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Znet Article Haiti information project: UN in Haiti

Znet Article, September, 07 2005 Haiti information project
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Aug. 30, Port-au-Prince, Haiti When doing a news search of Haiti today, you will find two very different articles about soccer in Haiti. An Associated Press dispatch headlined "Soldiers use soccer to win over Haitians" by Alfred de Montesquiou t...

Znet Article Franklin: Miami Vice

Znet Article, September, 06 2005 Jane Franklin
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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has now provided legal recognition of the fact that the city of Miami is so inflamed with passion against Cuba that it is unfit as a site for the trial of any case involving Cuba where the defendant is not in ...

Znet Article Flaherty: Don't Let New Orleans Die

Znet Article, September, 05 2005 Jordan Flaherty
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August 27 - September 3, 2005 Its been a day since I evacuated from New Orleans, my home, the city I love. Today I saw Governor Blanco proudly speak of troops coming in with orders to shoot to kill. Is she trying to help New Orleans, or has she d...

Znet Article St-vil: Fair Elections in Haiti

Znet Article, August, 26 2005 Jean St-vil
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All indicators suggest a fiasco for the scheduled fall elections in Haiti. The International Crisis Group (ICG) observed that 18 months after former President Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced out of the country, Haiti remains insecure and volatil...

Znet Article Solo: Turning The Hour-Glass - The Empire Against The Clock

Znet Article, August, 24 2005 Toni Solo
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The objectives of empire change very little from one century to another. Control of and access to energy and mining resources are only one strong motive driving imperial policy in Latin America. Control over food and water security is also a vital...

Znet Article Solo: Ecuador

Znet Article, August, 15 2005 Toni Solo
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Just as the long-standing political crisis in Bolivia hangs fire pending future elections, so too in Ecuador people await some serious attempt at a new political settlement. In both countries the fundamental cause of unrest is widespread popular r...

Znet Article Robinson: The Battle for Global Civil Society

Znet Article, June, 13 2005 William i. Robinson
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Over the past two decades US foreign policy has radically changed. While the interests and objectives have remained more or less the same despite the fall of Communism, the mechanisms for obtaining them have continued to evolve. Beginning in the e...

Znet Article Engler: Haiti and Media

Znet Article, June, 05 2005 Yves Engler
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Extra, extra, read all about it ... but only in ZNet. Here are just a few of the recent non- or under-reported stories involving Canada and Haiti. Did you read in your local paper that in mid-May, 250 people braved a rainy Sunday morning in downt...

Znet Article Wagner: Knocking over Dominos in Latin America

Znet Article, May, 29 2005 Sarah Wagner
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On Monday, May 16th tens of thousands of Bolivian Indigenous descended from the shantytowns surrounding La Paz, the capital, demanding that the government of Carlos Mesa increase royalties on foreign transnational corporations from 18% to 50%. By ...

Znet Article Franklin: Who's Afraid Of Venezuela-Cuba Alliance?

Znet Article, March, 14 2005 Jane Franklin
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For a long time there was only one country in Latin America offering free health care to all its citizens. Now there are two. The governments of both countries regard health care as a basic human right. So Cuba, rich in health care, and Venezuela,...

Znet Article Mate: In the shadow of Aristide

Znet Article, March, 09 2005 Aaron Mate
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The one-year anniversary of the overthrow of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was marked by events all too familiar to the poorest nation in the hemisphere, events that should give Canadians pause to reflect on our role in its ongoing trag...

Znet Article Pina: Haiti Massacre and the UN

Znet Article, February, 28 2005 Kevin Pina
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Rush transcript by Anton Dennis Bernstein: Kevin, before we get into the story that we’re going to break here, remind people what happened Saturday. Kevin Pina: Saturday [February 19th], apparently, a truckload with six masked gunmen cam...

Znet Article Commentator: From Haiti to Iraq and Beyond

Znet Article, February, 11 2005 Black Commentator
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The U.S. is determined to “make the pursuit of freedom the organizing principle of the 21st century,” said Condoleezza Rice on the Paris leg of her worldwide debut as Secretary of State. The real nature of this pirate-imposed brand...

Znet Article Annis: Against All Odds, Haitians Protest Illegal Regime, Foreign Occupation

Znet Article, January, 24 2005 Roger Annis
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In the teeth of murderous repression, the Haitian people are finding ways to assert their sovereignty and dignity and demand the return of their constitutional government, overthrown 10 months ago in a Canadian-backed coup. The two latest expres...

Znet Article Edwards: Unity In Deceit

Znet Article, January, 20 2005 David Edwards
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Introduction - A Simple Question People sometimes tell us we're too hard on the media. They say: 'Come on, there +is+ a fair amount of diversity, a range of different views. And the Independent publishes some valuable stuff, so does the Guardian ...

Znet Article Sampaio: What has changed after Lula?

Znet Article, January, 11 2005 Plinio arruda Sampaio
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To evaluate is to compare facts and values. In this evaluation of the first two years of Lula’s government, we chose as a term of comparison, the project for national construction. Using a synthetic and precise formula from Caio Prado Jr.:...

Znet Article Chomsky: Imperial Presidency

Znet Article, December, 17 2004 Noam Chomsky
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It goes without saying that what happens in the US has an enormous impact on the rest of the world – and conversely: what happens in the rest of the...

Znet Article Chomsky: Doctrines And Visions: Who Is To Run The World, And How?

Znet Article, June, 07 2004 Noam Chomsky
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We have just passed the first anniversary of the President's declaration of victory in Iraq. I won't speak about what is happening on the ground. There is more than enough information about that, and we can draw our own conclusions. I will just me...

Znet Article Chomsky: US-Haiti

Znet Article, March, 09 2004 Noam Chomsky
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Those who have any concern for Haiti will naturally want to understand how its most recent tragedy has been unfolding. And for those who have had the privilege of any contact with the people of this tor...

Znet Article Chomsky: A World Without War

Znet Article, May, 29 2002 Noam Chomsky
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I hope you won't mind if I set the stage with a few truisms. It is hardly exciting news that we live in a world of conflict and confrontation. There are lots of dimensions and complexities, but in recent years, lines have been drawn fairly sharpl...

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