Here’s an English translation of the original article in Spanish which also follows. The article is from the website “La Radio Primerisima” in Nicaragua. The exercises will be in the vicinity of the Panama Canal, Colombia, and the US states of Virginia and Florida. Looks like jumpout squad hopscotch targeting Venezuela. And, those US soldiers that were […]
June 24, 2010
Picture above is of Jose Serra, right-wing candidate for president PROGRESO WEEKLY Brazil gears up for a fight Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:50 By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Four years ago, when the government of Evo Morales re-nationalized its hydrocarbon industry, the Brazilian media was spoiling for a fight. After all, Petrobras, the Brazilian […]
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 […]
June 10, 2010
PERIODICO 26 June 8th, 2010 Meeting of the Brazil–Cuba–Haiti Tripartite Commission Specialists from the three nations meet to materialize the reconstruction of the Haitian Health System LETICIA MARTÍNEZ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. — Since Monday, and throughout the week, the Brazil-Cuba-Haiti Tripartite Commission is meeting in this capital. In the words of Igor Kipman, Brazilian […]
April 16, 2010
Haiti Lawmakers OK Clinton-Led Rebuilding Panel By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 16, 2010 Filed at 4:34 p.m. ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s soon-to-expire parliament has approved the creation of a commission co-chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton to oversee billions in post-quake reconstruction aid, the Ministry of Communications said Friday. The vote […]
April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 A “U.S. base” in Rio? “United States plans new bases in Brazil and Peru to contain Venezuela,” says TeleSur. During his stop in Quito yesterday, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Arturo Valenzuela, was asked about reports that the United States and Brazil are talking about creating a […]
April 1, 2010
Cuban FM, Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, at 3/31 Haiti donors’ confernce, United Nations Most of the participants in yesterday’s donor meeting repeated one another and pledged money that may or may not be donated to Haiti reconstruction. In stark contrast, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez had to race through his speech in order to cover the long list […]
March 28, 2010
Haitian President, Rene Preval Preval Hopeful about Memorandum with Cuba and Brazil Escrito por Juan M. Garcia domingo, 28 de marzo de 2010 Port-au-Prince, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Haitian President Rene Preval expressed hopes about the future of public health in his country after signing a memorandum of understanding with Cuba and Brazil on […]
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 […]
August 16, 2010
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