The Life and Death of Words, People, and Even Nature: From Walking Libraries and a God Named “Word” to What Sherlock Holmes Never Said. Passages excerpted from Eduardo Galeano’s new book, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History (Nation Books).
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For the time being, the Peruvian ultra-right has sung victory. It has managed to get rid of a president it detested and wanted to overthrow since the beginning of his administration. However, it has not been able to fully impose itself.
A great transition in our hemisphere, and a labor action news roundup
World-changing events as masses vote and hit the streets
U.S. has much to learn from new feminist movements that spurred Argentina, Colombia and Mexico to dump traditional abortion laws. Now powerful women’s movements in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have won access to the right to choose
For the first time since the liberation of Colombia from Spain by Simón Bolívar, Colombia now had leaders who promised to radically transform Colombia, and with it, all of Latin America.
The Pacto Histórico: a one-of-a kind alliance. It was a unique coalition, not a mere alliance among political parties, but also including social movements from a broad range of the ideological spectrum. And the "Nobodies" won. Here's how
Brazilians prepare for a momentous vote
This week: left economists cut through the baloney, rumblings of general strike, and a guide to wrecking your party
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