Bolivia On The Boil
THE current political turmoil in Bolivia is part of a wider movement in Latin America, of people rejecting not only corrupt politicians, but also – and more importantly – the neoliberal economic policy paradigm that enriched a few at the expense of the vast majority.
European Union Battle: Euro elite in denial
WHILE most media analysis of the failed European Union summit concentrated on the personal joust between Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac, the most astounding phenomenon was the collective self-delusion over the constitutional treaty.
Sudan: Bush Favors Agenda Over Stopping Genocide
The Bush administration thinks that genocide is less urgent than its foreign policy agenda as it relates to its so-called on war on terror. For some time, we’ve known that the administration is willing to side with dictators and tyrants – some of whom possess WMD and nuclear weapons – to advance its foreign policy.
Global Disarmament Groups Slam US for the Failure of NPT Review Conference
NOT unexpectedly, the Non Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) month long (from May 2 to May 27) five-yearly Review Conference failed after the US spent the entire period either arguing about procedure or demanding that disarmament obligations of nuclear weapon states were outside the scope of discussions.
G8 Bribery
The mainstream media’s response to the announcement that the G8 had agreed to cancel $40 billion dollars in debt for eighteen countries in third world, mainly African.
Fort Lauderdale:Protestors Slam OAS General Assembly
The three-day General Assembly was a spectacle of U.S. arrogance, in which Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti were vilified and threatened. Protestors came to the defense of the targeted countries, denouncing Washington’s schemes against them
Rice advocates intervention for democracy in veiled threat against Venezuela
'The last time the OAS met in the US in 1974,' noted Rice, '10 of 23 members were dictators.' ... At the time, many of the military dictators Rice referred to were the US government’s closest allies in the region.The meeting in 1976, when the OAS held its 5th General Assembly in Santiago, Chile, was home of the US-supported Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Against terrorism, in defense of humanity: an appeal
The people have a right to know the truth. Those who wage a genocidal war in the name of a war on terrorism must not be allowed to cover up their systematic use of the most perverse of terrorist methods against the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.
ZIMBABWE: War vets threaten action against forced eviction
ZNLWVA(The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association) chairman Jabulani Sibanda told IRIN that he did not know of any illegal settlers among the war veterans and the poor, and claimed his organisation was only aware of multiple farm owners and illegal settlers among ministers, provincial governors, members of the ruling ZANU-PF politburo and other party organs.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Region not expected to benefit from new US/UK food aid funding
'It's unfortunate that it's only the fairly high-profile emergencies, such as Darfur, Ethiopia and Eritrea, that are receiving these funds, as there is a silent emergency in Southern Africa - due to HIV/AIDS, erratic weather and weak economies - that is claiming more lives on a daily basis,' World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Mike Huggins told IRIN.
