As of June 30, Peru is reporting 282,365 confirmed coronavirus infections and 9,504 Covid-19 deaths, placing it in the pandemic’s global top ten and second behind only Brazil in Latin America. This […]
Pepe Mejía: Hugo Blanco under attack in Peru
Franck Gaudichaud and Alex G: Between the October revolt and Covid-19 in Chile
As of April 30, Chile is reporting 15,135 coronavirus infections and 216 Covid-19 deaths. The government has taken advantage of the pandemic to gain breathing space after six months that witnessed the […]
Johana Misnik: Thanks Bernie!
What Bernie did. A short series. Since Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign, there has been a steady stream of articles assessing it, writes Joanna Misnik. They range from more mainstream progressive […]
Agnes Lou: Broken healthcare system leaves Sweden open to Covid-19
Opinions in Sweden vary with respect to Social Democratic Party Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s response to the coronavirus, which has been the slowest in Europe, relying heavily on voluntary social distancing and, […]
Jakob Schäfer: Germany “more determined” v. coronavirus than U.S., but not out of the woods
More than 60,000 Germans have tested positive for the coronavirus and 577 have died from Covid-19 as of March 31. Yet, Germany has not yet suffered the terrible casualty rates seen in […]
Pierre Rousset: 2,000 dead as coronavirus ravages France
As of March 28, France ranks fifth in global Covid-19 deaths, with 1,995 deaths (365 and 299 on Thursday and Friday respectively) and approximately 33,000 dedected coronavirus infections. As the contagion rages […]
Silvia Ferraro and Waldo Mermelstein: Brazil’s workers strike for the right to quarantine
Although not yet at the top of the Covid-19 international headlines, Brazil may soon emerge as one of the disaster’s epicenters. A deadly combination of social inequality, racism and sexism, vicious state […]
Antonello Zecca: Covid-19 opens up a new political period in Italy
793 people died in Italy on Saturday from Covid-19, the highest number of deaths anywhere in the world on a single day. Antonello Zecca is an organizer with the Sinistra Anticapitalista (Anticapitalist Left) […]
