On this day in 1967, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army on the orders of the CIA. Guevara the man was deeply flawed and far from a saint. But to millions, Guevara is not a man, he is an idea epitomising resistance to oppression. The romantic freedom fighter. Nothing encapsulates that notion […]
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Hugo Chavez took on imperialism, he stood up to George W. Bush and he fought poverty, but one battle he could not win was against cancer. As Venezuela enters a period of mourning for their President, Chavez leaves behind a nation divided. Reviled by the rich, revered by the poor, at times praised and scorned
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Latin America’s staunchest warrior, lost his final battle to cancer today. Hugo Chavez was a divisive figure; he polarised his country and the world’s media. Critics will point out the dangers of the cult of personality he seemed to be building around himself, but he was far more than just another
Rafael Correa swept to power in 2007 on a ticket of helping the poor. His election in Ecuador spelled a pink tide in Latin America as the once powerful parties of the conservatives and the liberals fell to new working class movements across the continent from Venezuela to Bolivia. This was not the old communism
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