Latin America – Page 36 – People's World

Cuba calls for universal health coverage at WHO meeting

May 26, 2017 By Granma

Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, Cuba's minister of Public Health, calls on world to strive toward universal health coverage for every person.

Price-fixing and policy failure: Other factors in Venezuela’s crisis

May 25, 2017 By PW Reader

"I strongly agree with the conclusions of Jesse Jackson’s recent PW article on the crisis in Venezuela, but I think he leaves out a lot of information."

Violent destabilization in Venezuela: Prologue for U.S. intervention?

May 25, 2017 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Political crisis in Venezuela may be reaching a tipping point. Mob rule in the streets has claimed dozens of lives, and some are predicting U.S. intervention.

Venezuela needs a helping hand, not a hammer blow

May 23, 2017 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

As Venezuela descends toward chaos, many in Latin America fear the U.S. will reach for its covert hammer to get rid of a regime it doesn’t like.

Brazil: Temer coup government rocked by general strike

May 8, 2017 By Lucivania Nascimento dos Santos

Brazil's president wants to raise the retirement age to 75. Workers responded with a general strike paralyzing the country, while police hit back with violence.