“Chile needs a communist party,” an interview with Lautaro Carmona, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile
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“Chile needs a communist party,” an interview with Lautaro Carmona, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile

Carmona reflects on the political situation in Chile amid increased right-wing attacks, the death of the CP’s president, and the 50th anniversary of the coup against Salvador Allende

Taroa Zuniga Silva
September 8, 2023
Chile: Ninguna constitución garantiza la transformación del país
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Chile: Ninguna constitución garantiza la transformación del país

Una conversación con Bárbara Navarrete, Secretaria General de las Juventudes Comunistas de Chile.

Taroa Zuniga Silva
July 16, 2023
In Chile, having a good constitution doesn’t guarantee social change
Chile

In Chile, having a good constitution doesn’t guarantee social change

Taroa Zúñiga Silva speaks to Bárbara Navarrete, secretary-general of the Communist Youth of Chile.

Taroa Zuniga Silva
July 11, 2023
A cincuenta años del Golpe, el primer año de la Unidad Popular en Chile
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A cincuenta años del Golpe, el primer año de la Unidad Popular en Chile

Una conversación con Miguel Lawner, que recuerda la vida como antiguo preso político de la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet, al tiempo que proyecta en el actual gobierno progresista la esperanza de que el gobierno de Salvador Allende pudiera mejorar la vida de los chilenos.

Taroa Zuniga Silva
April 11, 2023
50 years after Chile’s coup, the first year of Popular Unity
Chile

50 years after Chile’s coup, the first year of Popular Unity

A conversation with Miguel Lawner, who remembers life as a former political prisoner of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship while projecting his hope that Salvador Allende’s government could improve the lives of Chileans onto the current progressive government

Taroa Zuniga Silva
April 11, 2023
The bewildering vote in Chile that rejected a new constitution
Chile

The bewildering vote in Chile that rejected a new constitution

Chileans recently rejected a progressive constitution by a decisive margin despite voting to replace the Pinochet-era constitution in 2020. What explains this seemingly divergent positions?

Taroa Zuniga Silva
September 11, 2022
Why lithium power politics are playing out very differently in Chile and Bolivia
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Why lithium power politics are playing out very differently in Chile and Bolivia

The people of Bolivia and Chile imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is controlled by those who live by the resources and one that does not destroy the earth.

Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva
August 18, 2022
Chile’s lithium provides profit to the billionaires but exhausts the land and the people
Chile

Chile’s lithium provides profit to the billionaires but exhausts the land and the people

About a third of the world’s lithium comes from Chile. The needs of the people of Chile seem to only come after the needs of the large corporations.

Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva
July 29, 2022