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Znet Article Simlesa: Croatia

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 Drazen Simlesa
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Several years ago the Department of Tourism led a big marketing campaign to attract the long dreamed about tourists which were still afraid of the instability of the region. The Department promised "a small country for a great holiday". The onl...

Znet Article Engler: Exporting Enron

Znet Article, June, 29 2002 Mark Engler
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We know the damage Enron has done to the American economy. So why is it still eligible to receive U.S. taxpayer money? Instead of wallowing in bankruptcy, Enron continues to do business internationally. And believe it or not, the scandal-ridden ...

Znet Article Mondragon: What are these 'other threats' to Colombia's Security?

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the amounts and the involvement of military aid to the government of Colombia. The text of the bill, released with the visit of Colombian President Andres Pastrana to Washin...

Znet Article Giordano: Narco-Candidate in Colombia

Znet Article, March, 20 2002 Al Giordano
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A Narco News Investigative Report In 1997 and 1998, alert U.S. Customs agents in California seized three suspicious Colombia-bound ships that, the agents discovered, were laden with 50,000 kilos of potassium permanganate, a key "precursor chemical...

Commentary Pilger: Venezuela: Next Chile?

Commentary, March, 15 2002 John Pilger
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He has won two elections, and he has made a start on relieving poverty. So now the US wants to get rid of Venezuela's president

Znet Article Pilger: Venezuela: The Next Chile?

Znet Article, March, 11 2002 John Pilger
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Venezuela: The Next Chile?

Znet Article Hart: Greg Palast On Globalization

Znet Article, March, 08 2002 Lloyd Hart
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On one of the best trips I have ever taken to New York city in which I started the filming of a documentary on globalization, I had no idea what to expect from the protests that were about to take place over the arrival of the World Economic Forum...

Znet Article Adams: WSF2002: Hopes for a True International

Znet Article, February, 13 2002 Jason Adams
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The World Social Forum 2002 (WSF) was by almost any measure a colossal success, cleanly overcoming a plethora of obstacles that had stood quite glaringly in the way of a unified conference with full dignity for the many diverse constituencies pres...

Commentary Shiva: Terrorism As Cannibalism

Commentary, January, 25 2002 Vandana2 Shiva
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Year 2001 will be etched in our memory as a year in which the vicious cycle of violence was unleashed worldwide. Of the Taliban bombing the two thousand year old images of peace, the Buddhas of Bamiyan.

Znet Article Guma: Enron, We Hardly Knew Ye

Znet Article, January, 13 2002 Greg Guma
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Until it imploded last October, Enron -- long known as End-Run by its critics -- was often described as just another aggressive corporation eager to expand its portfolio and open routes into new markets, albeit sometimes with "strong arm" tactics....

Znet Article Hallinan: The Scent of Another Coup

Znet Article, December, 29 2001 Conn Hallinan
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There is the smell of a coup in the air these days. It was like this in Iran just before the 1953 U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Mossedeah government and installed the Shah. It has the feel of 1963 in South Vietnam, before the military takeover sw...

Commentary Bond: Blue Planet targets PRIVATE commodification of world's water

Commentary, July, 28 2001 Patrick Bond
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The July 5-8 "Blue Planet" conference in Vancouver opened with a call by Maude Barlow to promote "a global water revolution. This is the first of many international civil society meetings to take back control of our water." The host Council of Can...

Commentary Podur: Fumigation and worse in Colombia

Commentary, July, 27 2001 Justin Podur
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"Who in the US benefits from fumigating Colombians?" the man asked me pointedly in the crowded community hall. The community was in a paramilitary-controlled part of Putumayo. Putumayo is a southern department of Colombia where the guerrilla insur...

Commentary Solomon: DANCING - OR YAWNING - ON THE GRAVE OF CARLO GIULIANI

Commentary, July, 27 2001 Norman Solomon
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After a police officer shot Carlo Giuliani in the head, Time magazine published a requiem of sorts -- explaining that the 23-year-old Italian protester pretty much got what he deserved.

Commentary Pilger: Trivial and Serious Violence

Commentary, July, 14 2001 John Pilger
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The young people who have had the courage to take to the streets on every continent, and were among the 20,000 protesters at Gothenburg (June 25), should take satisfaction from the panic of new right politicians like Blair and Berlusconi. Abuse an...

Commentary Bond: Ghana's hydro-class struggles

Commentary, May, 23 2001 Patrick Bond
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ACCRA -- Notwithstanding the horrific soccer stadium disaster in which at least 165 people were killed in a police-incited stampede on May 9, the past week offered signs of genuine hope in Ghana.

Commentary Naini: Profits Over People: The FTAA’s Negative Impacts on the People of the Western Hemisphere

Commentary, April, 29 2001 Ali Naini

Recently, the leaders of thirty-four nations in the Americas, representing every country except Cuba, gathered to discuss the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a proposed trade agreement encompassing 800 million people and eleven trillion do...

Commentary Naiman: Debt Cancellation, Not Corporate Trade Deals, Would Help the Poor

Commentary, April, 28 2001 Robert Naiman
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The verbal flubs of President Bush in Quebec City were widely reported to the amusement of the educated. He referred to the language of Mexico (Spanish) as "Mexican" and called the Canadian leader "amigo" (rather than using the French "ami.")

Commentary Bond: The African grassroots and the global movement

Commentary, October, 19 2000 Patrick Bond
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In a ZNet commentary last month, Noam Chomsky observed South-South-North alliances "taking shape at the grassroots level--an impressive development, rich in opportunity and promise, and surely causing no little concern in high places." I want to f...

Znet Article Marquez: The Enigma of Chavez

Znet Article, October, 04 2000 Gabriel garcia Marquez
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[Translated by Mark McHarry] On December 6, 1998, Hugo Chávez won the presidency of Venezuela, his sixth consecutive election victory. Who really is this man who has awakened as many hopes as fears? With his characteristic style, the author of On...

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