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Carlsen: Women Lead Latin America’s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements
Znet Article, January, 26 2011
Laura Carlsen
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When George W. Bush left the White House, the rest of the world breathed a sigh of relief. The National Security Doctrine of unilateral attacks, the invasion of Iraq under the false pretext of weapons of mass destruction, and the abandonment of mu...
Carlsen: Peasant, Indigenous Organizations Reject Market Schemes for Global Warming
Znet Article, December, 11 2010
Laura Carlsen
Carlsen's ZSpace page
The UN Climate Conference (COP16) in Cancun is turning out to be both anti-climactic and anti-climatic.
Lendman: Failed Washington-Sponsored Ecuadorean Coup Attempt
Znet Article, October, 02 2010
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
Post-9/11, Washington sponsored four coup d'etats. Two succeeded - mostly recently in Honduras in 2009 against Manuel Zelaya, and in Haiti in 2004 deposing Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Two others failed - in Venezuela in 2002 against Hugo Chavez, and o...
Albert: Venezuela's Choice
Znet Article, September, 30 2010
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Venezuelan election commentary is still in flux - reactions are still trickling in. Still, so far available analyses are mostly failing to address the election's most important implications.
Bohmer: The Global Economic Crisis
Znet Article, September, 16 2010
Peter Bohmer
Bohmer's ZSpace page
A talk that Peter Bohmer gave at the festival of anti-authoritarians in Thessaloniki, Greece on September 8th, 2010. Bohmer explains the causes of the current economic crisis with a focus on its destructive effects on Greece.
Barnett: Paraguay: Transgenic corn destruction fuels national debate
Znet Article, September, 03 2010
Tracy L. Barnett
Barnett's ZSpace page
The so-called "Soy Wars" in Paraguay, the world's fourth largest soy producer, has taken a new turn with the entrance of the first left-leaning government in Paraguay’s history – and indeed, the first democratic government not linked to the four-d...
Weisbrot: Colombia-Venezuela Dispute Will Be Better Resolved In South America
Znet Article, July, 29 2010
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
In March I wrote about the Obama administration's contribution (March 18) to the election campaign under way in Venezuela, where voters will choose a new National Assembly in September. I predicted that certain things would happen before September...
Weisbrot: Life Imitates Art
Znet Article, July, 18 2010
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
It's nice when you make a documentary about how the major media outlets misrepresent reality, and the media response to the film proves your point. In fact, the media's response to Oliver Stone's "South of the Border," which I wrote with Tariq Ali...
Young: Good Left, Bad Left
Znet Article, July, 17 2010
Kevin Young
Young's ZSpace page
Faced with a tide of protest in Latin America against the US and US-allied leaders, the US government has tried to limit its loss of control over the hemisphere. One strategy for doing so has involved promoting what it considers the "good," respo...
Morgan: Colombia Elections
Znet Article, June, 27 2010
Nick Morgan
Morgan's ZSpace page
Discussion of this year's Presidential election in Colombia
Suggett: Venezuelan Land Law Reform Promises “Land for Those Who Work on It”
Znet Article, June, 24 2010
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
The Venezuelan National Assembly passed a reform to the Land Law on Tuesday night which increases the ability of landless tenant farmers to obtain land and strengthens the state’s power to convert large, idle estates into food producers.
Fuentes: Bolivia: When Fantasy Trumps Reality
Znet Article, May, 30 2010
Frederico Fuentes
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Under the presidency of Evo Morales, Bolivia has achieved a new constitution incorporating the rights of indigenous peoples, the beginning of land reform, the nationalization of important natural resources and increased state social spending to th...
Harnecker: "We Must Take Public Criticism into Account. Criticism Is Good and Should Help the Process"
Znet Article, April, 03 2010
Marta Harnecker
Harnecker's ZSpace page
20 years ago, when the Berlin Wall fell, there was no revolution foreseeable on the horizon. However, it didn't take long before a process began to emerge in Latin America with Hugo Chávez. We have gone on to form governments with anti-neolibera...
Weisbrot: Independent Latin America Forms Its Own Organization
Znet Article, February, 26 2010
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Latin America took another historic step forward this week with the creation of a new regional organization of 32 Latin American and Caribbean countries. The United States and Canada were excluded.
Klein: Haiti: A Creditor, Not A Debtor
Znet Article, February, 13 2010
Naomi Klein
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If we are to believe the G-7 finance ministers, Haiti is on its way to getting something it has deserved for a very long time: full "forgiveness" of its foreign debt. In Port-au-Prince, Haitian economist Camille Chalmers has been watching these de...
Castro: We Send Doctors, Not Soldiers
Znet Article, January, 25 2010
Fidel Castro
Castro's ZSpace page
In my Reflection of January 14, two days after the catastrophe in Haiti, which destroyed that neighboring sister nation, I wrote: “In the area of healthcare and others the Haitian people has received the cooperation of Cuba, even though this is ...
Podur: Limited Compassion for Haiti
Znet Article, January, 24 2010
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Everyone agrees that the Haiti earthquake is a serious situation.
Kozloff: Latin/Middle Eastern Media: A Thorn in the Side of the U.S. Military in Haiti
Znet Article, January, 22 2010
Nikolas Kozloff
Kozloff's ZSpace page
Watch the U.S. media and its coverage of the crisis in Haiti, and you get the impression that Washington is a benevolent power doing its utmost to help with emergency relief in the Caribbean island nation. But tune into al-Jazeera English or South...
Castro: The Lesson Of Haiti
Znet Article, January, 17 2010
Fidel Castro
Castro's ZSpace page
Two days ago, at almost six o’clock in the evening Cuban time and when, given its geographical location, night had already fallen in Haiti, television stations began to broadcast the news that a violent earthquake – measuring 7.3 on the Richte...
Chomsky: "Direct participation in creativity"
Znet Article, January, 09 2010
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
In the middle of September, Noam Chomsky was one of the guests of honor for La Jornada’s twenty-fifth anniversary
