by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
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Democracy, equality and social progress under threat in Brazil
MATT WILLGRESS looks at what might be in store for the newly elected President Jair Bolsonaro — an admirer of the country's past brutal dictatorship
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro smiles as he attends the army cadets graduation ceremony at the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras in Resende, Brazil, last Saturday
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
On the centenary of Fidel Castro’s birth, Communist Party international secretary KEVAN NELSON salutes the ongoing example of a revolutionary people facing a brutal US siege
ALEX GORDON and LORRAINE DOUGLAS report from Havana, Cuba, where they represented the Communist Party of Britain at the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties on August 7-8
The best tribute to Fidel is to stand with the Cuban Revolution today as the Trump regime tries to starve it to death, argues Cuba Solidarity Campaign communications manager NATASHA HICKMAN
JOE DWYER of Sinn Fein reflects on the links between the Irish and Cuban struggles for independence and on Castro’s personal engagement with the cause of Irish freedom
IN OCTOBER, Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil, beating the left’s candidate Fernando Haddad, in a result which sent shock waves around Latin America and globally. His election was a triumph for the Trump administration, welcoming an ally against less compliant governments in the region.
And while he posed as an “outsider,” the massive amounts of money spent on his campaign, including a dirty social media campaign from the Steve Bannon textbook, is just one signal of how he is in fact the candidate of the mega-rich, whom he will now reward with a privatisation bonanza.
His victory also presents a major threat to democratic, social and economic rights, fuelling violence and repression against the left and the labour movement. Days before his election, Bolsonaro said, if he was elected, “leftists will have to ... leave the country or go to jail,” adding “reds will be banished.”
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