Latin America Rejects US Tool for Intervention
Bolivia's example is a lesson for countries in the region, because leaders and politicians are being made aware that they must respond to their people and NOT the Empire. All presidents whose primary loyalty is to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will end up resigning, said Evo Morales [ leader of Bolivia's Movement to Socialism (MAS) ]
Study: Ending the Cuba Blockade would Benefit US
The elimination of the economic, commercial and financial US blockade on Cuba could generate 100 thousand workplaces and additional earnings for six billion dollars in the United States, says a study revealed here...Last April more than 30 important companies, state agencies and business groups announced the creation of a coalition in the US to counter the blockade against Cuba.
OAS: Toward a Progressive Haiti Policy
Since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s February 2004 ouster, Haitian police and the 7,400-member UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) have been struggling to find peace on the island, let alone maintain it.
John Bolton and the Bustani Affair
After a brief delay orchestrated by Senate Democrats, Bush’s controversial choice for UN ambassador, John Bolton will likely get a Senate vote this week, says Senate Democrat Joe Biden.
International Conference against Terrorism, for Truth and Justice, in Havana.
Fidel[Castro] called for the destruction of ideas connected to neofascism, and to eliminate both the method and its fruits: 'the protagonists born from such system.'...There were particular circumstantial elements in the birth of fascism, but there are new elements emerging in the globalized world, like a global empire.
Bush vs. Human Rights: Amnesty International Strikes Back
After the Bush administration yesterday (June 1) lined up numerous officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, to attack Amnesty International for its report that criticizes the administration’s human rights record, the respected human rights organization fired back.
Bush Administration Promotes Global Conflicts by Rewarding Allies
In 2003, the Bush administration transferred weapons to 18 of the 25 nations engaged in active conflicts. Thirteen of the 25 nations who received weapons were classified by the U.S. State Department as “undemocratic” governments. These 13 governments received over $2.7 billion on U.S. weapons.
Amnesty Report: The Bush Administration vs. Human Rights
In a desperate effort to stop a plummeting approval rating, President Bush yesterday dismissed an Amnesty International Human Rights Report that criticized the administration’s treatment of US-held prisoners of war.
[Bush press conference quote,'...absurd...absurd...absurd...']
Saddening failure of the NPT[Non-Proliferation Treaty] Review Conference
.. It is not exaggerating to say that the blame can be laid fairly and squarely at the door of one country — the United States...It is time that the politicians of the world listened a little more closely to the biggest world movement there is — the peace movement.
Canadian complicity in the Haitian crisis
In April 2003, in an interview given while he was in the Dominican Republic, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien declared that the “international community” should not have to wake up with Aristide in power on January 1, 2004, Haiti’s bicentennial
