Wikileaks Show Why Washington Won’t Allow Democracy in Haiti By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited (UK) on December 17, 2010. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. The polarization of the debate around Wikileaks is pretty simple, really. Of all the governments […]
June 22, 2010
June 22 Democracy Now program which spent the hour on Latin America with Oliver Stone, Director of “South of the Border” and the brilliant Tariq Ali, screenwriter for the film. Click here to view video.
June 18, 2010
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR “SOUTH OF THE BORDER” by OLIVER STONE As you may have heard, Oliver Stone’s powerful new film, South of the Border, the first documentary by a major American director to explore the social transformation underway in South America, will be released in US theaters nationwide starting June 25 (more here). Lucky […]
March 7, 2010
A hat tip to President Chavez for this one. Radio del Sur has a website at www.laradiodelsur.com Hugo Chávez Inaugurates Radio del Sur Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez hosted the inaugural broadcast of Radio del Sur from the Caracas Municipal Theater. The inaugural broadcast featured an interview by Hugo Chavez of Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez who […]
March 5, 2010
Hillary Clinton’s “Damage Control” Trip to Latin America By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited on March 5, 2010. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. Hillary Clinton’s Latin America tour is turning out to be about as successful as George W. Bush’s […]
February 25, 2010
Independent Latin America Forms Its Own Organization By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited on February 25, 2010. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. Latin America took another historic step forward this week with the creation of a new regional organization of 32 […]
February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 – 03:22 UTC Falklands: full support for Argentina from Latinamerican and Caribbean leaders Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said on Monday Latin American and Caribbean leaders backed her objections to oil exploration in the disputed Falkland Islands as drilling of the first well began on Monday. Mrs. Kirchner thanked her peers during […]
December 17, 2010
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