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US Media's Propaganda Wars - From Venezuela to Iran

Thursday, 25 June 2009 8:46 A GMT+01

There is not even a semblance of objectivity in the media coverage, which parrots the charges of the opposition headed by defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi as fact and dismisses the government’s claims as lies.

Iran, Latin America & The New World Order

Monday, 4 May 2009 9:15 A GMT+01

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's upcoming visit to the Latin American county of Brazil has reportedly alarmed the Obama White House. US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, called the development "disturbing." The US still sees Latin America as its backyard.

Fifty Years of US Petulance Towards Cuba

Monday, 27 April 2009 9:25 A GMT+01

The day after Obama announced this change, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, retired from his posts but still very active, published a statement in which he recounted the devastating humanitarian impact of the almost half-century-old U.S. blockade of Cuba.

Viva Hugo! Chavez Scorns America

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 9:03 P GMT+01

Chavez, never at a loss for words, responded that Obama was "a poor ignoramus," who had “the same stench as Bush...The real obstacle has been the empire that he today presides over, which has exported terrorism for nearly 200 years."

Emperor Obama in the Americas

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 8:49 A GMT+01

I didn't really expect Obama to go to Mexico and issue a statement like this: "After long reflection, we have decided that the single most constructive thing this country can do to reduce the current violence in Mexico is to legalize marijuana."

The Book Chavez Gave Obama: Western Exploitation of Latin America

Monday, 20 April 2009 8:24 A GMT+01

The book, first published in Spanish in 1971, offers a critique of the consequences of 500 years of European and U.S. colonization of Latin America. "The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing."

Chavez in Iran: "Capitalism Has to End"

Saturday, 4 April 2009 8:44 A GMT+01

Chavez criticized the G-20 nations' pledges of more than a trillion dollars for lending to struggling countries, calling it "the same medicine that's killing the patient — a trillion dollars ... more money for a bottomless pit."

Evo Morales: "Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves"

Monday, 16 March 2009 11:25 A GMT+01

Unlike nicotine or caffeine, chewing coca leaves causes no harm to human health nor addiction or altered state, and it is effective in the struggle against obesity, a major problem in many modern societies.

Lula da Silva [President of Brazil] - A New World Order

Saturday, 14 March 2009 10:10 A GMT+01

It will reward production and not speculation. The financial sector will stimulate productive activity – and it will be the object of rigorous controls, both national and international, by means of serious and representative organisations.

"Save the Planet from Capitalism"

Monday, 9 March 2009 12:06 P GMT+01

Evo Morales: “Under capitalism we are not human beings but consumers. Under capitalism mother earth does not exist, instead there are raw materials. In reality, the earth is much more important than the stock exchanges of Wall Street and the world."

Fidel Castro: "Obama Can't Fix Capitalism"

Tuesday, 10 February 2009 9:53 A GMT+01

Castro, the 82-year-old whose socialist revolution has survived ten American Presidents, is a long-time critic of capitalism ? the American brand in particular. He accused Obama of planning to print ?enormous sums of money? to keep America afloat.

World Social forum Meeting in Brazil: Beyond Capitalism

Wednesday, 28 January 2009 10:28 A GMT+01

The World Social Forum meeting this week in Brazil’s Amazon jungle region has an urgent and crucial task: finding alternative solutions for the global crisis of capitalism, and pushing for democratic control of the economy and state worldwide.

Latin America Wary of Obama

Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:03 A GMT+01

Obama promised to increase US economic aid to Latin America; governments don't want aid, they want partnerships. He also pledged to meet with Chavez and Raul Castro "without preconditions" - then backtracked to appease anti-Castro Cuban-Americans.

As America Sinks, Welcome to the New World Order

Sunday, 28 September 2008 9:24 A GMT+01

While the $700 billion bailout, dubbed "cash for trash", is making all the headlines, there is talk of another kind of rebuilding, of a new multipolar world that would get rid of imperialism and colonialism. It's the revenge of the developing world.

Ingrid Betancourt: The Truth Behind Media Spectacle

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 9:12 A GMT+01

In order to understand the "rescue operation" of Ingrid Betancourt and the Northrop Grumman Corporation mercenaries who were released with her, it is necessary to piece together articles published in the media, to get at the truth of what happened.

Insecurity: The Root Cause of US Aggression

Tuesday, 8 April 2008 8:46 A GMT+01

There has always been a flip side to American confidence and bravado. By building the border between Mexico and the US -- all three leading presidential candidates voted for it -- Americans have chosen to enshrine and showcase their insecurity.

American Empire: Colombia Is the Israel of Latin America

Friday, 7 March 2008 9:48 A GMT+01

It's important to recognize the geopolitical importance of Colombia to the interests of the United States in the region. In recent years, Colombia has become one of the last and most hard-line outposts of neoliberalism in Latin America.

Colombia - Ecuador - Venezuela: Is Bush Angling for War?

Thursday, 6 March 2008 9:41 A GMT+01

Colombia is the means by which the Bush Regime is orchestrating a pretext to move forces into Venezuela and Ecuador and have the Correa and Chávez governments replaced by puppets. Colombia is American Imperialism's rottweiler in Latin America

Baseball: Microcosm of Capitalist Exploitation

Thursday, 28 February 2008 9:30 A GMT+01

The assorted fat-cat owners of Major League Baseball have descended in vulpine fashion on both the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, marauding like free marketers on steroids in their quest for baseball talent on the cheap.

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Fidel Castro Starts Regular Column for This Site

Tuesday, 26 February 2008 9:38 A GMT+01

I have enjoyed observing the embarrassing position of all the presidential candidates in the United States. One by one, they found themselves forced to proclaim their immediate demands to Cuba, so as not to alienate a single voter.

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Fidel Castro: 20th Century Colossus

Wednesday, 20 February 2008 9:47 A GMT+01

More people across the Latin American sub-continent are looking to the Cuban leader for inspiration than ever before, as popular - and especially young - opinion swings against the US. Fidel Castro will forever remain the symbol of anti-imperialism.

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Venezuela's Middle Class: Savage, Vile, Crass & Corrupt

Friday, 7 December 2007 10:08 A GMT+01

To the horror of Milton Friedman acolytes, Washington Consensus cheerleaders, structural adjustment practitioners and assorted “disaster capitalism” neocons, Venezuela is a country where peasant collectives are evolving into cooperatives.

Vicious US Media Propaganda Against Venezuela's Democratic Revolution

Friday, 30 November 2007 9:01 A GMT+01

The US media generally abandon quaint notions of balance and objectivity when reporting on Venezuela. Curiously, this often extends to left-of-centre newspapers not known to slavishly follow the Bush Regime's lead when reporting on other oil states.

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Death to the West's Ruling Elite! [Chavez & KIng Juan Carlos of Spain]

Wednesday, 21 November 2007 9:29 A GMT+01

Chávez kept trying to interrupt — summit organizers even turned off his microphone — at which point the King told him to "shut up." Hugo Chavez has a formidable talent to get up the noses of western leaders and their complacent bourgeois values.

UN Showdown: Bush Mangles His Words, Ahmadinejad's Big Apple Blitz

Thursday, 27 September 2007 8:58 A GMT+01

A few journalists got a glimpse of Bush's UN address complete with phonetic spellings in brackets to assist him. Safe from Bush's famously dyslexic tongue, therefore, were the Presidents of France [sar-KO-zee] and Zimbabwe (moo-GAH-bee].

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