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  • If the United States government does try another coup d’etat against Chavez...
    20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    If the United States government does try another coup d’etat against Chavez, it will show both their arrogance and stupidity...
    VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: To my readers, you may have noticed no columns from me since I am presently serving as a juror in a civil matter. While I am not able to relay the particulars of the case that I am serving on due to the oath that I took, I feel like screaming.
    After I wrote the piece "Blow Back" ... then to read Roy Carson’s (…)

  • Intelligence sources warn Venezuela’s Chavez: Beware the Ides of January!
    20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    VHeadline.com editor & publisher Roy S. Carson writes: A United States move to ’deal with’ Washington D.C.’s perceived problem with Hugo Chavez Frias could be close to execution if usually accurate intelligence sources are to be believed ... warning that Venezuela’s President should take extreme care as the ’Ides of January’ approaches this Sunday, January 15.
    While we at VHeadline.com sincerely hope and trust that, contrary to indications, the imminent threat is baseless, the zeal (…)

  • World Social Forum: The Great Debate in a Land of Change
    20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Humberto Marquez
    CARACAS - Some 100,000 social activists from across the Americas and the world will soon be arriving in the Venezuelan capital, where they will condemn war and imperialism, and lend their support — although not unconditionally — to the changes introduced in this country by President Hugo Chavez.
    The sixth annual World Social Forum (WSF) is being held at several different sites this year, instead of one centralised forum as in the first five editions. In addition to (…)

  • Inside Coke’s Labor Struggles
    20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    BusinessWeek travels to Colombia to speak with labor leaders, politicians, workers and others who can shed light on the controversy
    To shed more light on the conflicting claims in the Colombia Coca-Cola (KO ) controversy, BusinessWeek sent Mexico City-based Latin America Correspondent Geri Smith to Colombia for a week in late October. She interviewed more than a dozen people, including labor unionists, academics, diplomats, economists, current and former Coke workers, and the country’s (…)

  • Dr. Michelle Bachelet victor in Chilean election
    19 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Brian Mcafee
    Michelle Bachelet, a pediatrician and former health and defense minister, soundly defeated her opponent; billionaire tycoon Sebastian Pinera in Chile’s presidential run-off Sunday. Bachelet’s 53.5 percent to Pinera’s 46.5 percent marked a trend throughout Latin America of leftist electoral victories. Leftists now run Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela, with the inclusion of Chile, the political sentiment of the region is unmistakable.
    The U.S. response to (…)

  • Chileans Should Know About CIA Agent David Edger
    18 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA — mpwright9@aol.com
    Chileans who take satisfaction in Michelle Bachelet’s victory should know about David Edger, a CIA agent who was making trouble in Chile in 1973. Edger is now on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma (OU) political science department. Edger was brought to the campus in the summer of 2001 by David Boren, mentor and patron of George Tenet and OU president.
    The namebase.org website is the product of a professional (…)

  • WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: US Activists Study Bolivarian Revolution
    16 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Katherine Stapp
    NEW YORK, Jan 12 (IPS) - U.S. activists are heading to the Sixth World Social Forum (WSF) with a renewed sense of optimism and international solidarity, despite Washington’s animosity toward the hemisphere’s growing slate of leftist governments.
    Up to 100,000 visitors are expected in Caracas, Venezuela from Jan. 24-29, while parallel forums will take place in Bamako, Mali from Jan. 19-23, and Karachi, Pakistan in March.
    The WSF was founded in 2001 to counter the (…)

  • Evo Morales, Lula Da Silva Hold Talks in Brasilia
    16 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    BRASILIA (PL)- Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales are analyzing Friday the possibilities to boost collaboration, reported the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
    Full Coverage: Bolivia’s President elect Evo Morales’ World Tour
    In an official note, the Brazilian entity expressed interest in cooperating after the MAS government’s inauguration January 22.
    It added that Morales’ visit facilitates tackling future cooperation in trade, investment (…)

  • Harry Belafonte and U.S. delegation Visit Venezuela
    14 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Singer and activist Harry Belafonte visted Venezuela this week, along with a delegation of 13 other U.S. activist leaders, to see "with their own eyes" what is happening in Venezuela. The delegation saw social projects, met with government officials, and opposition leaders.
    by Gregory Wilpert
    The singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte visited Venezuela this week, leading a delegation of 13 other prominent activists from the U.S. During their visit, the delegation toured (…)

  • Evo Morales, el socialismo comunitario y el Bloque Regional de Poder
    14 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Evo Morales, Communitarian Socialism, and the Regional Power Block
    by Heinz Dieterich
    1. Evo Morales y el socialismo
    "Evo, ¿que entienden tú y el MAS por socialismo?", le pregunté durante aquellos horribles días de matanza de Sánchez de Losada, en La Paz, en febrero del 2003, donde estaba invitado por el Comité Ejecutivo de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB). "Vivir en comunidad y en igualdad", me contestó. "Fundamentalmente, en las comunidades campesinas hay socialismo. Por ejemplo, si (…)