April 2009
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U.S. behind fraudulent election in Haiti
Keeping Aristide in exile and Fanmi Lavalas off the ballot in Haiti is easier than arranging another coup, like the two Washington administrations previously pulled off against Aristide. Continue reading
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Haiti: Canada's Bloody Hands By JOHN MAXWELL
After Aristide’s victory in Haiti’s first democratic presidential election in 1990, the relics of the Jim Crow Marine occupation managed to convince the Americans, first John McCain’s International Republican Institute and then elements of Bill Clinton’s government and various Canadian politico and officials that Haiti under Aristide was a threat to civilisation as they knew… Continue reading
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Electoral Exclusion in Haiti By KEVIN PINA
Most observers acknowledge that Aristide and the Lavalas movement continue to be a force to reckon with in Haiti. It’s said that no other social movement in Haiti, before or since, has shown more resiliency and commitment Continue reading
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Electoral Sham in Haiti By Stephen Lendman
UN paramilitaries occupy the country. Washington effectively controls it. President Rene Preval got a choice – go along or pay the price. He submitted knowing what awaits him if he resists. Nonetheless, he’s disappointed bitterly. Continue reading
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US-NATO Military Agenda: Part One – The Destabilization of Pakistan By Michel Chossudovsky
Recent developments (including the aerial bombardments of Pakistani villages under the auspices of the “war on terrorism”) indelibly point to a broadening of the Afghan war theater, which now encompasses parts of Pakistan. The underlying tendency is towards an Afghan-Pakistani war. Continue reading
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Bolivia Rising: Document of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) countries for the 5th Summit of the Americas
The financial system is in crisis because it is quoting the value of papers at six times the real value of goods and services being produced in the world. This is not a ‘failure of the regulation of the system’ but rather a constitutive part of the capitalist system that speculates with all goods and… Continue reading
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Human Body Parts by Dahr Jamail
The Sahwa, which were to be incorporated into the government security apparatus, have instead been suffering attacks by that same apparatus for several months – attacks that are now occurring daily. And they are reacting in kind. Continue reading
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Climate Wars: Reviewed by Zane Alcorn
Climate Wars uses an exciting format whereby a series of interviews with military, political, climate and renewable-energy specialists is punctuated by fictional projections of a future devastated by climate change. Continue reading
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General Motors: When We Are Led to Believe a Lie By Gregg Shotwell
GM sold 4.4 million vehicles in the U.S. in 1992 and employed 265,000 UAW members. GM sold 4.5 million vehicles in the U.S. in 2007 and employed 73,000 UAW members. Continue reading
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Canada: In Service To The Pentagon And NATO At Home And Abroad By Rick Rozoff
From supplying its former colonial master Britain with a disproportionate amount of troops in both world wars to following the lead of Britain and the United States in wars from Korea in 1950 to Yugoslavia in 1999 to Afghanistan at present, Canada has rarely balked at demands for political acquiescence and military complicity from its… Continue reading
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Nebojsha VUKOVIC (Serbia) NATO: slaughter of civilians and drugs
While NATO exists, there will exist such parallel stories: the one about the alliance’s humanitarian mission, the other (which is less frequent) about death and destruction NATO is guilty of. Continue reading
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Bolivia Rising: Evo Morales: I want to declare myself as a marxist and communist, let's see if the OAS expels me
‘Cuba was expelled for being Leninist, Marxist, communist. I want to say to the members of the OAS, here, I want to declare myself Marxist, Leninist, communist, socialist and now let them expel me Continue reading
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Video: The Georgian trap Pt. 2
One outcome of the war was Russia’s recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, something Russia was previously unwilling to do. Gulashvili believes that this was an objective of the United States, as it will inspire existing independence movements in other Russian territories, leading to the inevitable disintegration of Southern Russia. Continue reading
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The most moral army in the world. Fact By Yitzhak Laor
Israel’s denial [or torture] was adamant. No Israeli newspaper addressed the accusations directly. Our ambassador in London said the morality of the prophets does not permit torture, and therefore these charges were baseless. Continue reading
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ECONOMY-CUBA: Keeping the Wolf from the Door By Patricia Grogg
Some analysts say the nature of the centralised, state-run Cuban economy will give the government manoeuvring room and allow it to use resources intelligently, by contrast with economies where funds are widely dispersed. Continue reading
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COHA: Ecuador’s Correa at Trinidad Summit: Will It Be His Last Presidential Trip?
The left-leaning brigade will head to the Trinidad forum with significant clout, which will likely assist Correa’s prospects in Ecuador’s upcoming elections … In spite of the longstanding tension surrounding the present fight as to who will be the head of state, the victory is almost certain to go to Correa. Continue reading
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