Marcelo Depieri is an economist, holds a master's degree in Political Economy and a PhD in Social Sciences, is a researcher at the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and a professor of Economics at Universidade Paulista (Unip). He is the author of the books Understanding the Brazilian Economy: Issues in Their Proper Place (2024) and Pandemics, Crisis, and Capitalism (2021), both published by Editora Expressão Popular.
During Sri Lanka’s second JVP insurrection, 41 Buddhist monks and two Catholic priests were reportedly killed by the JVP’s armed wing, while government security forces and paramilitary groups were blamed for the
Navi Pillay’s 2026 Nobel Peace Prize celebrates a lifetime of challenging impunity and defending human dignity. Yet her legacy also raises difficult questions about accountability, political power and the credibility of international institutions, reminding the world that peace requires more
Mercedes-Benz workers’ representative Ergun Lümali has warned that threats of factory closures and demands for employee concessions risk damaging trust between management and the
Volkswagen has been fined €1.2 million by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for failing to meet mandatory financial disclosure requirements after issuing an
Starting in the 1990s, a new form of development was imposed on Latin American countries. In Brazil, the model of industrialization based on developmentalism, which had marked the country’s economic trajectory between
More
