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Deceit, Betrayal and the Left: The ‘Traitor of the Year Award’

04.30.2017 :: Analysis
Introduction: While the Right faithfully supports the policies and interests of its ruling class supporters, the Left has systematically betrayed their political platform promises and deceived its working class, salaried employees, small business and regional supporters.

Peace Accords or Political Surrender? Latin America, the Middle East and Ukraine

03.18.2017 :: Latin America - Analysis
Introduction: Over thirty year ago a savvy Colombian peasant leader told me, “Whenever I read the word ‘peace accords’ I hear the government sharpening its knives”.

The Nemesis and Scourges of the Western World

11.06.2016 :: Analysis
Without resorting too much to the wisdom of the ancient Greek myths, we have come to believe that states, regimes, movements and people finally will emerge to act as the inescapable agents of the justice leading to the downfall of the Western empire

President Obama: The Race for the Imperial Legacy

04.29.2016 :: United States
Introduction: President Obama is racing forward to establish his imperial legacy throughout Russia, Asia and Latin America. In the last two years he has accelerated the buildup of his military nuclear arsenal on the frontiers of Russia. The Pentagon has designed a high tech anti-missile system to undermine Russian defenses.

Putin and the Press: The Demonology School of Journalism

10.11.2015 :: Analysis
Introduction: The major influential western print media are engaged in a prolonged, large-scale effort to demonize Russian President Putin, his politics and persona. There is an article (or several articles) every day in which he is personally stigmatized as a dictator, authoritarian, czar, ‘former KGB operative’ and Soviet-style ruler; anything but the repeatedly elected President of Russia.

Colombia’s Killing Fields: Peace is War

08.31.2015 :: Latin America
Introduction: Colombia has received more US military aid–over $6 billion dollars in the past decade — than any country in the Western Hemisphere. For its part, Colombia allowed the Pentagon to build seven military bases, more than all the other countries in the region combined.

Greece and the European Union: First as Tragedy, Second as Farce, Thirdly as Vassal State

07.26.2015 :: Analysis
Introduction: The Greek people’s efforts to end the economic depression, recover their sovereignty and reverse the regressive socio-economic policies, which have drastically reduced living standards, have been thrice denied.

Peace Negotiations or War Preparations? Colombia, Iran, China, Cuba, Ukraine, Yemen and Syria

05.30.2015 :: Latin America
Introduction: On the 21st of May, the Colombian Air Force (FAC) bombed the base camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) killing 26 guerrillas. Three days later the FAC bombed other FARC bases killing 14 more guerrillas, as part of an official offensive launched by President Juan Manuel Santos, the US’s most loyal client in Latin America. Among the victims were Farc Commanders Jairo Martinez, a participant in the peace negotiations in Havana , and Roman Ruiz.

Washington’s Two Track Policy to Latin America: Marines to Central America and Diplomats to Cuba

05.28.2015 :: Latin America
Introduction: Everyone, from political pundits in Washington to the Pope in Rome, including most journalists in the mass media and in the alternative press, have focused on the US moves toward ending the economic blockade of Cuba and gradually opening diplomatic relations.

The Assassination of Greece

02.20.2015 :: Analysis
Introduction: The Greek government is currently locked in a life and death struggle with the elite which dominate the banks and political decision-making centers of the European Union. What are at stake are the livelihoods of 11 million Greek workers, employees and small business people and the viability of the European Union.

Looking Backward, Looking Forward: 2014 - 2015

01.03.2015 :: Analysis
Introduction: The balance sheet for 2014 and the prospects for 2015 provide us with a complex panorama of negative and positive outcomes. In most cases the advances, are not earth-shattering but open possibilities for further progress. The negative developments, however, have greater and more threatening systemic outcomes.

Peace Talks in Havana and Murder in Colombia: The Santos Regime’s Dual Strategy

11.05.2014 :: Latin America
Introduction: There are many fabrications and false assumptions underlying the Colombia peace negotiations between the Santos regime and FARC – EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Peoples Army).

Ukraine – Truce or Trojan Horse: Retreat, Re-Armament and Relaunch

09.12.2014 :: Analysis
Introduction: The NATO proxy war in the Ukraine started with the violent US-EU-sponsored overthrow of the elected government via a mob putsch in February 2014. This was well financed at $5 billion, according to President Obama’s Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland.

Preface to: “Presente y futuro de Colombia en tiempos de esperanzas”

07.12.2014 :: Latin America
This text is a comprehensive critical survey of Colombia’s political and social conditions and a homage to one of its most dedicated academics, Jorge Adolfo Freytter Romero, murdered by the regime, for his dedication to human rights.

Violence and Terror: The Ukrainian and Colombian Road to Empire Building

03.20.2014 :: Latin America - Analysis
Introduction: The two paths to 21st century empire-building-via-proxies are illustrated through the violent seizure of power in the Ukraine by a US-backed junta and the electoral gains of the US-backed Colombian war lord, Alvaro Uribe.

US- Venezuela Relations: A Case Study of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism

10.05.2013 :: United States - Latin America
Introduction: US relations with Venezuela illustrate the specific mechanisms with which an imperial power seeks to sustain client states and overthrow independent nationalist governments.

The Obama Regime’s Fabricated “Terror Conspiracy” in Defense of the Police State

08.13.2013 :: United States
Introduction Representative democracies and autocratic dictatorships respond to profound internal crises in very distinctive ways: the former attempts to reason with citizens, explaining the causes, consequences and alternatives; dictatorships attempt to terrorize, intimidate and distract the public by evoking bogus external threats, to perpetuate and justify rule by police state methods and avoid facing up to the self-inflicted crises.

Do “Peace Accords” Lead to Peace, Justice and Security for the People? (Lessons from El Salvador for the Columbian FARC)

07.23.2013 :: Latin America
In Memory of Manuel Marulanda, Farabundo Marti and Augusto Sandino

Introduction: It is commonly assumed that “peace agreements” between pro-US rightwing regimes and leftwing insurgents lead to peace, justice and greater security.


Washington and the Breakdown of the Colombia-Venezuela-FARC Peace Process

06.06.2013 :: Latin America
Introduction: Washington has devised a dual strategy toward Latin America. This involves a new set of ambitious imperial initiatives designed to undermine the principal anti-imperialist governments (Venezuela), social movements and armed insurgency (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), while dismantling Latin America-centered integration and regional alliances, such as ALBA, Petro-Caribe, UNASUR and MERCOSUR.

Los medios neoliberales criminalizan la lucha de las FARC

rpaSUR :: 02.13.2013 :: Latin America
Interview with rpaSUR - Video in Spanish

Ecuador: Left-Center Political Regimes versus Radical Social Movements

02.11.2013 :: Latin America
Introduction: On February 17, 2013, national elections will take place in Ecuador in which incumbent left-center President, Rafael Correa, is likely to win with an absolute majority against opposition candidates covering the political spectrum from Right to Left.

Colombia: Extractive Capital and Peace Negotiations

09.11.2012 :: Latin America
Introduction: In late August 2012, President Santos announced that the Colombian regime was opening peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, (FARC), with the aim of ending nearly 50 years of civil war.

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