The two posts linked below concern events and policies in Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela. — MCM

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Lithium Power Politics, by Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva | Peoples Dispatch / Consortium News “Extractivism” refers to the extraction of natural resources from the Earth to make profits without any consideration for the Earth being mined or for the people who live in the areas being mined. The people of Potosí, Bolivia, and Tierra Amarilla in Chile want to imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is . . . READ MORE . . .

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The first steps in the normalization of Venezuela-Colombia relations, by Misión Verdad | Orinoco Tribune / Popular Resistance Gustavo Petro became president-elect of Colombia on June 24 and assumed office on Aug. 7. One of his declared aims has been to re-establish diplomatic ties with the constitutional government of Venezuela, a link broken when Colombia, under then-President Iván Duque, recognized the fake government of Juan Guaidó in Venezuela and helped organize an invasion attempt disguised as a “humanitarian intervention” in 2019. Consequently, . . . READ MORE . . .