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Hoyt: Concerns Over Possible AFL-CIO Involvement in Venezuela Coup Led to February Picket
Znet Article, April, 27 2002
Katherine Hoyt
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Could the bad old days be returning to the AFL-CIO’s operations in other countries? Fear that in Venezuela the AFL-CIO was supporting both a right-wing union federation and a U.S.-backed coup led some solidarity activists to mount a picket...
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...
Hillson: Reporter's Notebook from Argentina
Znet Article, April, 24 2002
Jon Hillson
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BUENOS AIRES, April 24 (NY Transfer)--"Don't cry for me, Argentina, the truth is I never left you," implores the romanticized persona of Eva Duarte in the musical "Evita." But the powerful fact today is that millions do not long for her, or her hu...
Siu hin: What's Oil Got to Do With It
Znet Article, April, 23 2002
Lee Siu hin
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Since April of this year, after U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell failed to make progress in his mission to Israel and Palestine, international oil prices have reached $25 per barrel -- 25% higher then the same period last year. And on April 8t...
Vulliamy: Venezuela Coup Linked to Bush Team
Znet Article, April, 22 2002
Ed Vulliamy
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The failed coup in Venezuela was closely tied to senior officials in the US government, The Observer has established. They have long histories in the 'dirty wars' of the 1980s, and links to death squads working in Central America at that time. Wa...
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...
Fair: U.S. Papers Hail Venezuelan Coup as Pro-Democracy Move
Znet Article, April, 18 2002
Fair
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When elements of the Venezuelan military forced president Hugo Chavez from office last week, the editorial boards of several major U.S. newspapers followed the U.S. government's lead and greeted the news with enthusiasm. In an April 13 editorial, ...
Turnipseed: Latin America's Dilemma: Otto Reich's Propaganda is Reminiscent of the Third Reich
Znet Article, April, 18 2002
Tom Turnipseed
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The Bush administration is engaging in damage control for their questionable involvement in the failed 2 day coup against the democratically elected government of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Alarmingly, the ominous Otto Reich is emerging a...
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 ...
Argentina: CHRONOLOGY OF THE CRISIS: A Critical Week in Venezuela
Znet Article, April, 15 2002
Indymedia Argentina
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Translated By Mark McHarry April 15, 2002 From last Saturday, when the Workers Confederation of Venezuela (CTV in Spanish) announced it was calling for a 24-hour general strike, a series of brutal events has changed the face of the country. In ba...
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...
Blum: The CIA And The Venezuela Coup
Znet Article, April, 14 2002
William Blum
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The CIA And The Venezuela Coup
Dieterich steffan: Imperial Coup in Venezuela
Znet Article, April, 13 2002
Heinz Dieterich steffan
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[Translated by Jose Luna, ZNet Espanol] Champaign in Caracas a...
Editorial: Venezuela: The Coup
Znet Article, April, 13 2002
La jornada Editorial
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[Translated by José Luna – Znet Espanol] Wha...
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...
Helweg-larsen: Governments are using the war on terrorism to quelch opposition
Zmag Article, April, 01 2002
Simon Helweg-larsen
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Governments are using the war on terrorism to quelch opposition
