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Interview with Edgardo Lander: The Path for Venezuela can not be Neoliberalism or Stalinism
Source: Transnational Institute Hugo Prieto: The Venezuelan process is caught between a fundamental contradiction: popular demands for democratic participation against tendencies towards hierarchical decison-making and concentration of power. Since the 18th December, there has been […]
Air-Conditioned Vestiges of an Empire in Panama
Source: PULSE When I told my father recently about my morning jogs up Ancón Hill—located in Panama City’s Quarry Heights, former headquarters of the U.S. Southern Command—he emailed back to say that his own father, […]
Miami Herald Catches Chevron in Lie about Ecuador Well Site
Reporter finds oil sludge in “remediated” pit that’s part of Chevron’s fraud, plaintiffs say The Miami Herald has caught Chevron in a blatant lie about its sham “remediation” in Ecuador that the company uses to […]
Rebellion in the Brazilian Amazon
During the month of March 2011 the biggest social protest by workers in many years erupted in Brazil. More than 80,000 workers all over the country paralyzed the work of “progress” in the form of hydroelectric plants, refineries, and thermoelectric generating facilities. The spark of the protest was lit in Jirau, in the Amazon jungle, provoked by arbitrary action, violence, and authoritarianism.
Cuba: Raúl Castro Proposes Change from Within Socialist System
(IPS) – Accompanied unexpectedly by Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl brought the sixth congress of Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC) to a close Tuesday with a call to “change everything that should be changed,” but without […]
From The “Dirty War” to Poisoned Food: The World According to Marie-Monique Robin
Marie-Monique Robin’s investigation Death Squadrons: The French School helped shed light on the terrorist acts committed by the State during Argentina’s Dirty War. Recently she testified in two lawsuits concerning crimes against humanity in Argentina. Her new book, Our Daily Poison, investigates the pollutants that contaminate the production of food, and the corporations that want to cover them up.
Protestors Across Honduras Challenge IDB-Funded ‘Shock’ Program Met with Violence and Repression
March 2011 was marked by the worst repression seen against the people of Honduras since the June 2009 military coup. The repression came in response to massive protests against an all-out final push by the […]
Águilas Negras: Rising from the Ashes of Demobilization in Colombia
With extensive prior experience in irregular warfare and the exportation of cocaine shipments, the Águilas Negras freed itself from the ideological constraints that circumscribed the AUC’s code of conduct and rapidly became one of the most powerful armed criminal organizations in Colombia. The newfound freedom of association and action coincided with a marked rise in human rights abuses and violence attributable to the group, as it has recently expanded their operations into bordering states of Venezuela, a disturbing trend that has been met with official complaisance in Washington and Bogotá alike.
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