Thursday, August 6, 2009
LATIN AMERICA THREATENED BY US MILITARY BASES IN COLOMBIA
The announcement of the US occupation of more than 7 military bases in Colombia at a time when a dictatorship – supported, if tacitly by Washington – in Honduras is consolidating after almost a month and a half has passed since the violent coup [...]
GRANMA
June 29, 2009
The fascist coup d’état against President Zelaya
is an insult to all the peoples
Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz
in the extraordinary session of the
Rio Group Summit, Managua, June 29, 2009.
Distinguished presidents and ministers:
I shall be brief; there are many heads of state and high-ranking representatives of our governments here who also wish to speak.
A [...]
John Maxwell’s long memory is a special gift in his most recent article, “Cuba, the US and the OAS.” In addition, to talking about the OAS decision to rescind the 1962 decision to expel Cuba, Maxwell highlights the US’ terrorist past against countries and leaders of Latin America, including, and especially, Cuba. Further, he tells [...]
ALL THREE PARTS OF THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED ON ONE PAGE ON THIS SITE AND CAN BE FOUND AT:
http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/the-oas-its-shameful-history-parts-i-ii-and-iii/
GRANMA INTERNATIONAL
Havana, May 29, 2009
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/mayo/vier29/OAS.html
“The shameful history of the OAS (III and Final)
• End of the ministry of colonies of the USA
(Fulfilling the demands of the people, Fidel rips up the shameful Declaration of San José. [...]
GRANMA INTERNATIONAL
Havana. May 27, 2009
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/mayo/mier27/22vhoea2-i…
The shameful history of the OAS (II)
• The OAS against Cuba • Inter-American complicity in and legitimization of U.S. aggression against the Cuban people • Raúl Roa’s battle for dignity
ON March 18, 1959, just two and a half months after the popular victory of January 1st, Raúl Roa García, the new [...]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009…
Will Obama Change U.S. Policy Toward Latin America?
By Mark Weisbrot
This op-ed was published by The Guardian Unlimited on February 18, 2009. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original.
U.S.-Latin American relations fell to record lows during the Bush years, and there have been hopes – both North and South of [...]
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
U.S. hegemony in Latin America has been maintained historically
through military and paramilitary force, economic coercion, and since
the mid-1980s through the additional strategy of manipulating civil
society through a complex of programs implemented under the banner of
“democracy promotion.” Democracy promotion is the topic of William
Robinson’s 1996 book, Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, US
Intervention, and Hegemony (Cambridge [...]
“Whether or not he or his brand-new Defense Minister or his wife or his cats
are reelected, Álvaro Uribe is a fascist, and the Colombian government is a murderous government unworthy of being called friendly or brotherly, as my brother Chávez told him (4). Uribe can’t be a contributor or anything like that, and has to [...]
Party for Socialism and Liberation
http://www.pslweb.org/
News and Analysis
Latin American media broadcasts FARC statement
Friday, July 18, 2008
By: Alfonso Cano
‘We will never give up the struggle for justice’
Recent events in Columbia have been widely discussed in the U.S. media, but what has been missing is the voice of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Without that, there [...]
