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.
From once-violent streets in Masaya to nationwide consultations on electoral reform, Nicaragua’s government is presenting its political changes as a defence of popular sovereignty against Washington’s growing involvement in Latin American elections.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an unusually direct appeal to the American public, academics, students and journalists, declaring that Iran has prevailed in the seven-month war with the United States and Israel while urging Americans to challenge
Four United Nations human rights mandate holders have warned the Sri Lankan government of an “immediate and grave” risk of further torture and ill-treatment
A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of US$916,537 held at the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and its return to Taiwan’s
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
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