ALAI this week - 15/10/2021
The alliances of leftists and evangelicals in Latin America
Throughout the region, Evangelical participation in politics is growing, with several groups aligning with the Left despite their more conservative beliefs.
Radha Sarkar
How Big Pharma appropriates knowledge and profits in a time of Coronavirus
Three of the six biggest companies producing COVID vaccines will take in $ 130 billion in income by the end of 2022. That amounts to two and a half times the Gross Domestic Product of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eric Toussaint
Violence against environmental activists escalates alongside political impunity
With nothing to hold governments or the UN accountable, protection remains elusive when juxtaposed against the reassurance of neoliberal profit.
Ramona Wadi
Workers rally against tobacco giant Philip Morris in three countries
The international day of action was organized to condemn the Tobacco giant’s anti-worker policies.
Monica Cruz
Food Sovereignty, a manifesto for the future of our planet
La Via Campesina (LVC) brought the paradigm of Food Sovereignty into international policy-making spaces and reminded the world that this philosophy of life must guide the principles of our shared living.
La Vía Campesina
The US public deficit and its global effects in 2021
The financial situation of the US government raises more alarm bells than the bankruptcy of any real estate conglomerate.
Oscar Ugarteche, Armando Negrete
Who are the leading candidates in Chile’s upcoming presidential elections?
Ahead of the general elections in Chile on November 21, a look at the leading presidential candidates, their backgrounds and their proposals to address the various issues in the country.
Tanya Wadhwa
For the right to an Internet with rights
It is essential to analyse more precisely what are the intentions and processes that underlie the installation of the current techno-digital model, what are its main impacts and its possible future.
Javier Tolcachier
Africa's COVID-19 vaccine and the scandal of the centuries
African nations might have produced a patent free vaccine that would have benefitted the whole world. Instead they purchased patented vaccines which enriched pharmaceutical corporations outside of the continent.
Salimah Valiani