News Briefs
Venezuela: “The People Won the Vote, Now The People Must Become the Government”
Source: Venezuela Analysis Two days after the referendum in which 54.9% of Venezuelans approved a constitutional amendment to lift term limits on elected officials, journalist and activist of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) […]
Call on Congress to reject manipulation of U.S. foreign policy, defend fair elections in El Salvador
U.S. Representatives Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter to encourage other Representatives to sign on to a letter to President Barack Obama calling for the U.S. government to […]
Chile: Gov’t Unleashes Anti-Terror Law on Mapuche Activist
Protest march for the freedom of Mapuche prisoners. SANTIAGO, Feb 23 (IPS) – "They burst in aiming machine guns at us. They found him in the hallway, they grabbed him by the hair, they […]
Argentina: Environmental and Human Rights Group Spreads Message With Anti-Soy Video for Kids
(IPS) With a 13-minute video starring puppets and aimed at children, the environmental group Bios Argentina sets out its views on the monoculture of soybeans and the crop’s environmental impact. "El Cuento de la buena […]
An Important but Risky Victory for Venezuela and for Socialism
Source: Venezuela Analysis The ten percentage point victory (55-45%) that President Chávez and his movement achieved on Sunday, February 15, 2009, in favor of amending Venezuela‘s constitution so that Chávez may run for president again […]
Obama: Improve Relations with Latin America
Source: Foreign Policy in Focus Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of the author’s testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on February 4. The relationship between the United […]
Venezuela’s Referendum: Media’s Double Standards
Source: Common Dreams With Sunday’s Venezuelan referendum on term limits, we can expect to hear a lot about Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s "plan to become president for life" and its reflection on "Venezuela’s battered democracy"–as […]