Argentinian President Javier Milei’s far-right government’s proposal to allow foreign interests to own up to 25% of the country’s land was defeated in the Senate, in the wake of mass protests, reports Ben Radford.
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In the second part of our interview, Ella Teevan, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, talks with Green Left’s Isaac Nellist about the importance of challenging President Donald Trump’s war drive, imperialist interventions and far-right agenda, and whether ecosocialist ideas are gaining traction in the United States.
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Colombia’s newly inaugurated president, Abelardo De la Espriella, began his term by facing the country’s worst earthquake in decades, signing controversial diplomatic agreements, and launching his “zero peace” plan against armed groups, reports BreakThrough News.
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United States President Donald Trump’s government overturned the temporary protected status (TPS) of 350,000 Haitians living in the US, following a June 25 Supreme Court decision to greenlight the administration's actions. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard explain the history behind this move.
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Brazilian political economist and ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2026, in Magan-djin/Brisbane over September 11–13. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Fernandes spoke with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the importance of ecosocialist ideas in the fight for a better world.
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Keiko Fujimori, leader of the far-right Popular Force party, was sworn in as Peru’s president, after narrowly defeating leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez in the run-off election in June, reports Ben Radford.
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The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society marked the 73rd anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks with a Poetry in Motion event. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and repressive far-right politics. Jonathan Strauss writes that Ecosocialism 2026 will discuss this and many other global struggles, allowing attendees to get a deeper grasp of these movements’ dynamics.
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After the June earthquakes, United States and Israeli troops have arrived in Venezuela, but economic and political interests, not humanitarian recovery, appear to be driving their presence, writes Jessica Dos Santos Jardim.
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Ben Radford joined Green Left Radio to talk about the recent Colombian presidential election.
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Brazilian socialists Sabrina Fernandes and Mariana Riscali are confirmed to speak at Ecosocialism 2026, which is bringing together activists to discuss pathways for overcoming capitalism. Fred Fuentes reports.
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During the debate on ending the United States’ economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba in the United Nations General Assembly, Cuban foreign affairs minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla delivered a stinging rebuke to remarks made by US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz. Kerry Smith reports.