BY RAMIRO SEBASTIÁN FÚNEZ Students? Check. Road blocks? Yep. Twitter hashtags? Definitely. At first glance, anti-government protests in Nicaragua appear to possess all of the traits of a popular...
Tag: United States
BY NICHOLAS AYALA In 1959, the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista was overthrown in an armed struggle led by a few hundred guerrillas with the support of millions of...
BY RAMIRO SEBASTIÁN FÚNEZ If Marvel’s recent “Black Panther” film centered Black people in starring roles in a historic move (a film that is not immune to criticisms), then...
BY VAL REYNOSO For decades, Dominican migrants have been forced to flee their homeland in pursuit of better living conditions. Responding to the effects of imperialist plunder, they almost...
BY RAMIRO SEBASTIÁN FÚNEZ If you’ve ever learned Latin American history in school, you’ll know it’s often taught that the last U.S. military invasion in the region took place...
BY LUWEZI KINSHASA Since former President Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999, his leadership made Venezuela one of the key centers of national liberation struggles in the world....
BY RAMIRO SEBASTIÁN FÚNEZ No electricity, no running water, mounting trash and spreading disease. Imagine being forced to live under these circumstances weeks after being struck by one of...
BY CARLOS CRUZ MOSQUERA Billionaire and co-founder of Vice Media, Shane Smith, has been obsessed with North Korea since 2006, the same year the magazine made its move to...
BY VAL REYNOSO Venezuela and Colombia are Latin American nations located in the northern part of South America that are covered in diametrically-opposed ways. U.S. propaganda claims the Venezuelan...
BY TANIA APAZA Recently, there have been more videos shared about Venezuela on social media — not only by the BBC, the Guardian and other mainstream media, but also...