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 [...]
Pentagon’s 21st Century Counterinsurgency Wars: Latin America and South Asia
By Rick Rozoff
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14599
Global Research, August 1, 2009
More than half a year after the departure of the George W. Bush administration the United States is embroiled in its largest combat operation since the second attack on Fallujah in November of [...]
GRANMA INTERNATIONAL
Havana. July 28, 2009
The modest results reaffirm our optimism and confidence that yes, we can do it!
• Speech by General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at the central rally commemorating the 56th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons, [...]
“THEY ARE SCARED OF US BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SCARED OF THEM”
Al really does need to work himself out of his community organizer mode a bit. After all, what’s going on in Honduras is not about trying to clean up a polluted stream in the community or, for that matter, a workers’ strike for more pay. In the following article, Giordano condemns Zelaya along with Micheletti [...]
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
The coup d’état in Honduras, promoted by the far right-wing of the United States –which in Central America was maintaining the structure set up by Bush – and backed by the Department of State, was evolving poorly on account of the energetic resistance by the people. (Cuban News Agency)
“The 30th Sandinista Anniversary [...]
What Should Be Demanded From The United States
Reflections by Comrade Fidel Castro
The meeting in Costa Rica didn’t, nor could it, lead to peace. The people of Honduras are not at war, it’s just the perpetrators of the coup who are using weapons against the people. One should demand that they cease their war against the [...]
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 [...]
“Cuba is no enemy to peace, nor is it reluctant to exchanges or cooperation between countries with different political systems, but it has been and will be uncompromising in its defense of its principles.”
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
THE TROJAN HORSE
(photo: Fidel rips up 1962 OAS declaration expelling Cuba)
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, in a visit to [...]
