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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 7, 2012

  Caribbean countries oppose Britain over Falklands

by Caribbean News Now contributor: CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Commonwealth Caribbean countries of Antigua-Barbuda, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines are among ALBA members that have agreed to block any ships flying the Falkland Islands flag from docking in their ports....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 8, 2011

  Venezuela's Chavez: Voices in the night

By Rebecca Theodore The soft chimes of sorrow and delight haunt the chambers of the Venezuelan night. Straggling garments swish through her marble halls as Chavez lay fringed with fright from the celestial walls. The serene, majestic presence of the night hooves a mighty spell...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 19, 2010

  ALBA: How Much of a Turn to the Left in Latin American Governance and Economic Policy?

By Christina DeFeo - Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA): The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) was established on December 14, 2004 by Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro. Tired of failed neo-liberal initiatives and Washington’s unfettered political leadership in Latin...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 11, 2010

  Venezuelan Inventiveness, Marxism, and Vernacular Revolutionary Traditions

By John Bellamy Foster - Monthly Review: I’m certain that this process is irreversible. This movement of change, of restructuring, of revolution, will not be stopped. —Hugo Chávez, 2002[1] El Caracazo In the eyes of much of the world, the year 1989 has come to stand for...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 1, 2010

  Bolivarian Ecosocialism

By Sam McGill:  In March 2010 I attended a national meeting in Caracas held by the forum for Bolivarian Ecosocialism. This conference developed plans and proposals for the Forum for Indo-Bolivarian Ecosocialism, which formed a part of the World People’s Summit on Climate Change in...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 14, 2010

  Yankis: Remember April

CUBA, VENEZUELA Nidia Díaz • HISTORY has its caprices which, as time passes, become symbols. On April 19, 1961, the Cubans defeated the mercenary invasion on the sandy beaches of Playa Giron. The Bay of Pigs invasion was been backed and paid for by the U.S. government, in an...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 1, 2010

  2009: Deceptions, crises and hopes

Nidia Diaz THE year 2009 has ended and the international panorama offers a curious gamut of conflicts, crossroads, frustrations and extreme situations intermixed with positive hopes and developments, all combined with the serious global economic crisis provoked by the United States. Its...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 19, 2009

  The moment of truth

Reflections of Fidel NEWS arriving from the Danish capital paints a picture of chaos. After planning an event in which around 40,000 people were to participate, the hosts have no way of keeping their promise. Evo, who was the first of the ALBA presidents to arrive there, expressed...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 13, 2009

  The Caribbean in the new world order

Benito Wheatley, Contributor Trinidad's Prime Minister Patrick Manning. – File Caribbean states today find themselves in an international system in which the traditional centres of power are shifting. No longer is power solely concentrated among a select few powerful...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 10, 2009

  The annexation of Colombia to the United States

Reflections of Fidel ANY person who is even moderately well-informed can immediately see that the sugar-coated "Complementation Agreement for Defense and Security Cooperation and Technical Assistance between the Governments of Colombia and the United States," signed on October 30 and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 23, 2009

  The Summit and the lie

Reflections of Fidel SOME of the things that Daniel told me would be hard to believe if it was not him who told me them and it was not at a Summit of the Americas where they occurred. The unusual thing is that there was no such consensus on the final document. The ALBA group did not...... [view]

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