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Colombia, Laboratory of Witches: Democracy and State Terrorism
08.12.2008 :: Latin AmericaHernando Calvo Ospinas recent book, Colombia, Laboratorio de Embrujos: Democracia y Terrorismo de Estado is the most important study of Colombian politics in recent decades and essential reading in light of the Western medias and politicians celebration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Inflation and the Spectre of World Revolution
07.19.2008 :: AnalysisInflation and all of its repercussions for wage and salaried workers, fixed income middle classes, as well as manufacturers and transport industries is splashed all over the financial pages of the major newspapers throughout the world.
Fidel Castro and the FARC: Eight Mistaken Thesis of Fidel Castro
07.07.2008 :: Latin AmericaI have been a supporter of the Cuban Revolution for exactly fifty years and recognize Fidel Castro as one of the great revolutionary leaders of our time. But I have never been an uncritical apologist: On several crucial occasions I have expressed my disagreements in print, in public and in discussions with Cuban leaders, writers and militants.
Separatism and Empire Building in the 21st Century
06.08.2008 :: AnalysisThroughout 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.
Venezuelan Referendum: A Post-Mortem and its Aftermath
12.04.2007 :: Latin AmericaVenezuelas constitutional reforms supporting President Chavezs socialist project were defeated by the narrowest of margins: 1.4% of 9 million voters. The result however was severely compromised by the fact that 45% of the electorate abstained, meaning that only 28% of the electorate voted against the progressive changes proposed by President Chavez.
Tens of Thousands Protest Chavez Proposals, Is CIA Fomenting Unrest to Challenge Referendum?
Democracy Now! :: 12.01.2007 :: Latin AmericaIn Venezuela , tens of thousands of protesters marched through Caracas Thursday to oppose constitutional changes proposed by President Chavez that come to a vote on Sunday. Citing a confidential memo, the Venezuelan government is claiming the CIA is fomenting unrest to challenge the referendum. [includes rush transcript] Guest: James Petras
Turkey and Latin America: Reaction and Revolution
08.31.2007 :: AnalysisTurkey and Latin America have experienced many similar historical and contemporary political processes and socio-economic changes despite significant cultural and historical differences. For example, Turkey is the center of a former empire, an Islamic country and member of NATO Latin America is none of those. For purposes of this article, I want to focus on the contemporary socio-economic and political similarities and differences.
Prologue: New book on Polo Democrático, Ecuador
08.27.2007 :: Latin AmericaEcuador today faces great opportunities for a basic social transformation and also grave threats from imperial networks.
Rethinking the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean for the 21st Century
08.16.2007 :: Latin AmericaLatin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are passing through a deep process of devolution during the last quarter century of the 20th century. LAC experienced the restoration of pre-national forms of property ownership, the reversal of social relations of production (capital-labor).
Latin America: The Middle Class, Social Movements and the Left
05.23.2007 :: Latin AmericaThe political and social behavior of the middle class is determined by its class position and interests and the political-economic context, which it confronts.
Latin America - Four Competing Blocs of Power
04.17.2007 :: Latin AmericaIn reality there are four competing blocs of nations in Latin America, contrary to the highly simplistic dualism portrayed by the White House and most of the Left.
Between Insurrection and Reaction: Evo Morales Pursuit of Normal Capitalism
03.15.2007 :: Latin AmericaMany progressive overseas academics, politicians, journalists and commentators have glowingly characterized the Evo Morales regime as radical, revolutionary and part of an anti-imperialist bloc.
The First Line of Defense of the Empire is the Local Client President
03.04.2007 :: Latin AmericaThe First Line of Opposition of Bush is to Defeat this Local Client \’President\’! Para Mate Amargo: Bush Versus Chavez: El Pueblo y Chavez contra los Presidentes Cipayos y el Emperador
US and Latin America. Overview of 2006. Perspectives for 2007
12.19.2006 :: United StatesTo understand US-Latin American relations this year and its likely trajectory in 2007 it is obligatory to consider three dimensions: 1) the global context of US-LA relations; 2) internal dynamics of the US and 3) the real practical political-economic consequences of the 2006 elections in Latin America.
Economic empire building: The centrality of corruption
11.24.2006 :: AnalysisEconomic Empire building (EEB) is the driving force of the US economy and became more central over the past five years. More than ever before in US economic history, the principal US banks, oil companies, manufacturers, investment houses, pension and mutual funds all depend on exploiting overseas nations and peoples to secure high rates of profit. Increasingly the majority of banking and corporate profits accrue from overseas plunder.
An Open Letter to the People and Government of the US (and a reply to the FARC)
11.20.2006 :: United StatesOn a November 9, 2006, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples Army, (FARC-EP) sent an Open Letter to the People of the United States. It was specifically addressed to several Hollywood producers and actors (Michael Moore, Denzel Washington and Oliver Stone) as well as three leftist academics (James Petras, Noam Chomsky and Angela Davis) and a progressive politician (Jessie Jackson).
US-Latin American relations: Ruptures, reaction and the illusion of times past
11.02.2006 :: United StatesNumerous writers, journalists, public officials and academics on the Right and Left have noted changes in relations between the US and Latin America. Those on the Right bemoan the end of US hegemony, the growth of a New Left, the revival of populism and the loss of US influence.
Elections in the USA - Justice and perversion and the perversion of justice
10.26.2006 :: United StatesIn a month in which the US Congress voted to legalize torture, discard the US Constitution by abolishing habeas corpus and increase the military budget to prolong the daily slaughter of hundreds of Iraqis and Afghanis, the big controversy among the mass media and elected officials is the sexual overtures of a Republican Congressman to adolescent boys employed by Congress.
Bolivias elusive pursuit of Normal Capitalism
08.24.2006 :: Latin AmericaIdeological blinders and sheer ignorance of elementary facts frequently prevent politicians, journalists and political activists from understanding developments in Latin America.
ALBA: Social Debt and Human Rights. Proposals for the New Social, Economic and Cultural Order
05.17.2006 :: United StatesUnder the leadership of President Chavez, and with the backing of the great majority of the Venezuelan people, a process of social transformation is underway which challenges the old neoliberal, imperial-centered, political-economic order. Equally important, President Chavez has proposed a new project for Latin America integration, ALBA, which challenges the imperial project ALCA, designed to consolidate neocolonial empire.
Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourteen erroneous theses
04.06.2006 :: AnalysisYesterday the major Zionist organizations told us who we may or may not criticize in the Middle East, today they tell us who we may criticize in the United States, tomorrow they will tell us to bend our heads and submit to their lies and deceptions in order to engage in new wars of conquest at the service of a morally repugnant colonial regime.
New winds from the left or hot air from a New Right
03.15.2006 :: Latin AmericaThe Center Left regimes and their Left intellectual supporters represent a sad epitaph on the radical generation of the 1970\’s and 1980\’s: they are a spent force, lacking critical ideas and audacious proposals for challenging imperialism and capitalist rule