Reports on women in action in Bulgaria and El Salvador, the election drama in Ecuador, the coup in Niger, and more
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a group of fellow progressive Democrats are heading to South America later this month on a congressional trip that will also challenge Biden administration policy in the region.
Facing certain impeachment, on May 17 Ecuador's deeply unpopular rightwing president Guillermo Lasso pulled the plug and dissolved the National Assembly, calling for new elections.
Reports on mass workers action in France, Italy and UK, and a hard look at the politics of climate rescue
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A new constitution that will likely shape Chile's future for decades will be written by victorious left and independent candidates, who decisively defeated the conservative coalition of President Sebastian Pinera.
A year of agony and uproar
"... [H]uman rights abuses under the existing government continue to threaten basic civil liberties, opposition candidates do not enjoy a level playing field, and state security forces are taking on an increasingly central, and ominous role in context of the election."
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