Facebook to open office in Hyderabad, India
Facebook expands to India, surpasses Google as most popular "destination."
Bolivian president begins second term
"The colonial state died. The new pluri-national, autonomous, and solidarity-based state is being born," asserted President Evo Morales at his inauguration January 22, after being elected along with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera to a new five year term.
Jyoti Basu, great son of India, dies at 95
Jyoti Basu, a grand man of Indian politics and socialist movement who enjoyed tremendous popularity and respect, died Jan. 17 at age 95.
UN panel exonerates Guatemalan president in bizarre murder-suicide
On Jan. 12, there was a bizarre twist in the investigation by a special UN panel of the death of a right-wing attorney last year. According to the UN sponsored International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg actually tricked two of his nephews into getting a hit man to assassinate him.
Cuba’s detention of U.S. agent is revealing
Facts every now and then intrude upon fakery and secrets. The New York Times reported Dec. 11 on the detention a week earlier of a U.S. agent in Havana.
Conservative presidential candidate takes Chilean vote
Presidential and congressional elections on Dec. 13 were bad news for the Chilean left and working class.
Bolivians vote to keep Morales
The stakes were high for President Evo Morales going into presidential and legislative elections on December 6.
World socialists gather in Caracas
If nothing else, the "First International Meeting of Parties of the Left" in Caracas last week was ambitious.
Can Germany's SPD lion add bite to its roar
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), founded in the 19th Century, is the country's oldest party, and now its saddest one.
