While European diplomacy failed on every front, the confident advance of the anti-imperialist bloc was unmistakable.

Corruption of a nominally-independent country’s justice system is a major tool in the arsenal of imperialist control.

Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour.

Will the new government be allowed to implement its social programmes to address the damage from decades of US-backed terrorism and war?

An electoral victory for the left in of one of the USA’s regional strongholds shows that the people’s will for liberation has not gone away with the fighters of the Farc.