Increasingly, left-wing commentators are writing pieces that are not only critical of the ‘Pink Tide’, but that point to its reversal. Personally, I think we should remember that the Right has not won an election against a Left incumbent this century. Elections in Argentina (later this month) and Venezuela (early next month) may change that.
Contents:
Upcoming Elections: Venezuela Mid-term, Second Round Argentina
Election Results: Belize
News: El Salvador: FMLN National Congress and Ecuador: Correa v Opposition
Analysis: The defeat of the (US’s) FTAA and the emergence of the (Cuba-Venezuela) ALBA-TCP
Elections/News:
Interview: Venezuelan Elections Matter for Global Resistance
By: teleSUR / Nelson Davila, Tamara Pearson
Venezuela: Chavista Student Death Blamed on Rightwing Attack
By Rachael Boothroyd Rojas [source]
Backed by Global Civil Society and 131 Countries, Venezuela Re-elected to UNHRC
By LUCAS KOERNER [source]
Argentina: Battle for Presidency
Nil Nikandrov | 02.11.2015 [source]
Belize leader Dean Barrow wins third term in snap election
BBC: 5 November 2015 [source]
El Salvador’s FMLN Ups the Ante Against Neoliberalism After First National Congress [source]
Socialism vs. Neoliberalism: Ecuador’s Correa Debates Opposition [source]
Defeat of the FTAA and the Founding of ALBA
The Defeat of the FTAA. The Emergence of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP)
Editor’s Choice 01.11.2015
10 Years Since Latin America’s ‘Burial’ of FTAA
Telesur
15 Years of the Cuba-Venezuela Agreement:
Telesur
The Receding Pink Tide: Evolution of State and Social Relations in Latin America
George Ygarza and Matt Binetti Tuesday, 03 November 2015 [source]
Dancing with Dynamite in Latin America: Looking Back at Half a Decade of
Political Struggle, by Benjamin Dangl Tuesday, 03 November 2015 [source]
This whole right left paradigm only reinforces bible thumping cultural destruction. http://therightstuff.biz/2015/10/15/christianity-reconsidered/
Additional to the above: Paraguay Election News:
Paraguay Opposition Leads over Ruling Party in Capital Asuncion
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Paraguay-Opposition-Leads-over-Ruling-Party-in-Capital-Asuncion-20151109-0027.html
When i use the terms ‘right’ and ‘left’ i consider them synonymous with ‘progressive’ and ‘reactionary’.
Things which increase equality I consider to be leftwing/progressive whilst things which increase inequality to be rightwing/reactionary.
They are, therefore, very context dependent.
Off topic,
If someone’s already pointed this out then sorry for the false start, but on the off chance the Saker staff is unaware of this, a recent article of Sakers’s was reprinted verbatim on Alex Jone’s Infowars site. I know that the material here is akin to ‘open-source’ licensing terms, just wondering if the folks here are aware:
(so far 200 comments and climbing)
http://www.infowars.com/did-russia-just-gently-threaten-the-usa/
no, I had no idea. well, good!
thanks a lot for providing me with this info.
Kind regards,
The Saker
Jack,
Thanks. I really like your organized format with the little TOC at the beginning. I’ll be revisiting to read the various topics later when I have more time.
Efforts of all SitRep authors are much appreciated. Glad to have somebody to focus on my southern neighbors, about whom I really know so little. With your help I will learn more.
http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/11680
Meanwhile yanqui scalawags still busy destroying something good, worthwhile and decent.
On Monday November 10th, Lopez published a hand written four page note on his Facebook page from prison (that’s right, in the gulags of Venezuela, high-profile prisoners get access to Facebook and Twitter) on the up and coming parliamentary elections of December 6th, when Venezuelans will choose their legislative representatives in the National Assembly.
Link to and Contents of LAsitrep1:
/latin-america-sitrep-october-28th-2015-by-jack/
Argentina: Presidential election First round leads to Second.
Venezuela: Mid Term. Threat of violence. Economic reform. Poll predicts PSUV win.
The United States Wins In Brazil, Raul Zibechi
Mexico: Ayotzinapa, State Violence and Terror By Laura Carlsen
Russia Interested in Joining the Nicaragua Canal Project
Comedian cowboy wins presidency in Guatemala
Cuba: The US isolated on World Stage:
Secret US Sites in Peru Nil NIKANDROV
Evo Morales, first indigenous President of in the Americas, marks 10 years as Bolivia President.
LA Left: Pink Tide 1999 to Present: Raúl Zibechi: Immanuel Wallerstein