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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
	<link>https://petras.lahaine.org</link>
	<description>United States, Latin America, Middle East, Analysis</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Western model, Third World disaster: Argentina 1990-2002</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2002 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The most prestigious financial newspapers (The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times) editorialized on the thoroughness and effectiveness of the &#8220;economic reforms&#8221; carried out by the neoliberal Menem regime. The reason for the effusive support [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Right/left polarization: The ballot box and the street</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/rightleft-polarization-the-ballot-box-and-the-street/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2002 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Analysis</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/rightleft-polarization-the-ballot-box-and-the-street/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The most recent first round elections in France, where the combined vote for the extreme right totaled 20%, is cited as an indication of the turn to the ultra Right.  Within a few days, [...]]]></description>

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		<title>&#8220;The coup was directed by the White House&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-coup-was-directed-by-the-white-house/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2002 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-coup-was-directed-by-the-white-house/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In the latest twist, two former National Security Agency officers told British newspapers that the Pentagon had forces on standby to provide &#8220;logistical support&#8221; to the coup makers.
	 The operation almost worked. Following an oil [...]]]></description>

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