Monday, 29 April , 2024

Latin America

Bolivia Asserts Newfound Economic Independence, Rejects Rothschild Banks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and US-dominated World Bank have been major players in the global economic landscape ever since their creation in 1944.These international banking organizations, which are privately controlled by the notorious Rothschild banking family, first pressure nations to deregulate their financial sector, allowing private

Venezuela’s Communes Form the Front Line of a Difficult Revolutionary Struggle

The radical writer and author of 2013’s We Created Chavez could be describing the entire Venezuelan Revolution as well. Indeed, his latest book does just that — discussing the complexities of commune building, as well as the past and current forces at battle more broadly in Venezuela.

Wall Street and the Pentagon: Pre-mature Political and Military Ejaculations

Wall Street and the Pentagon greeted the onset of 2016 as a ‘banner year’, a glorious turning point in the quest for malleable regimes willing to sell-off the most lucrative economic resources, to sign off on onerous new debt to Wall Street and to grant use of their strategic military bases to the Pentagon.

“CUMPLIENDO CON LAS ÓRDENES IMPERIALISTAS, LUIS ALMAGRO SE METE AHORA CON...

Consideran a Almagro como el mejor representante de Washington en la OEA” y ahora “está pisando la soberanía de Bolivia tratando de intervenir en un proceso judicial contra una red capitalista que ha cometido fraudes en muchos fondos que manejaba a partir de la pseudofundación”, dijo el sociólogo norteamericano James Petras en CX36

Trump on Cuba

The US government must fight to preserve political, economic and religious freedoms wherever they are threatened in the Western Hemisphere, including in Cuba, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a rally in the US state of Florida.

Bolivia and Equador: Recovering Sovereignty over Natural Resources

This document analyzes the renegotiation process of oil and gas contracts in two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Ecuador, from 2003 to 2010 and the measures taken for sectorial policy reform in the hydrocarbon sector and our conclusions are that it has been favourable.

Turkey: Oncology and Geopolitics

Like the Russian president, Mr. Erdogan did not shrink from challenging the existing status-quo, claiming for Ankara the status of leader of the Muslim world. From the point of view of the Western elite, both of these politicians have signed their own death warrants with such declarations.

The Hypocrisy of Awarding a Nobel Peace Prize to Juan Manuel...

The establishment picks its winners deliberately, according to their interests. They have done it before when they awarded the prize to the two greatest ideologists of the genocide of the Palestine people: Shimon Peres and Isaac Rabin, or to Barack Obama, who went on to spread the US war in the Middle East and maintain the torture center of Guantánamo.

Russia Reasserts Itself

The Russian Foreign Ministry Lavrov speaks of “radical changes” in relations with the United States. Russia is upgrading its military presence in the Middle East. Moscow is also considering the reopening of its military bases in Cuba and Vietnam

Colombia Votes ‘No’ on Peace Accord, Country’s Future Uncertain

he surprising results—which went against all exit polls that had the "Yes" vote winning easily—are showing that the areas most affected by the conflict have overwhelmingly voted "Yes" for peace. For example in the heavily affected area of Choco, with 95 percent of the vote counted, 79 percent voted "Yes." The Caribbean provinces have also voted "Yes."