Latin America
Samuel Logan - Aug 26, 10
Now that Colombia’s crackdown on the FARC has significantly weakened the group, there are signs that it is setting up in neighboring Venezuela and preparing for a rebirth of sorts.
Prof James Petras - Aug 16, 10
US policy toward Venezuela has taken many tactical turns, but the objective has been the same: to oust President Chavez, reverse the nationalization of big businesses, abolish the mass community and worker based councils and revert the country into a client-state.
Admin - Jul 01, 10
July 1st (Guardian UK) - The British government is subsidising one of the world's largest and riskiest oil-drilling projects in the Atlantic Ocean and would be liable for tens of millions of pounds if a major accident took place.
Admin - Jul 01, 10
July 1st (Raw Story) - Panama's ex-dictator Manuel Noriega on Tuesday dismissed charges of laundering drug money as an "imaginary banking scheme" concocted by the United States as he took the stand in a French court.
Admin - Jun 29, 10
June 29, 2010 (Reuters, Thierry Leveque) - The trial of Manuel Noriega on money-laundering charges began in Paris on Monday with lawyers for the ex-Panamanian dictator arguing the proceedings were unlawful and he should be allowed to return home.
Admin - Jun 25, 10
June 25th (VOA News) - Alleged Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke has been extradited to the United States, one month after a manhunt for him sparked violence that left at least 73 people dead in the capital, Kingston.
Casey Gane-McCalla - Jun 13, 10
With the recent violence in Jamaica and the controversy over alleged drug lord, Christopher “Dudus” Coke, many people are talking about the infamous Jamaican Shower Posse and the neighborhood of Tivoli Gardens, where they have their base. What is being ignored largely by the media, is the role that the American government and the CIA had in training, arming and giving power to the Shower Posse.
Admin - May 25, 10
May 25, 2010 (BBC) - Jamaican security forces hunting for alleged drugs lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke have stormed his Kingston stronghold.
Admin - May 25, 10
May 25, 2010 (Reuters, Michael Perry) - Thousands of Bangkok residents, angered by the riots that devastated their city, used razor knives on Sunday to scratch off anti-government posters and brooms to sweep away tonnes of rubbish left by protesters.
Admin - May 18, 10
May 17, 2010 (AFP) - South Korea has found "decisive evidence" that a North Korean torpedo sank one of its warships after analysing chemical traces found on the wreckage, a media report said Tuesday.
