Wake up before it's too late

Something is happening across South America that ought to alarm you. Come back! This is important! I know most of you see Latin America as a recherché interest: my blog about Bolivia a few weeks ago, attracted the lightest traffic I have ever received. But what we are...

Chilean protests explode into riot

It's both the key to and a tragic flaw of the protest that it depends on the force of the many; when a bunch of passionate people try to get together to make a difference, the mob mentality plus passion can bring...

31st anniversary of the military coup in Argentina

"A 31 años del golpe: al Monumento para reafirmar la memoria Organismos de derechos humanos y partidos políticos marchan por justicia y contra la impunidad Organismos defensores de los derechos humanos y partidos políticos, entre otros, se movilizarán hoy en Rosario para...

The "Surge" Won't Work -- A Wilsonian Solution for Iraq

"Colin Powell, perhaps apocryphally, warned President Bush in the build up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, “If you break it you buy it.” Irrespective of the dubious intelligence upon which the case for war in Iraq...

Fiji sliding into dictatorship: former PM

"Deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase says Fiji is sliding into dictatorship as he denied claims he was plotting to set up a de facto government. Military ruler Frank Bainimarama, who seized power last week, said yesterday he had received information that Mr Qarase was...

Ricardo's Blog: Grief and Relief in Chile as Pinochet dies

Extraordinary photos from flickr photographers about the celebrations and the pain as Augusto Pinochet goes to his funeral.

Kofi Annan's Legacy of Failure

"United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered his swan song today at the Truman Presidential Library in Missouri.[1] It was a thinly veiled parting shot at U.S. foreign policy delivered by an embittered...

Harper Not In Cuba

"While the leaders of Latin America celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Harper was in Mexico attempting to make the phoney government of Felipe Calderon look legitimate."

Conspiracy Planet [unusual topics]

FRAUD / CONSPIRACY / CIA / MILITARY / BUSH

'Dirty war' victim again missing

"BUENOS AIRES — Jorge Julio Lopez has become known as the man who was disappeared twice. The first time was in 1976, during the dark days of Argentina's military dictatorship, when he was a labor activist. Lopez...

The Truth Seeker [unusual topics]

SADDAM / BUSH / BAGHDAD / SOVIET

Pinochet Held On Murder And Torture Charges

Former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, was detained under house arrest in Santiago today, over charges including, murder, torture and kidnapping.

Reading Dissident Web Sites

POLL ---- Who should be prevented from reading, or allowed to read, dissident web sites?

Statue Park Budapest

Statue Park Budapest is a special historical museum outside of Budapest downtown and close to the city of Erd. You can see communist statues form the past of the history of Hungary and the Hungarian communist era,...

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