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Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Zmag Article 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

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 Turnipseed: War Is Wrong

Znet Article, March, 06 2002 Tom Turnipseed
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I knew war was terribly wrong when I saw pictures of children like myself desperately attempting to flee the flames of bombed German cities in newspapers and on the newsreels during World War II. As an eight year old, I identified with the childre...

Znet Article Colombia: Witness for Peace Letter on Peace Process

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Wfp team in Colombia
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Dear Friends, Greetings from Colombia. We hope that you are doing well. We write to you today with heavy hearts. As you probably know by now, President Pastrana announced at 10pm on February 20th that the peace process had ended and that the Colo...

Znet Article Hensman: TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR:THE DEADLY FALLOUT OF U.S. TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Rohini Hensman
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Defining Terrorism What are we talking about? I’ve said it before, but it bears repetition, given the way political leaders constantly come out with bombastic tautologies, such as ‘Terrorism is terrorism,’ in order to conc...

Znet Article Nichols: Class struggle looms in Venezuela

Znet Article, February, 13 2002 Dick Nichols
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February 13, 2002. - by CARACAS - Venezuela's wealthy elite is using every resource at its disposal to force President Hugo Chavez Frias to retreat or resign. Their offensive reached its highest point yet on January 23, when their 'March for Freed...

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...

Znet Article Campbell: Friends Of Terrorism

Znet Article, February, 08 2002 Duncan Campbell
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His name may sound like that of a character from a Mel Brooks musical but Otto Reich is real enough. He has just been appointed by President Bush as assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs - and both the manner of his appointme...

Znet Article Grossman: New US Military Bases: Side Effects Or Causes Of War?

Znet Article, February, 05 2002 Zoltan Grossman
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 Since the end of the Cold War a decade ago, the U.S. has  gone to war in Iraq, Somalia, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan.  The interventions have been promoted as "humanitarian"  deployments to stop aggression, to topple dictatorsh...

Znet Article 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...

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...

Zmag Article Podur: A Way Out for Colombia

Zmag Article, October, 01 2001 Justin Podur
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A Way Out for Colombia

Zmag Article Petras: Neomercantilist Empire in Latin America, Part 2

Zmag Article, October, 01 2001 James Petras
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Neomercantilist Empire in Latin America, Part 2

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