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 [...]
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. [...]
Discussions at the recent Summit of the Americas meeting in Trinidad and Tobago regarding the Organization of American States showed that the organization is not a useful mechanism for real “American” cooperation. The following article, which appeared in the May 22nd edition of Cuba’s state newspaper, Granma International, demonstrates how the US-manipulated organization has been [...]
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 [...]
“This is a recognition of those who fell on Dec. 20 as a result of the cruel and unjust invasion by the most powerful army in the world,” said Rep. Cesar Pardo, of the governing Democratic Revolutionary Party, which holds a majority in the legislature.
Little is known of the US invasion of Panama in [...]
