teleSUR | October 21, 2016 The ominous calls came as courts temporarily froze the referendum process to investigate thousands of fraudulent signatures submitted in the first phase. Leader’s from Venezuela’s opposition appeared to call for a coup against President Nicolas Maduro, after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that the presidential recall referendum would be temporarily […]
By Lucas Koerner | Venezuelanalysis | October 20, 2016 Caracas – Venezuela’s Supreme Court (TSJ) issued a ruling Tuesday ordering the country’s the public prosecution to reopen investigations into the case of a law student disappeared in 1966. Andres Pasquier Suarez, a law student at the Central University of Venezuela, was detained by Venezuela’s national […]
President Obama’s chief “accomplishment” in Latin America was not restoring diplomatic ties to Cuba; it was his administration’s “regime change” strategy re-imposing “neoliberal” economic orthodoxy on the region, as Ted Snider explains. By Ted Snider Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama…Read more →
By Glyn Moody | TechDirt | October 7, 2016 Earlier this year, we wrote about Australia’s refusal to allow researchers to check e-voting software being used in that country. The situation in Argentina seems to be even worse. Access Now provides the background (original in Spanish): The ruling party in Argentina is driving the adoption […]
By Teresa Gutierrez – teleSUR – October 2016 Forty years ago, on October 6, 1976, Cubana Flight 455 on its way from Barbados to Jamaica was bombed shortly after takeoff, killing 73 people, including the national fencing team of Cuba. In what was immediately seen as a terrorist act, most in the international community joined […]
By Joe Beasley | CounterPunch | October 3, 2016 The “Doctrine of Discovery” of 1493, also known as the Papal Bull “Inter Caetera”, was issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493. It is arguably the most damaging policy ever enacted in human history. In fact, the 1493 Papal Bull stated that land that […]
By Roger Harris | CounterPunch | October 3, 2016 Rio Hacha, Colombia – The mood in this improvised Colombian town on the Caribbean coast is somber tonight. The national peace plebiscite was just defeated by a mere 0.43% or 60,000 votes. The government of Colombia and the FARC insurgents signed peace accords six days ago […]
Sputnik – 03.10.2016 Russia is prepared to join efforts aimed at resolving Venezuela’s internal political standoff if necessary, Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Vladimir Zaemsky told Sputnik. “We welcome efforts of various politicians to help reach a mutual understanding between the various political groups in Venezuela and we hope that such steps eventually would lead to […]
By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim | Venezuelanalysis | September 30, 2016 A group of 29 countries called for the Venezuelan government and opposition to engage in renewed national dialogue Thursday, amid calls for more US sanctions against the South American country. Led by the right-wing government of Paraguay, the international group including the US and UK called […]
Augusto Pinochet. | Photo: EFE teleSUR | September 30, 2016 The Death Caravan was the name of a military operation that killed almost 100 political prisoners in Chile beginning on Sept. 30, 1973. Former Army Commander Juan Emilio Cheyre and six military officials were arrested July 7 in Chile for their involvement in the death […]
