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Stokes: Perception Management and the US Terror War in Colombia
Znet Article, June, 07 2002
Doug Stokes
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During the 1980s, US counter-insurgency took on a new form, and became what is today known as Low Intensity Conflict. With the Vietnam experience behind them, US military planners recognised two crucial lessons that led to this change. First, the ...
Podur: Movements of Resistance in the Americas
Znet Article, May, 29 2002
Justin Podur
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A proposed view of history Much of Latin America won independence from Spain in the 19th century. All countries that were independent faced the same problem: the former imperial powers continued to control decisive military, financial...
Palast: Opec Chief Warned Chavez About Coup
Znet Article, May, 13 2002
Greg Palast
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The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, had advance warning of last month's coup attempt against him from the secretary general of Opec, Ali Rodriguez, allowing him to prepare an extraordinary plan which saved both his government and his life, an i...
Wilpert: Venezuela after the Coup Attempt
Znet Article, May, 07 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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More and more details about the attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are beginning to emerge, although much of it still remains shrouded in mystery. The perhaps biggest unsolved mystery is who were the snipers who started the ...
Weisbrot: Brazilian Democracy Faces Obstacles from the North
Znet Article, May, 07 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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Brazilian Democracy Faces Obstacles from the North
Scipes: AFL-CIO and Venezuela: Return of Labor Imperialism, or a Mistaken Reaction?
Znet Article, May, 02 2002
Kim Scipes
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AFL-CIO and Venezuela: Return of Labor Imperialism, or a Mistaken Reaction?
Mondragon: What Are These 'other Threats To Colombia's Security'?
Commentary, April, 29 2002
Hector Mondragon
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On April 18, 2002, the US Congress announced a new bill intended to raise the
Galeano: The Machine
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] Sigmund Freud had learned it from Jean-Martin Charcot: ideas can be implanted by hypnosis in the human mind. More than a century has gone by since then, and the technology of manipulation has made great...
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...
Palast: Here's what we read this week:
Znet Article, April, 19 2002
Greg Palast
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On Friday, Hugo Chavez, the unpopular, dictatorial potentate of Venezuela, resigned. When confronted over his ordering the shooting of antigovernment protestors, he turned over the presidency to progressive, democratic forces, namely, the military...
Podur: Re-colonization Is Still On Schedule
Commentary, April, 16 2002
Justin Podur
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What does the recent coup in Venezuela mean for those struggling for social justice in Latin America? Are there lessons to be learned?
Stokes: Colombia Primer
Znet Article, April, 16 2002
Doug Stokes
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What is Plan Colombia and the Andean Regional Initiative? Colombia's 35 year old civil war has created the third largest refugee population in the world, produces over 4,000 politically motivated murders every year, and has contributed to the 1.5 ...
Weisbrot: Venezuelan Democracy Survives, In Spite of Washington
Znet Article, April, 15 2002
Mark Weisbrot
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A joke that was once popular in Latin America has become relevant again: Why has there never been a military coup in the United States? Answer: because there's no U.S. embassy here. Latin Americans would not be surprised to read that the military...
Wilpert: Coup in Venezuela: An Eyewitness Account
Znet Article, April, 12 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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The orchestration of the coup was impeccable and, in all likelihood, planned a long time ago. Hugo Chavez, the fascist communist dictator of Venezuela could not stand the truth and thus censored the media relentlessly. For his own personal gain an...
Wilpert: An Imminent Coup in Venezuela?
Znet Article, April, 10 2002
Gregory Wilpert
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It appears that the strategy of President Chavez’ opposition is to create as much chaos and disorder in Venezuela as possible, so that Chavez is left with no other choice than to call a state of emergency. This, in turn could either lead t...
Podur: The War Foretold
Znet Article, April, 05 2002
Justin Podur
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Most of the victims of the perpetual war in Colombia are unarmed poor civilians. For every military casualty there are six civilian deaths. In the words of one peasant leader, the Colombian war 'is not a civil war. It's a war aga...
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
Pilger: Venezuela: The Next Chile?
Znet Article, March, 11 2002
John Pilger
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Venezuela: The Next Chile?
Podur: A Snapshot of Colombia
Znet Article, January, 29 2002
Justin Podur
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There are stories that get into the news, and stories that don't. Sometimes when stories do make the news, they're provided without context. The recent near-breakdown of the peace process in Colombia is one example of a context-free st...
