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Yes, Kissinger was a monster — but only one of a succession of them

Bernard Keane — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:42:51 +0000

Henry Kissinger's death at 100 provides an opportunity to assess his record: he was a monster who murdered people on an industrial scale.

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50 years on, Australia still schtum on aiding the violent Pinochet coup in Chile

Rodrigo Acuña — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:59:58 +0000

The Pinochet regime imprisoned, tortured and murdered countless Chileans, and Australia is keen to keep its involvement off the books.

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Argentina’s Trump? Clarifying the curious case of far-right populist Javier Milei

Charlie Lewis — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 01:47:08 +0000

Crikey's clarifier on Javier Milei, the anarcho-capitalist economist who communes with his dead dog and could be the next president.

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‘Worst moment in the history of Cuba’: triple-digit inflation puts nation in turmoil

Jake Lapham — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:02:28 +0000

As rising inflation renders Cuba's domestic currency increasingly worthless, citizens are also facing severe food shortages.

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Like the US, Brazil remains badly divided, much of it still in the grip of the far right

Bernard Keane — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:42:48 +0000

Jair Bolsonaro may have lost the presidential election, but that won't stop him from thwarting any or all of Lula's reforms.

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Could Brazil be about to experience a January 6-style unrest?

Charlie Lewis — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:59:06 +0000

If Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro loses the weekend's election his rhetoric about fraud could be an ominous sign of things to come.

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Remembering the other 9/11: Chile’s brutal Pinochet dictatorship — and our place in it

Bernard Keane — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 01:58:54 +0000

Australia's role in the elevation of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet remains a mystery, with related files blocked by the intelligence establishment and the AAT.

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Politics is not as usual in Colombia, too, as presidential race hits final stages

Charlie Lewis — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 01:11:58 +0000

Colombia is soon to return to the polls, choosing between two anti-establishment candidates. But what does this mean for world politics?

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When food is power: how cheap chicken and beans stopped protests in Cuba

Lillian Perlmutter — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 23:31:18 +0000

In the face of threatened violent protests, the Cuban government threw a party. It worked. Instead of marching in the streets, people danced.

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Elites swarm to undermine the victory of Peru’s ‘man of the people’

Guy Rundle — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 01:42:33 +0000

By contesting the outcome of the Peruvian election with scant evidence, the country's elites, and their international allies, are attempting a coup.

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