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Carlsen: 50% of the 99%
Znet Article, May, 19 2012
Laura Carlsen
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Where are women in the global economic crisis?
Carlsen: Doing Biden’s Bidding
Znet Article, March, 09 2012
Laura Carlsen
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Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war
Carlsen: Women Lead Latin America’s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements
Znet Article, January, 26 2011
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
When George W. Bush left the White House, the rest of the world breathed a sigh of relief. The National Security Doctrine of unilateral attacks, the invasion of Iraq under the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction, and the abandonment of mu...
Carlsen: The Murdered Women of Juarez
Znet Article, January, 22 2011
Laura Carlsen
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Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home.
Carlsen: Peasant, Indigenous Organizations Reject Market Schemes for Global Warming
Znet Article, December, 11 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The UN Climate Conference (COP16) in Cancun is turning out to be both anti-climactic and anti-climatic.
Carlsen: Uribe’s Parting Shot
Znet Article, August, 27 2010
Laura Carlsen
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The rupture of diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Colombia after a special session of the OAS on July 22 marks increased animosity between the outgoing Colombian president Alvaro Uribe and Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez.
Carlsen: U.S. State Department Sells Out Honduran Democracy for Senate Confirmations
Znet Article, November, 12 2009
Laura Carlsen
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In one of the lowest points in U.S. diplomatic history, the State Department announced a turnabout in its Honduran policy and stated it will recognize the results of Nov. 29 elections even if held under the military coup.
Carlsen: Calderon Government Sends in Police to Take Over Electrical Company and Bust Union
Znet Article, October, 12 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The decree follows a union conflict that the government fueled and then took advantage of to eliminate the company and its union. The union elections last June were contested by the losing group amid rumors that the federal government was actively...
Carlsen: Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women's Movement
Znet Article, August, 26 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
On the morning of June 28, women's organizations throughout Honduras were preparing to promote a yes vote on the national survey to hold a Constitutional Assembly. Then the phone lines started buzzing.
Carlsen: Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed
Znet Article, June, 30 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d'etat in their country. They have been met with tear gas, anti-riot rubber bullets, tanks firing water mixed with chemicals, and clubs. Police have moved in to break down barricade...
Carlsen: Military Coup in Honduras, President Zelaya in Costa Rica, Minister and Ambassadors Reported Kidnapped
Znet Article, June, 28 2009
Laura Carlsen
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The president of Honduras was surrounded by military units and forcibly deposed. He is now in Costa Rica. The people are in the streets and the government has been taken over. In the middle of Sec. General Jose Insulza's statement, word arrived th...
Carlsen: Mexico’s Swine Flu and the Globalization of Disease
Znet Article, April, 29 2009
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
Mexico has long been considered the laboratory of globalization. Now a potentially deadly virus has germinated in that laboratory, finding ideal conditions to move quickly along a path toward global pandemic.
Carlsen: Obama Pledges to Seek "Equal Partnership" At Americas Summit
Znet Article, April, 23 2009
Laura Carlsen
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The stage was set for a showdown. Hugo Chavez and Barack Obama exchanged another round of insults before getting on their planes to head to Trinidad and Tobago. Many countries came prepared for an all-court press to admit Cuba to the Organization ...
Carlsen: Report Calls for End to Drug War, As Obama Moves Toward Reform
Znet Article, February, 15 2009
Laura Carlsen
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The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy issued a report that marks a turning point in drug policy in the hemisphere. Following a year’s work, the report concludes that the “war on drugs†is a failed war and recommends a “para...
Carlsen: Latin America Sends Obama Congratulations—and a Piece of its Mind
Znet Article, November, 08 2008
Laura Carlsen
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Pundits have said that the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States will not change the nation’s world image overnight. But in Latin America, it already has.
Carlsen: Would There Be Change in Obama's Americas Policy?
Znet Article, August, 20 2008
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The great debate on how much—or how little—Barack Obama would change our disastrous U.S. foreign policy usually focuses on the Middle East. That makes sense. Nowhere has the price of the Bush national security strategy been higher, as the violent ...
Carlsen: The Bush Administration Has Put Its Proposal to Militarize Mexico into the Upcoming Iraq Supplemental Bill
Znet Article, May, 07 2008
Laura Carlsen
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On Oct. 22, 2007 President Bush announced the $1.4 billion dollar "Merida Initiative," security aid package to Mexico and Central America. The initiative has fatal flaws in its strategy; instead of leading to a stable binational relationship and p...
Carlsen: NAFTA Kicked Up A Notch
Znet Article, June, 01 2007
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The North American Free Trade Agreement is the world's most advanced example of the U.S.-led free trade model. It's not just about economics any more. The expansion of NAFTA into the Security and Prosperity Partnership reveals the road ahead for o...
Carlsen: Mexico's Two Presidents
Znet Article, September, 26 2006
Laura Carlsen
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On September 16, over one million people raised their hands in a vote to recognize center-left leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the "legitimate president" of Mexico. Gathered in Mexico City's historic center, the delegates to the National Dem...
