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Znet Article Administrator: Venezuelan term limits: personalismo and success for the "Yes"

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This piece examines accusations of personalismo in Venezuela following the wake of the Yes block´s victory, removing term limits and enabling President Chávez to seek re-election.

Znet Article Administrator: Framing the Debate: Narrative, Violence and Democratic Competition

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This piece suggests the chief causes of the decentralised and sporadic violence that has so far marred the run up to the Venezuelan referendum on February 15th are the narrative frames within which it has been positioned. Both sides consider thems...

Znet Article Administrator: The Venezuelan Participatory State

Znet Article, December, 26 2008 Site Administrator
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This piece examines current attitudes regarding the Venezuelan Community Councils and their relationship with government funding.

Znet Article Administrator: Mining in the Ituri Province of the Congo

Znet Article, May, 14 2007 Site Administrator
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Most people who became aware of the 2nd Congo War (1998-2003) did so because of the violence unleased in the (then) Ituri District, which was created in June of 1999 by General James Kazini of the Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF).  After the ...

Znet Article Administrator: Barriers to Peace in the Congo

Znet Article, February, 13 2007 Site Administrator
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David Baroudski's Book, Laurent Nkundabatware, is available on ZNet as a free download. (1) Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book,  Laurent Nkundabatware, his Rwandan Allies, and the ex-ANC Mutiny: Chronic Barriers to Last...

Znet Article Administrator: Carbon trading: a carbon tax, blindfolded and handcuffed, with its shoelaces tied together

Znet Article, December, 11 2006 Site Administrator
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"Mommy, where do carbon offsets come from?" "Well, you see sweetheart, when a major polluter and a consultant love money very, very much, they express that love in a special way. Nine months later, the consultant produces an extrem...

Znet Article Administrator: Update on the Congo

Znet Article, July, 25 2006 Site Administrator
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Author’s note:  Composed 25 Jul 2006.  All noted photos used in this article are the sole property of the author.  It is forbidden to reproduce or distribute any of the photos without the permission of the author. Elections.  The most ob...

Znet Article Administrator: Between Electoral Theater and Revolution

Znet Article, July, 10 2006 Site Administrator
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Before Evo Morales won a landslide victory in the Bolivian presidential election on December 18, 2005, one of his key campaign promises was to organize a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution. The election for representatives to that as...

Znet Article Administrator: The Wealth Underground

Znet Article, May, 08 2006 Site Administrator
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Years before the arrival of the Spanish, Bolivia's indigenous people used "magic water" to cure wounds and keep fires going.  With the invention of the automobile in the 1880s this black liquid took on a new importance. Since then, the oil and gas...

Znet Article Administrator: The New York Times Whitewashes the Israeli Takeover of East Jerusalem

Znet Article, April, 18 2006 Site Administrator
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Despite a practiced guise of objectivity, the US corporate media’s reporting on Israel/Palestine is dominated by the Israeli narrative.  An April 16, 2006 feature article by Steven Erlanger, The New York Times’ Jerusalem Bureau Chi...

Znet Article Administrator: In the Name of the War on Terror

Znet Article, March, 08 2006 Site Administrator
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Leonida Zurita Vargas, a Bolivian coca farmer organizer and alternate Senator, was planning to be in the US right now as part of a three week speaking tour on Bolivian social movements and human rights. This tour would take her to Vermont, Harvard...

Znet Article Administrator: We will not sell our people or principles for foreign aid

Znet Article, February, 01 2006 Site Administrator
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It is widely recognised that the Palestinians are among the most politicised and educated peoples in the world. When they went to the polls last Wednesday they were well aware of what was on offer and those who voted for Hamas knew what it stood f...

Znet Article Administrator: Eyes on US Troops in Paraguay as Bolivian Election Nears

Znet Article, November, 18 2005 Site Administrator
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The recent shift to the left among Latin American governments has been a cause for concern in the Bush administration. The White House has tried in vain to put this shift in check. Presidential elections in Bolivia on December 18th are likely to f...

Znet Article Administrator: Harbouring A Terrorist:

Znet Article, June, 09 2005 Site Administrator
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President Bush addressed delegates to the Organization of American States (OAS) gathering in Fort Lauderdale this past Monday, June 6. Speaking to representatives from the nations of a seething, rebellious continent in the United States’ b...

Znet Article Administrator: Debate Over the Future of the AFL-CIO

Znet Article, June, 07 2005 Site Administrator
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A debate over the future of the AFL-CIO, the federation of most unions in the USA, has been underway for some months and, for the life of me, while the debate becomes more intense, the differences seem to blur. Yet, the feeling that one gets is th...

Znet Article Administrator: Building a democratic, humanist socialism

Znet Article, March, 09 2005 Site Administrator
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We have to invent the new socialism for the 21st century. Capitalism is not a sustainable model of development. Hugo Chavez, March 4, 2005 In recent months, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has begun to explicitly advocate for socialism, markin...

Znet Article Administrator: Reflections on life in Israeli prison

Znet Article, February, 15 2005 Site Administrator
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After 16 days in Israel's Maasiyahu prison I think I've gained a better understanding of what it's like to be Palestinian. Palestinians in the occupied territories live every day of their lives like prisoners under Israeli military rule that takes...

Znet Article Administrator: Iraq and Haiti

Znet Article, January, 05 2005 Site Administrator
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Having helped to bring about the horrendous mess that has been unfolding in Haiti following the overthrow of elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the Bush administration faces a tremendous dilemma. There is no stability at all. The puppet gov...

Znet Article Administrator: Iraq on the Verge Of War

Znet Article, October, 09 2002 Site Administrator
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C1. Are U.S. leaders correct in their characterization of Saddam Hussein as a monster? There are two possible meanings of the word "monster." What most people mean by the term is a leader...

Znet Article Administrator: Intervention in General

Znet Article, October, 08 2002 Site Administrator
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Intervention in General

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