Ignacio Ramonet (born May 5, 1943, Redondela, Pontevedra Province) is a Spanish journalist and writer.

He was the editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique from 1991 until March 2008.

An editorial published by Ramonet on December 1997 in this magazine resulted in the launching of ATTAC. In addition, Ramonet is one of the founders of the NGO Media Watch Global, and currently he is president of this organization. Ramonet also frequently contributes to El País and participates in an advisory council to Telesur.

Ramonet grew up in Tangier. He studied engineering at Bordeaux, Rabat and Paris, and he has been professor at Université Paris-VII.

Ignacio Ramonet participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project in 2007.

Ramonet calls it a betrayal of socialism that some social democrat parties have chosen the third way between socialism and capitalism.

The NGO Reporters without Borders had written about Ramonet's strong relationship with Fidel Castro. Ramonet denied this claim in 2002. In May 2004, Ramonet supported Castro in a direct television interview when Castro protested about the Forbes Magazine's list of country leaders wealth. Castro was number 7 on the list. Syyskuussa 2006 Ramonet julkaisi kirjan Fidel Castro : Biografía a Dos Voces.

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (Spanish: [fiˈðel ˈkastro]; born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. Politically a Marxist-Leninist, under his administration the Republic of Cuba was converted into a one-party socialist state, with industry and business being nationalized under state ownership and socialist reforms implemented in all areas of society. On the international stage, he also served as the Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and 2006 to 2008.

Raúl Zibechi (born January 25, 1952 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a radio and print journalist, writer, militant and political theorist from Uruguay.

Zibechi has published many books in Spanish. His first book to be translated into English is Dispersing Powers: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces (AK Press, 2010).

About this book John Holloway comments in the Foreword:

"Zibechi goes to Bolivia to learn. Like us, he goes with questions, questions that stretch far beyond the borders of Bolivia. How do we change the world and create a different one? How do we get rid of capitalism? How do we create a society based on dignity? What is the role of the state and what are the possibilities of changing society through anti-state movements?... the most important practical and theoretical questions that have risen from the struggles in Latin America and the world in the last fifteen years or so.... The book is beautiful, exciting, stimulating.... Do read it and also give it your friends."

And Michael Hardt, co-author of Empire, Multitude, and Commonwealth, writes: "Raúl Zibechi recounts in wonderful detail how dynamic and innovative Bolivian social movements succeeded in transforming the country. Even more inspiring than the practical exploits, though, are the theoretical innovations of the movements, which Zibechi highlights, giving us new understandings of community, political organization, institution, and a series of other concepts vital to contemporary political thought."

Vanessa Davies is a Venezuelan politician and political activist for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. She serves as a member of the national executive of the party as well as coordinator of media and communication.

Davies is the editor of the Venezuelan progressive newspaper, Correo del Orinoco.