RSSFor more information on this piece over the Labor Day weekend, please call 202-215-3473. Torrijos uses subterfuge to militarize the National Security Posture. Patriots rally on September 3 against Torrijos’ wanton indifference to democratic procedures. State Department is conspicuously silent [...]
Archive for August, 2008
BancoSol: Mission Drift in Microfinance Institutions
Microfinance, a “trickle-up,” market-based approach to poverty alleviation, is a hotly contested subject in the field of development. Most microfinance organizations in less-developed countries tackle the effective exclusion of the poor from financial capital by providing credit at low interest[...]
Searching for Solutions to Mexico’s Skyrocketing Violence
(To be posted later today: President Martin Torrijos’ Velvet Auto-Golpe in Panama) On August 21, Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa held a security summit at the National Palace. In attendance were the Mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, and Mexico’s thirty-one state governors. Those [...]
August 26th, 2008 - 8:44 am § in In the News
Morales wins referendum but opposition hits back
Published by The Real News Network Produced by Zaa Nkweta ZAA NKWETA (VOICEOVER): Bolivian President Evo Morales accused government opponents on Wednesday of forcing the poor to strike, as he spoke in response to general strikes in five provincial capitals this week. EVO MORALES, BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT[...]
August 25th, 2008 - 1:57 pm § in In the News
Diplomatic scene is changing in the U.S. backyard
Published by A.M. Costa Rica By the A.M. Costa Rica wire service The recent decision to reestablish the U.S. Fourth Fleet in the Caribbean Sea and South Atlantic Ocean has raised concerns about military intervention in Latin America at a time when many analysts say the region is distancing itself f[...]
Feminicide in Guatemala: A Link Between Past and Present
The current feminicide crusade in Guatemala takes root in the unjust bloodbath of a culture that views women as objects in which to install fear, terror and extreme submission. Guatemala’s recent history involves a good deal of indigenous blood; frustration and bitterness over these past injustice[...]
Costa Rica’s Arias Surprises No One by Turning his Back on the Dalai Lama
Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias once again has turned his back on an existing relationship and the obligations that went with it. He has done this in favor of a new one that is more self-serving to the nation as well as possibly his own self-interests. This pattern conforms to the spirit of[...]
Paraguay’s Persian Presence: Iran’s New Friend in Latin America
Paraguay’s poor were graced with the electoral victory of a former Catholic bishop, Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, in the April 20th presidential election. On August 15, Lugo was inaugurated as president of Paraguay which commenced the country’s first left-leaning presidency in over 70 years. [...]
August 21st, 2008 - 7:42 am § in In the News
La face cachée de John McCain
Published by Le Grand Soir By Jean-Guy Allard Pièce essentielle du mécanisme de la CIA pour attaquer les gouvernements progressistes latino-américains, l’International Republican Institute que préside John McCain depuis plus de 15 ans, est l’arme secrète de la droite la plus récalcitrante[...]
Analysis: Venezuela offers oil to Paraguay
Published by United Press International By Carmen Gentile MIAMI, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Venezuela will supply Paraguay “with all the oil it needs,” said President Hugo Chavez, who welcomed the election of another leftist leader in Latin America. While officials with the Venezuelan state-r[...]