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President Chavez and the FARC: State and Revolution 07.03.2008 When President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela called on the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, to end their armed struggle and declared the ‘guerrilla war is history’, he was following a path taken by many revolutionary leaders in the past.

The Paradoxes of Latin American Development 06.30.2008 Latin American development presents us with a rich array of paradoxes, which befuddle the predictions, prescriptions, and commentaries of writers and academics from the right and left. Abrupt changes and shifts in the political correlation of forces is matched by striking structural continuities.

A Disenchanted James Petras :: Efraín Chury Iribarne 06.12.2008 An interview with James Petras :: It's pure Stalinism, to say that an insurgent group with 40 years of struggle is playing imperialism's game is pure idiocy; imperialism functions well enough in Venezuela without need for a guerrilla movement

Separatism and Empire Building in the 21st Century 06.08.2008 Throughout modern imperial history, ‘Divide and Conquer’ has been the essential ingredient in allowing relatively small and resource-poor European countries to conquer nations vastly larger in size and populations and richer in natural resources.

President Sarkozy’s One Man Show: A Very Limited Run 06.07.2008 French President Sarkozy has twice appeared in the spotlight of the world’s mass media announcing his determination to free French-Colombian dual citizen, Ingrid Betancourt, held captive by the Colombian guerrilla movement, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples Army (FARC-EP).

Homage to Manuel Marulanda 05.26.2008 Pedro Antonio Marin, better know as Manuel Marulanda and ‘Tiro Fijo (Sure Shot)’, was the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples Army (FARC-EP). He was without a doubt the greatest revolutionary peasant leader in the history of the Americas.

Provocations as Pretexts for Imperial War: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 05.25.2008 Wars in an imperialist democracy cannot simply be dictated by executive fiat, they require the consent of highly motivated masses who will make the human and material sacrifices.

Salvador Allende and Hugo Chavez: Similarities and Differences on the "National Road to Socialism" 05.14.2008 I have known and advised three left wing president including President Papandreou (Greece 1981-85), President Salvador Allende of Chile (1970-73) and President Hugo Chavez.

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