The social base of the old Tory Party has disappeared as surely as that of Labour, argues ANDREW MURRAY – today’s right are the debased offspring of a capitalism that speculates without investing and profits without producing
LATIN AMERICA’S left has secured victory after victory in recent years, winning the presidencies in nearly every country, landing important blows against neoliberalism and offering a beacon of hope to progressives the world over.
Ecuador is the latest country to see a stunning victory for the left. Last week, the left-wing Citizens Revolution party, led by former president Rafael Correa, won the mayoralties in the country’s major cities and the governorships in nine provinces, accounting for two-thirds of the population.
What marks this victory out is not only the strong results but the fact they were won against the backdrop of sustained political persecution and legal repression that has targeted the left and sought to decapitate it over the past six years.
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa
The US is desperate to stop Honduras’s process of social and democratic change, writes TIM YOUNG


