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Far from tackling the narcotics trade, the War on Drugs has become an imperial tool to discipline defiant governments and advance counterrevolutionary agendas. Campesinos and the working class pay the price, while capital reaps the…

For Tricontinental, it’s not possible to produce social knowledge without ties and real and concrete on-the-ground accountability to the communities and their organizational expressions.

Unwilling to accept election results in Venezuela, the OAS, led by the US, passed a resolution essentially asking the country to violate its own election laws. Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have…

On Isla Grande, Afro-Colombian residents discuss the urgent need for a sustainable electricity plant. Their efforts echo President Petro’s push for solar energy, with the aim of addressing broader regional goals of sustainable development. Yet,…

Liberal democracy has proved itself to be an insufficient barrier to halt the ambitions of the far right. Though liberal elites are horrified by the vulgarity of the far right, they are not necessarily opposed…

The War on Drugs, initiated by the United States, has been a war on the peasants of Colombia and on the precarious poor in Western countries. In a powerful address to the United Nations General…

The War on Drugs, initiated by the United States, has been a war on the peasants of Colombia and on the precarious poor in Western countries. In a powerful address to the United Nations General…