Jacob Sugarman / TruthdigDec 23, 2019
As regional powers backslide and Donald Trump looms, one nation offers a popular, progressive alternative. A dispatch from Buenos Aires. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
John Feffer / TomDispatchMay 13, 2019
In this planet-wide rising tide of right-wing populism promoted by Steve Bannon, the liberal left commands only a few disconnected islands. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 6, 2015
Less than 10 years after instituting a new energy policy, the country has slashed its carbon footprint without government subsidies or higher consumer costs, reports the country’s head of climate change policy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 4, 2015
Latin America is alight with feminist movements. From Argentina to Paraguay, women are taking to the streets to demand human rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 22, 2015
Release from the Guantanamo Bay prison to the South American country has not amounted to freedom for many of the men whom the U.S. government previously regarded as “high threat” members of al-Qaida’s global terrorist network. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 18, 2015
The Uruguayan president, who will leave office soon, has an offbeat but sincere approach that has won the hearts of his people and the respect of foreigners. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigDec 9, 2014
After the second time the outgoing Uruguayan President José Mujica urged President Obama to release the "human beings who [are] suffering an atrocious kidnapping at Guantanamo" and reiterated his offer to take several detainees in, the U.S. government obliged. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 30, 2014
The North Korean leader hasn't been seen in public since early September, which one writer describes as "curious"; Uruguay's José Mujica may be the most radical and generous president around; meanwhile, is the "Yes Means Yes" law an "ill-conceived detour" for feminism? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 8, 2013
On Tuesday, Uruguay's Senate will vote on a law that would allow for regulated distribution, production and sale of weed; income inequality in the U.S. is at its highest since 1928; meanwhile, Europeans are starting to believe that legalizing prostitution isn't effective. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 25, 2013
The "poet laureate of the anti-globalization movement," who has been published here at Truthdig, says "the world is organized by the war economy and the war culture." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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