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COHA: Brazil and the United States: Two Regional Superpowers Begin to Re-evaluate their Relations
The financial crisis of 2008 began with the failure of major financial institutions in the United States and then evolved into a global crisis with worldwide consequences. Brazil was no exception to this infectious tide, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stating that his nation, like other emerging markets, must have a voice in… Continue reading
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Nikita Petrov: US Wants To Resume Nuke Testing To Retain Bomb Making Skills
The arguments the Pentagon chief used to justify the resumption of tests are not new and are slightly cunning. He said the country ceased developing nuclear weapons in the 1980s and stopped producing nuclear munitions in the 1990s. With weapons developers and engineers gone, he said, the United States suffered a brain drain. Continue reading
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10 Surprising Stories About Election ‘08
FairVote’s Election Analyses & Prescriptions for the Future Dear Friend of Fair Elections, We thought we’d share our view of this historic election through ten surprising stories about Election ’08. They are: Electoral Reform on the Ballot – New Victories and Implementations for Instant Runoff Voting The 2008 Spoiler Effect – Key Non-Majority Winners (and… Continue reading
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Ali Gharib: Syria Raid: The Question is – Why?
The attack is especially curious one. The cross-border raid – the first of its kind involving a helicopter attack and U.S. boots on the ground that far into Syrian territory – left eight dead, according to Syrian press reports. WASHINGTON – A cross-border raid into Syria by U.S. forces in Iraq, and a subsequent stonewalling… Continue reading
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Carolyn Baker: Stolen Elections and Media Blackouts
Stolen Elections and Media Blackouts An Interview With Mark Crispin Miller Global Research, October 29, 2008 Carolyn Baker.net – 2008-10-26 (Burlington, Vermont: October 24, 2008) Shortly before a public lecture presented at Champlain College, I sat down with Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Media Studies at New York University, to ask him a number of… Continue reading
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John Maxwell: Racism and Poverty
The people of Haiti are as poor as human beings can be. According to the statisticians of the World Bank and others who speculate about how many Anglos can dance on the head of a peon, Haiti may either be the second, third or fourth poorest country in the world. In Haiti’s case, statistics are… Continue reading
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Tariq A. Al-Maeena: ‘US supporting Israeli-sponsored terrorism’
Hart expressed his alarm at the absolute lack of veracity of the spin machines of the western media when it came to reporting on Israeli ambitions and atrocities. Continue reading
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The Capitalist Shakedown By William Bowles
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve started this essay on the Capitalist Shakedown that’s going on around us, totally disconnected from us even, due to some pretty nifty media work and, I might add, thirty years of revanchism on the part of our political masters to disconnect us all from the political process. Continue reading
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Former Venezuelan Vice President Testifies on Recent Coup Plot By James Suggett
Former Vice-President José Vicente Rangel, currently works as an investigative journalist, identified the Venezuelan opposition, the Colombian government, the domestic and international media, and the U.S. government as the four principal agents involved in the coup planning. Continue reading
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U.S. reaps what it sows in Bolivia
While it appears too late for this White House to roll back the present tide of anti-U.S. sentiment in the region, the next U.S. president must embrace the irreversible changes that have taken hold among our neighbors to the south. Continue reading
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Immanuel Wallerstein, “The New World Geopolitical Order: End of Act I”
I call this the end of Act I because it has sealed the reality of a true multilateral geopolitical arena. Of course, there are still further acts to come. And any faithful playgoer know that Act I merely establishes who are the actors. It is in Act II that we see what really happens. And… Continue reading
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The United States and Bolivia By Stephen Zunes
With much of Bolivia’s natural gas wealth located in the east, and taking advantage of the endemic racism of its largely white and mestizo population against the country’s indigenous majority, now in positions of political power for the first time, these right-wing forces appear ready to either bring down Morales or secede from the country.… Continue reading
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Benjamin Dangl, “The Machine Gun and the Meeting Table: Bolivian Crisis in a New South America”
Source: MRzine On Monday, September 15, Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Santiago, Chile for an emergency meeting of Latin American leaders that convened to seek a resolution to the recent conflict in Bolivia. Upon his arrival, Morales said, ‘I have come here to explain to the presidents of South America the civic coup d’etat… Continue reading
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The end of (capitalist) history? By William Bowles
In a world of over-the-top production, with the world’s markets glutted with a never-stream of products, most of which sit unsold in shops and warehouses around the planet, a return to the ‘good old days’ of the Robber Barons was the only option left. Continue reading
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Bolivia's elites seek a media coup By Justin Podur
The opponents of the Morales government, led by several governors of the wealthier provinces in a part of the country called the ‘media luna,’ are trying to use violence and sabotage to stop that agenda by provoking a civil war and chaos. Continue reading
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‘Ex-Georgian Defense Minister Blames Saakashvili for War With Russia in Russified South Ossetia'
It now appears very certain that Georgian President Saakashvili had long planned a military strike against the Russian Autonomous Regions to seize back the breakaway territory starting with South Ossetia, but executed it very poorly. Continue reading
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From Pristina to La Paz: Expelled US Ambassador to Bolivia had been in charge of Kosovo Secession
The US Embassy is deploying an effort of collective indoctrination against the indigenous crisis, promoting racial hatred and separatism that was evident during the events of January 11, 2007, in unison with business organizations such as the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Cainco) in Santa Cruz, which openly supports Reyes Villa and his ‘advisors.’ Continue reading
The New Dark Age 