Latin America
There is Still Time to Prevent Civil War in Venezuela
by Eva Golinger
July 28, 2017
As Latin America celebrates the end of the region’s longest violent conflict in Colombia, I have watched with pain and...
Puerto Rico Needs Massive Emergency Aid Now -and an End to...
The island has become a target not only for rapacious vulture funds but also for exponents of Katrina-style “disaster capitalism.”
By Ed Morales
Hurricane Maria has...
Brazilian Polls: Lula wins the elections in every possible scenario, while...
Source Brasil de Fato / The Dawn News / September 21, 2017
Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leads the polls as the favorite...
“Brazil has Lost Control Over its Natural Resources Because it has...
By Mariana Pitasse
To the MST leader, foreign capital controls the country after the coup institutional coup that ousted Dilma.
One of the main issues of...
Trump’s UN Speech Is the Last Straw – Time for Him...
My political positions have very frequently been countercurrent. When the Liberals were calling for Trump’s head, when Senator Charles Schumer and Representative Nancy Pelosi...
Muted Reactions to the Nuclear “Mein Kampf” of Donald Trump
Right and Left React to Trump’s Speech at the U.N.
The political news cycle is fast, and keeping up can be overwhelming. Trying to find...
Venezuela to Donate $5m to Hurricane Harvey Relief
Aug 31st 2017
By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
Venezuela announced Wednesday it will donate US$5 million to aid recovery efforts in the US states of Texas and Louisiana,...
De-Dollarization Spikes – Venezuela Stops Accepting Dollars For Oil Payments
by Tyler Durden
Did the doomsday clock on the petrodollar (and implicitly US hegemony) just tick one more minute closer to midnight?
Source: The Burning Platform
Apparently...
The US and Latin American Fascism: Old and New
By Franklin Frederick
“The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.”
Harold...
Salvador Allende’s Last Speech
Salvador Allende pronounced his last speech from La Moneda on 11th September 1973.