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| Brazil
A strategy for victoryAfter the events in Genoa it is superfluous to dispute that there has been a change in the world situation in recent years or a rise of opposition to neo-liberalism. In Brazil this change coincides with a significant economic, social and political crisis. -> read article... |
| Britain
New Labour: a government with no mandateBy the kind permission of Britain’s grossly undemocratic electoral system new Labour won a ’landslide victory’ in the general election. This bizarre result was achieved with the support of just 42% of those who voted and a mere 25% of those entitled to vote. Labour’s vote went down by nearly 3 million from the 1997 election. -> read article... |
| Peru
Elections in Peru ,
The first round of the Peruvian presidential elections on Sunday April 8, 2001 produced a major surprise - Wall Street’s favoured candidate, Lourdes Flores, came third and was eliminated from the contest. The second round [on June 3] will now be contested between Alexander Toledo (who scored 36.46%) and Alán García, the candidate of the APRA party, who was president from 1985 to 1990, who secured 26% of the vote. -> read article... |
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