Bolsonaro et la bataille pour l’avenir du Brésil: un entretien avec Elias Jabbour

L'élection de l'homme politique d'extrême droite Jair Bolsonaro à l'élection présidentielle brésilienne de l'an dernier a provoqué une onde de choc en Amérique latine et dans le monde entier. Quel a été l'impact des huit premiers mois du mandat de Bolsonaro? J'ai interviewé Elias Jabbour, professeur à l'Université d'Etat de Rio de Janeiro et membre du Comité central du Parti communiste du Brésil (PCdoB) pour connaître son point de vue sur les grandes luttes qui ont lieu actuellement au Brésil.

Bolsonaro and the battle for Brazil’s future: an interview with Elias Jabbour

The election of far right politician Jair Bolsonaro in last year’s Brazilian Presidential election sent shock-waves across Latin America and the entire world. What has been the impact of Bolsonaro’s first eight months in office? I interviewed Elias Jabbour, Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University and member of the Communist Party of Brazil’s Central Committee (PCdoB) to find out his perspective on the great struggles that are currently taking place in Brazil.

Argentina’s Presidential election 2019 – is this the year that the Latin American left launches a counter-offensive?

The prospect of the left gaining an electoral victory this autumn in Argentina, one of Latin America’s largest and most influential countries, provides a significant impetus for left and progressive movements across the whole region. The strong chance of a victory for the Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner left ticket also raises the following question: will 2019 signal the start of a left wing counter-offensive in Latin America which sees the left pushing back against the US-sponsored right wing offensive that has put the ‘pink tide’ on the defensive for the past five years?

Resisting Bolsonaro in Brazil: one million people strike to defend education

More than one million people took to the streets of Brazil on 15 May 2019 in nationwide strikes opposing the government’s massive attacks on education. Brazil’s far right President Jair Bolsonaro has been in office for less than five months and is already facing large resistance to his ultra neo-liberal agenda – and it is teachers and students that are leading the way.

US ramps up pressure on Venezuela after failed coup attempt

Last week the Venezuelan people resoundingly defeated the latest US-backed coup attempt against their government. Washington’s puppet and fake ‘interim President of Venezuela’, Juan Guaido, led the ineffective and small attempt to overthrow the legitimate and democratic Venezuelan government. In the face of this tactical defeat, the US administration continues to intensify its offensive against the Venezuelan government and people through harsh economic sanctions, military threats and subversive attacks.

Bolsonaro’s radical neo-liberal offensive in Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro’s administration has wasted little time in advancing its project of systematically destroying the role of the state in Brazil’s economy. Bolsonaro’s radical neo-liberal offensive simultaneously encompasses drastic attacks on the economic and social rights of Brazil’s working class in addition to threatening the long term economic and social development of the country. Bolsonaro is effectively auctioning off Brazil’s future for the benefit of US capital and its allies.

5 reasons to oppose the US offer of ‘aid’ to Venezuela – it’s a pretext for military intervention

There are mounting fears that under the guise of delivering ‘humanitarian aid’ the US is trying to stage-manage a confrontation to provide a pretext for a US military attack on Venezuela. In an act of brazen cynicism the US is offering the Venezuelan people, who it is currently attempting to starve through economic sanctions, ‘humanitarian aid.’ The Venezuelan government has rejected this ‘aid’ on the grounds that it is not a genuine offer to help but on the contrary a part of the US plan to achieve “regime change” in Venezuela, in contravention of international law.