Honduras Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Torres Zelaya gave a video presentation for the TFA Annual Dinner on December 12, 2022. He concisely and eloquently described the recent history of Honduras and the bold and progressive plans of the new LIBRE government. See the video here:
Following is an excellent review of the progress and challenges ahead in Latin American and the Caribbean. Enviado por tortilla el Lun, 14/11/2022 – 07:09 Stephen Sefton, November 14th 2022 The electoral victories of Gustavo Petro and Inacio Lula da Silva this year in Colombia and Brazil have raised hopes for a new strong impulse towards the full … Read More
By Camila Vergara, political theorist, and journalist Ed. Note: article was edited for length Pinochet and his legacy have proven hard to kill. The 2022 draft constitution–the most progressive constitution ever written in terms of socio-economic rights, gender equality, indigenous rights, and the protection of nature–was rejected by almost 62% of voters in a national … Read More
By Dale Sorensen, TFA Advisory Board For the previous two centuries, the US has dominated Latin America under the protection of the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny through a combination of privileged trade relations, patronage, clientelism, covert coercion and coup d’états, and most recently via the financialization of the economy through the Washington Consensus (1989), … Read More
By the Brazil Solidarity Initiative Ed. Note: edited for length On October 2nd, progressive candidate Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva was on top in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential election. Lula won 48.43% of the vote, with over 57 million voters backing him at the ballot box. Despite the impression given in some media reports, … Read More