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Znet Article Weisbrot: "Deeds, Not Words" Will Determine Future of U.S.-Latin American Relations

Znet Article, April, 23 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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What is the opposite of "damage control?" Repair control? Obama's Latin America advisor and director for the Summit of the Americas Jeffrey Davidow did his best to undermine the president's efforts at diplomacy in Trinidad. Responding immediate...

Znet Article Dangl: Argentina Remembers: Mobilizations Mark 33rd Anniversary of Military Coup

Znet Article, April, 21 2009 Ben Dangl
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On March 24, 1976 a military junta took power in Argentina, and until 1981, General Jorge Rafael Videla presided over the country in a reign of terror, torture, surveillance and murder.

Znet Article Hayden: Obama's Dinosaur in Trinidad

Znet Article, April, 20 2009 Tom Hayden
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It's becoming a pattern: whenever Barack Obama implements a campaign pledge, the dinosaurs used to running things push back. The latest dinosaur to undercut the president's gestures is Jeffrey Davidow, US coordinator of the Trinidad meeting, who c...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Obama Team Could Use Some "Audacity of Hope" for Latin America Summit

Znet Article, April, 17 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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Many people, including most of the presidents in South America, were hoping that President Obama would initiate a serious change in U.S.-Latin American relations, after the low point reached during the Bush years. Change will certainly come - it i...

Znet Article Dangl: Latin America Changes: Hunger Strikes in Bolivia, Summits in the Caribbean

Znet Article, April, 16 2009 Ben Dangl
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After Bolivia beat the Argentine soccer team led by legendary Diego Maradona by 6 to 1, Maradona told reporters, "Every Bolivia goal was a stab in my heart." Bolivia was expected to lose the April 1 match as Argentina is ranked as the 6th best soc...

Znet Article Castro: Cuba Will Continue to Resist

Znet Article, April, 14 2009 Fidel Castro
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The U.S. administration announced through CNN that Obama would be visiting Mexico this week, in the first part of a trip that will take him to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where he will be within four days taking part in the Summit of the A...

Znet Article Street: “More of the Same” at the New York Times

Znet Article, April, 09 2009 Paul Street
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The New York Times should take a look in the national and institutional mirror before it charges foreign governments or anyone else with confusing “change” with “more of the same.”

Znet Article Kane: Cuba, Venezuela, and the Quest for Socialism

Znet Article, March, 28 2009 John Kane
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Lessons to be learned from Cuba, Venezuela, their differences and their similarities

Znet Article Moore: Mining and the Right of Way in Ecuador

Znet Article, March, 27 2009 Jennifer Moore
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Indigenous leaders delivered a lawsuit in Quito last Tuesday before Ecuador's Constitutional Court asking that the country's new mining law be declared unconstitutional.

Znet Article Mondragon: Rural Statute found unconstitutional

Znet Article, March, 24 2009 Hector Mondragon
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The annulment of the Rural Development Statute by the Constitutional Court opens a new chapter in the confrontation between the government of Colombia, presided over by Alvaro Uribe, and the indigenous peoples of this Andean country.

Znet Article Weisbrot: El Salvador's Left Wins Historic Election

Znet Article, March, 19 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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Last Sunday's election in El Salvador, in which the leftist FMLN (Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation) won the presidency, didn't get a lot of attention in the international press. It's a relatively small country (7 million people on la...

Znet Article Dangl: Decolonization's Rocky Road: Corruption, Expropriation and Justice in Bolivia

Znet Article, March, 16 2009 Ben Dangl
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Over 3,000 Bolivian and Peruvian indigenous activists recently marched in El Alto in commemoration of the March 13th, 1781 siege of La Paz, Bolivia launched from El Alto by indigenous rebels Tupac Katari and Bartolina Sisa.

Znet Article Weisbrot: Washington's Lost Credibility on Human Rights

Znet Article, March, 12 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report got an unusual amount of criticism this year. This time the center-left coalition government of Chile was notable in joining other countries such as Bolivia, Venezuela, and China - who have ha...

Znet Article Fox: Landless Women Launch Protests Across Brazil

Znet Article, March, 12 2009 Michael Fox
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More than six thousand women from Vía Campesina and the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) participated in protests across Brazil on March 9. The direct actions were in celebration of International Women's Day, and against the government's continue...

Znet Article Podur: The gift that keeps on giving

Znet Article, March, 06 2009 Justin Podur
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One of Colombia's major magazines, Cambio, published a story quoting from the magic laptops that survived bombing in the Ecuadorian jungle and were retrieved after the Colombian government assassinated Raul Reyes just about a year ago (March 3/08)...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Can the US and Bolivia Get Along?

Znet Article, February, 27 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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With the Obama administration's policy toward Venezuela pretty much decided, and the embargo on Cuba considered untouchable because no one is willing to risk losing support among Cuban-Americans in the swing state of Florida, that leaves Bolivia a...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Will Obama Change U.S. Policy Toward Latin America?

Znet Article, February, 19 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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U.S.-Latin American relations fell to record lows during the Bush years, and there have been hopes - both North and South of the border - that President Obama would bring a fresh approach. So far, however, most signals are pointing to continuity r...

Znet Article Spannos: The Chavez Chasm

Znet Article, February, 18 2009 Chris Spannos
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Cautious congratulations are due to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...

Znet Article Wilpert: An Important but Risky Victory for Venezuela and for Socialism

Znet Article, February, 18 2009 Gregory Wilpert
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The ten percentage point victory (55-45%) that President Chávez and his movement achieved on Sunday, February 15, 2009, in favor of amending Venezuela's constitution so that Chávez may run for president again in 2012, represents a very important...

Znet Article Suggett: Venezuelans Vote Peacefully Over whether to Amend Constitution

Znet Article, February, 15 2009 James Suggett
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Venezuelans Vote to Eliminate Two-Term Limit on All Elected Office.

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