Archive for August, 2008

August 28th, 2008 - 2:29 pm § in Front Page, Panama, Press Releases

President Martin Torrijos’ Velvet Panamanian Coup

For 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 [...]

August 27th, 2008 - 10:27 am § in Bolivia, Front Page, Press Releases

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[...]

August 26th, 2008 - 12:05 pm § in Briefs, Front Page, Mexico

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[...]

August 22nd, 2008 - 11:55 am § in Front Page, Guatemala, Press Releases

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[...]

August 21st, 2008 - 12:15 pm § in Briefs, Costa Rica, Front Page

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[...]

August 21st, 2008 - 11:26 am § in Front Page, Paraguay, Press Releases, Uncategorized

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[...]

August 20th, 2008 - 12:18 pm § in In the News, Paraguay, Venezuela

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[...]