Ricardo Pascoe PierceArgentina repudiated Peronism, Kirchnerism, leftism, and the populist rhetoric accompanying those governments for over two decades. During that time, it has received political support from Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro, Lula Da Silva, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.Photo:...
Image: EFE/Presidencia on havanatimes.orgRicardo Pascoe PierceFifty years ago tomorrow, General Pinochet and almost the entire Chilean military broke their constitutional oath and staged a coup d'état against the legally elected government of Salvador Allende. The few military commanders who...
Image: on plumasatomicas.comRicardo Pascoe PierceExtremes touch, some say. And it is always surprising when it happens. The similarity between the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the presidential candidate of Argentina, Javier Milei, is undoubtedly surprising.Photo: Pixabay...
Image: Fotokita on iStockAntonio NavalónAmerica is on fire. From North to South and East to West, the crisis is generalized and has one element in common: the loss of faith in its ruling classes. In politics, it is well...
Photo: on wikipedia.orgRicardo Pascoe PierceThe recently inaugurated Lula Da Silva government in Brazil is facing the effects of the most pernicious and negative policy of Jair Bolsonaro, his predecessor in the Presidency of his country: the militarization of public...
Image: Francescoch on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceThe Brazilian candidate to head the Inter-American Development Bank, Ilan Goldfajn, won the leadership in an election that pitted two Latin American giants, Mexico and Brazil, against each other. Goldfajn won the election with...
Photo: Mike on PexelsRicardo Pascoe PierceThe lights and shadows of Latin America's supposed shift to the left need to be explored. Does it mean being 'left-wing' simply because a leader or party proclaims itself as such?To understand a government's...