana
U.S. officials are portraying recent deals as wins for Guyana’s environment.
Retire This Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants
Human beings fleeing persecution are not a “flood” or “surge.” And it’s not “illegal” when they cross the border to seek asylum.
A Conflict in Chile Over Minerals Needed for Clean Energy
The world needs rare earth elements. But this mine threatens the ecosystem and well-being of the people of this Chilean community.
Does Cuba Have a Future?
Young people were the country’s biggest export last year.
20 Years Ago, the World Said No to War
A look back at the history-making mobilization against the Iraq War that turned ordinary people into a “second superpower” — one we badly need today.