La victoria del senador derechista Rodrigo Paz Pereira en la segunda vuelta de los comicios presidenciales celebrados el domingo en Bolivia sella de manera definitiva el final de las dos décadas de dominio político del Movimiento al Socialismo (...)
El Congreso decidió destituir a la presidenta a pocos meses de las elecciones presidenciales, previstas para el 12 de abril de 2026. La asunción del cuestionado presidente del Congreso, José Jerí, desencadenó nuevas protestas de la llamada Generación (...)
The protests in Nepal this week were unprecedented. In just 48 hours, a disparate movement of largely young people throughout major towns and cities brought down the entire political establishment that had dominated Nepalese politics since the (...)
There are decades when nothing happens, and then days when decades happen. Two days – 8 and 9 September – changed the face of modern Nepal, figuratively and literally. What is happening in the country now is unprecedented. The entire state (...)
August’s anti-government protests highlight the growth of a subculture of street protest that echoes the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s. In opposing the new form of patronage politics Reformasi gave rise to, today’s protesters pursue goals no (...)
Las izquierdas y progresismos en gobierno no pierden elecciones por los trolls de las redes sociales. Tampoco porque las derechas son más violentas ni mucho menos porque el pueblo que fue beneficiado por políticas sociales es ingrato. Las (...)
Kenya’s largest-ever protests have drawn striking comparisons to the Mau Mau uprising. But for today’s movement to endure, it must move beyond the streets and invest in political education. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Kenya witnessed the largest (...)
A Nobel laureate is running Bangladesh. However, this isn’t democracy, it’s elite survival masquerading as reform. As 2025 began, with inflation climbing beyond 11 percent and mass demonstrations bringing major cities to a standstill, Sheikh (...)
Mohammed Amin Abdishukri offers a compelling account of recent coordinated transnational repression targeting cross-border activism by East African activists in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. He discusses the arrest and ill-treatment of human (...)
Un petit pays de 4,2 millions d’habitant·es montre à l’Amérique latine et au monde qu’il est possible d’affronter les intérêts du capital financier et des fonds vautours dans la troisième décennie du 21e siècle. Il y a quelques jours, le sang d’un jeune (...)