Chile’s Non-Eventful Presidential Runoff
As Bolivia’s president-elect Evo Morales returns from a global tour where he hobnobbed with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, and Ollanta Humala gains momentum in Peru, it appears as though the Latin American election cycle is being marked by a pronounced turn leftwards of uncertain importance.
U.S.-Canadian Softwood Dispute Still Defies Resolution
The endless legal wrangling between Canadian and U.S. authorities over imports of softwood lumber to this country continues this year, with no end in sight.
Historic victory for Evo Morales and the poor majority of Bolivia
In the 18th December 2005 Bolivian presidential elections Evo Morales received 53% of the vote -- 1,158,431 out of the 2,185,960 votes cast. His Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) defied media predictions that he would obtain only 35% of the vote -- which would have left the Bolivian parliament to decide on who the new president would be.
Migration to the US, key issue of Mexican election
The illegal migration of Mexicans to United States is rapidly becoming a key topic of this year’s Mexican presidential election: the current administration claims the number of immigrants has considerably dropped in recent years and the opposition argues poverty and unemployment is pushing hundreds per day to the north.
A People's Alternative for Canada
Canadian sovereignty is under threat from U.S. domination as never before. We need new alternative polices that place the needs and concerns of working people ahead of the selfish interests of big business. This will require a broad plan for economic and social development and an independent foreign policy of peace and disarmament to achieve the following goals.
Imperial Grand Strategy And Media Collusion
THE National Security Strategy of the USA proclaimed on September 17, 2002 (http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html) is a brazen exposition of a new and hitherto unheard of doctrine of applying force against other countries on pretexts of danger to its security perceived or imagined.
I Believe Only in the Power of the People
What happened these past days in Bolivia was a great revolt by those who have been oppressed for more than 500 years. The will of the people was imposed this September and October, and has begun to overcome the empire’s cannons.
Protect the Past Gains and Chalk Out a Viable Future Path
The 2005 Conference on Kerala's development is being held 11 years after the International Congress on Kerala studies in 1994. That Congress was a seminal one in charting out a course for Kerala's development.
2005: Another Terrible Year for U.S. – Latin American Relations
When Evo Morales won his stunning December 18 presidential election victory, he did more than become the latest in a string of populist, left-leaning candidates to take office in an uninterrupted sweep which has witnessed comparable triumphs in Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and now Bolivia.
