Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
THE last few years have seen a worrying return of the right-wing politicians in Latin America, with the gains made by progressive leaders across the continent coming under fire and being rolled back.
That is why it is important to keep up our solidarity and be clear that whatever problems countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Cuba or Nicaragua face, neoliberalism and US intervention are not the answer.
There are some of the new beacons of hope again arising in the continent, most notably the recent election victory in Mexico of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
Latin America is being swept by a series of right-wing electoral victories. But behind that shift to the right lies less of an ideological conversion than anger, fear, insecurity, and a deep crisis of democracy, asserts MARC VANDEPITTE
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE



