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Adler: "The challenge is to reintegrate the forces of the Latin American left, to heal the wounds inflicted by the US "hybrid war". Our fundamental role —and fundamental responsibility is to contribute to this process and to recover the lessons of the Cuban Revolution for the peoples.

Latin American left can play a critical role in the building of Progressive International as a protagonist rather than a patron; it can be an active and equal participant in a common front to be established with all the progressive forces of the world.

"The 'rise' of the left in Latin America should be understood as a new 'wave' of democratization that ousts authoritarianism from power to reclaim the rights afforded by progressive governments at the turn of the new millennium. But it is not a pure restoration, it updates their vision."

Yanis Varoufakis, the former Finance Minister of Greece and one of the pioneers of the newly launched Progressive International, has answered the questions of bianet about the International's founding purposes, goals and plans.