Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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The future of Bolivia hangs in the balance
Miriam Amancay Colque, a Bartolina Sisa Resistance spokeswoman, reports on the political background of Bolivia's general election
Military police forces guard La Paz, Bolivia
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
WHEN Jeanine Anez came to power in Nov 2019 with the infamous coup endorsed by the US, the Organisation of American States and its interventionist role, the national and regional ultra-right oligarchy, the church, etc her only task was to call for new elections.
However, her intentions were to stay in power at all costs, and Covid-19 was the perfect excuse to postpone the elections three times.
Her priorities were to break relations with Cuba and Venezuela and to drive Cuban doctors out of the country.
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