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Trigona: Landmark Human Rights Case in Argentina Puts Torture on Trial
Znet Article, January, 07 2010
Marie Trigona
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Argentine courts have launched an investigation into crimes committed at the ESMA Navy Mechanics School during the nation's military dictatorship. The landmark human rights trial is one of the most far-reaching attempts to bring crimes of Latin Am...
Trigona: Memory and Justice
Znet Article, December, 21 2009
Marie Trigona
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A Photo Essay on Argentina's Human Rights Movement
Chomsky: The Legacy of 1989, in Two Hemispheres
Znet Article, December, 18 2009
Noam Chomsky
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The contrast between the liberation of Soviet satellites and the crushing of hope in U.S. client states is striking and instructive—even more so when we broaden the perspective.
Fuentes: Chavez’s historic call for a Fifth Socialist International
Znet Article, November, 27 2009
Frederico Fuentes
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Addressing delegates at the International Encounter of Left Parties held in Caracas, November 19-21, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez stated “the time has come for us to convoke the Fifth International.†Face with the capitalist crisis and the...
Weisbrot: Honduran Dictatorship Is A Threat to Democracy In the Hemisphere
Znet Article, November, 19 2009
Mark Weisbrot
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A small group of rich people who own most of Honduras and its politicians enlist the military to kidnap the elected president at gunpoint and take him into exile. They then arrest thousands of people opposed to the coup, shut down and intimidate i...
Ó Tuathail: Minga Permitida?
Znet Article, November, 04 2009
Micheál Ó Tuathail
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Last fall, Colombia's social and popular movements captured the world's attention.
Weisbrot: Ecuador, Bolivia Show that Even Small Developing Countries Can Pursue Independent Economic Policies, Stand Up for Their Rights, and Win
Znet Article, October, 28 2009
Mark Weisbrot
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Among the conventional wisdom that we hear everyday in the business press is that developing countries should bend over backwards to create a friendly climate for foreign corporations, follow orthodox (neoliberal) macroeconomic policy advice, and ...
August: Honduras: Growing Political and Organizational Maturity will Bring Victory
Znet Article, October, 27 2009
Arnold August
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On June 28 the military coup d’etat took place. On that very same day the seeds of the National Front Against the Coup were sown. Since then it is developing politically and organizationally on a daily basis alongside with the people, exhibiting...
Mondragon: Roots and branches of the bases
Znet Article, October, 25 2009
Hector Mondragon
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Senator Paul Coverdell was no mere commentator. Before he died, he designed the new hemispheric strategy founded on satisfying US petroleum needs.
Trigona: Kraft Firings Feed Protests
Znet Article, October, 08 2009
Marie Trigona
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Mass firings at Kraft Foods' plant in Argentina sparked protests throughout the nation, and ignited a new wave of worker organizing. In August, Kraft fired 160 workers after they went on strike to demand proper health measures at the company's fac...
Tuathail: Where will you stand on the Canada-Colombia FTA?
Znet Article, October, 07 2009
Micheál Tuathail
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I spent a good part of the other week watching the performances of Liberals and Conservatives in the Canadian House of Commons as they debated Bill C-23, implementing legislation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA).
Moore: Lawyers question basis of Zelaya ouster
Znet Article, September, 30 2009
Jennifer Moore
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Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya's private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya's removal was a constituti...
Pearson: Africa-South America Summit in Venezuela Cements South-South Collaboration
Znet Article, September, 27 2009
Tamara Pearson
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Creating a new Radio of the South, formalizing the Bank of the South, criticizing the make-up of the UN Security Council, and supporting Honduran President Manuel Zelaya were among the outcomes at the second Africa-South American Summit (ASA) that...
Goodman: President Zelaya and the Audacity of Action
Znet Article, September, 23 2009
Amy Goodman
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Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected president of Honduras, is back in his country after being deposed in a military coup June 28. Zelaya appeared there unexpectedly Monday morning, announcing his presence in Tegucigalpa, the capital, from wi...
Dangl: The Road to Zelaya's Return: Money, Guns and Social Movements in Honduras
Znet Article, September, 22 2009
Ben Dangl
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Nearly three months after being overthrown by a violent military coup, Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has returned to Honduras. "I am here in Tegucigalpa. I am here for the restoration of democracy, to call for dialogue," he told reporters. The ...
Moore: National opposition to coup becomes a social force
Znet Article, September, 18 2009
Jennifer Moore
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A lead Honduran researcher believes coup backers will not be able to sustain their support for the de facto regime until elections in November.
Ross: A Funny Thing Happens On The Way To The Bicentennial: Mexico Loses Its History
Znet Article, September, 16 2009
John Ross
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On the eve of the Bicentennial of its Independence from the Spanish Crown and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, this distant neighbor of a republic is awash with patriotic colors. The official countdown to the twin Centennials begin...
Trigona: The Soy Republic of Argentina
Znet Article, September, 08 2009
Marie Trigona
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The increasing export of genetically modified crops is part of a regional trend with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay now adopting a soy-based economic model. Argentina has made a radical shift toward soy, which has displaced cultivation of...
Trigona: FASINPAT: A Factory that Belongs to the People
Znet Article, September, 04 2009
Marie Trigona
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The workers at Argentina's largest worker-controlled factory are celebrating a definitive legal solution to a nine-year struggle for the right to work and workers' self-determination. The provincial legislature of Neuquén voted in favor of exprop...
Weisbrot: IMF Gives $164 million to Coup Government in Honduras, Following Familiar Pattern
Znet Article, September, 03 2009
Mark Weisbrot
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The IMF is undergoing an unprecedented expansion of its access to resources, possibly reaching a trillion dollars. This week the European Union committed $175 billion, $67 billion more than even the $108 billion that Washington agreed to fork over...
