21st Century Socialism

Meeting today in the Chilean capital Santiago, the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela have issued a firm statement supporting the government of Bolivian President Evo Morales and condemning the violence of the opposition forces which are trying to break up the country. More ...

A major diplomatic rift has opened up between Bolivia and the US which has culminated in the expulsion of US Ambassador, Philip Goldberg. On Wednesday 10th September, President Evo Morales declared Goldberg to be 'persona non grata', and ordered that he leave the country immediately. This move comes in the wake of escalating violence in the eastern departments of Bolivia and the announcement by the government that suspected sabotage of a gas pipeline in Tarija had reduced gas exports to Brazil. More ...

Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez has been arrested and transferred to La Paz on charges of organizing a massacre of farmers in the northern Bolivian province. More ...

US counter-terrorism policies and support for the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia have helped create an increasingly desperate humanitarian and security situation in the East African nation, whose population has become increasingly radicalised and anti-US, according to a new report by a major US human rights group. More ...