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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>Evo Morales/Bolivia: Populist gestures and neo-liberal substance</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/evo-moralesbolivia-populist-gestures-and-neo-liberal-substance/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/evo-moralesbolivia-populist-gestures-and-neo-liberal-substance/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In the recent past innumerable leftist intellectuals, academics, journalists and NGOers have mindlessly jumped on the bandwagon of a series of newly elected ?popular? presidents(Lula in Brazil, Gutierrez in Ecuador, Vazquez in Uruguay and Kirchner [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The politics of language: Escalation or &#8220;retaliation&#8221;- Israeli attacks on palestinians</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-politics-of-language-escalation-or-retaliation-israeli-attacks-on-palestinians/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Middle East</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/the-politics-of-language-escalation-or-retaliation-israeli-attacks-on-palestinians/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The action and reaction always is located in a limited time frame. Palestinian action is always the initial moment and the Israeli military attack is always described as a response or &#8216;retaliatory&#8217; and therefore, presumably [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A puppet show on Christmas day</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-puppet-show-on-christmas-day/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-puppet-show-on-christmas-day/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	&#8220;Pedro! Come in and get dressed or you will miss the puppet show!&#8221;, a mother called out from the door of a small tin-roof shanty.
	It only took one call for Pedro to hurry home. And [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Israel&#8217;s War with Iran - The coming Mid East conflagration or Israel bombs Iran: The US suffers the consequences</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/israels-war-with-iran-the-coming-mid-east-conflagration-or-israel-bombs-iran-the-us-suffers-the-consequences/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Middle East</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/israels-war-with-iran-the-coming-mid-east-conflagration-or-israel-bombs-iran-the-us-suffers-the-consequences/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Introduction:
	Their influential supporters in the US have made Israel&#8217;s war policy the number one priority in their efforts to secure Presidential and Congressional backing. The arguments put forth by the Israeli government and echoed by [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A new turning point - The venezuelan election: Chavez wins, US loses (again)!</title>
		<link>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-new-turning-point-the-venezuelan-election-chavez-wins-us-loses-again/</link>

		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Latin America</category>
		<guid>https://petras.lahaine.org/a-new-turning-point-the-venezuelan-election-chavez-wins-us-loses-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	President Chavez&#8217;s party, the Movement of the Fifth Republic, won approximately 68% of the congressional seats and with other pro-government parties , elected all the representatives. The turnout for the congressional elections without a presidential [...]]]></description>

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