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Báez: Systemic corruption and elections in the "new style"
Znet Article, November, 25 2006
René Báez
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The recent electoral processes in Latin America and specifically in Ecuador cannot be understood in isolation from external determining factors, like those stemming from the invisible instances of international financial capital, the so called Was...
Carlson: Coup D'etat in Venezuela: Made in the USA
Znet Article, November, 24 2006
Chris Carlson
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In 1999, when the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Serbia didn't get rid of Slobodan Milosovic, Washington changed its strategy. U.S. intelligence organized a $77 million effort to oust Milosovic through the ballot box. They sent in CIA front organi...
Tarlau: Keep Your Eyes Peeled
Znet Article, November, 22 2006
Rebecca Tarlau
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The woman sitting next to me interrupted the discussion by yelling, "Enough of this analysis, let's start talking about the actual demands we have for Bolivia's future!" A murmur of agreement went up around me and everyone started shouting out the...
Gott: Latin America is preparing to settle accounts with its white settler elite
Znet Article, November, 19 2006
Richard Gott
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The recent explosion of indigenous protest in Latin America, culminating in the election this year of Evo Morales, an Aymara indian, as president of Bolivia, has highlighted the precarious position of the white-settler elite that has dominated the...
Spannos: Latin America: Another World Possible, Over the Horizon, in the 21st Century
Znet Article, November, 19 2006
Chris Spannos
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Latin America: Another World Possible, Over the Horizon, in the 21st Century
San román: The Various Meanings of Ortega's Triumph
Znet Article, November, 17 2006
Gabriel San román
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After sixteen years and numerous failed bids, Daniel Ortega will once again become president of Nicaragua. On November 5th, Nicaraguans headed to the polls and elected the former revolutionary leader once more to the presidency over his U.S. favor...
Glick: Not the Revolution, But an Opening
Znet Article, November, 13 2006
Ted Glick
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Not the Revolution, But an Opening
Sainath: The Anatomy of a Tiger
Znet Article, November, 12 2006
P. Sainath
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Your child will be served "food from many traditions including Indian, Continental, Mexican and Chinese. Meals are carefully planned by expert dieticians and only premium quality mineral water, juice and organically cultivated fruit, vegetables an...
Engler: The Return of Daniel Ortega
Znet Article, November, 10 2006
Mark Engler
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If you listen to right-wing pundits and Republican officials, the return to power of former revolutionary Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua is not evidence of democracy in action but rather an invitation to Communist tyranny, terrorism and even nuclear h...
Mychalejko: Ecuador on the Edge: A Tale of Two Presidential Candidates
Znet Article, November, 06 2006
Cyril Mychalejko
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The question of who wins the election race in Ecuador on November 26 may be overshadowed by the uncertainty over whether the winner ...
Elkus: Babies and Banks: Celebrity Colonialism in Africa
Znet Article, November, 04 2006
Adam Elkus
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Celebrities have always identified with underdogs. Playing a victim or otherwise disadvantaged character is a sure route to an Oscar, and everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Eminem has celebrated the underdog in song. It's not surprising that model...
Burbach: Lula's Presidential Victory in Brazil Opens up Challenge From Below
Znet Article, November, 03 2006
Roger Burbach
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Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva's resounding electoral victory with over 60 percent of the vote places Brazilian politics on a new footing. While many on the left remain critical of Lula for the limited reforms of his first term, his very victory has...
Elie: What Future for Haiti?
Znet Article, November, 03 2006
Patrick Elie
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This article was originally published on NACLA News, a new source of news and analysis on Latin America and the Caribbean produced by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). In February 2004, U.S. Marines whisked away then-President...
Lendman: Threats to Hugo Chavez As Venezuela's December Presidential Election Approaches
Znet Article, November, 02 2006
Stephen Lendman
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Threats to Hugo Chavez As Venezuela's December Presidential Election Approaches
Gordon: Waiting for Nationalization
Znet Article, October, 29 2006
Gretchen Gordon
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On May 1st, the day the Bolivian government announced the "nationalization" of the country's vast oil and gas reserves, I went out to witness the symbolic takeover of a former Bolivian refinery that was privatized in the late nineties. A cheeri...
Various: Will Bradley Roland
Znet Article, October, 29 2006
Various
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From: Camilleviv @ aol.com Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:35:53 EDT Subject: Brad Will RIP, a companero and a journalist Brad Will, a friend and a friend to the international struggle for justice, was murdered. I meet Brad when went we traveled cross...
Carotenuto: Latin America: the heavy hand of the Right arrives
Znet Article, October, 28 2006
Gennaro Carotenuto
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People disappeared, false dossiers, secret services in action, electoral fraud, the battle in the UN, an imminent coup d'etat in Bolivia, the lives of militants and political leaders threatened. For the Latin American Spring it is time to prove it...
Lendman: The Shame of the Nation: A Collective Perversion
Znet Article, October, 24 2006
Stephen Lendman
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The daily headlines about a single congressman's online pedophiliac behavior obscure the greater issue of a nation off its moorings and afflicted by the collective perversion of defiling the foundational equity and justice-for-all letter and spiri...
Ali: The challenge to the empire
Znet Article, October, 19 2006
Tariq Ali
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TARIQ ALI is a veteran opponent of war and imperialism who rose to prominence as a leader of the anti-Vietnam War movement in Britain in the 1960s. Since then, he has written numerous books, including the just published Pirates of the Caribbean: A...
Pearson: Chavez spreads wealth to aid U.N. cause
Znet Article, October, 18 2006
Natalie obiko Pearson
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As Venezuela lobbies for a U.N. Security Council seat, President Hugo Chavez has bolstered its chances by spreading petrodollars across the Americas and beyond — extending an airstrip on a Caribbean island, sending emergency food aid to Af...
