Cuba, The Drug War, And The Isolation Of The U.S. By Noam Chomsky May 11, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Though sidelined by the Secret Service scandal, last month’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, was an event of considerable significance. There are three major reasons: Cuba, the drug [...]
Washington Felons Fret Over Hanky-Panky in Cartagena by Philip Giraldi, April 26, 2012 Print This | Share This Americans are frequently most hypocritical when they are responding to a sex scandal. The tale of the sins and omissions of the Obama secret service team in Colombia is still being revealed, piece by piece. The [...]
A Conspiracy of Whores by: John Grant Whore: (verb) To debase oneself by doing something for unworthy motives, typically to make money. -The New Oxford American Dictionary It’s a challenge to make adult sense of the absurdities coming out of Colombia right now. I had first planned to write about the Drug War [...]
Abroad, as at Home, Obama Coasts on a Wave of Disappointment Significant hope was invested in Obama to repair America’s global reputation and reorient its foreign policy – but there’s been precious little return By Gary Younge April 23, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — In January 1903 the US signed a treaty [...]
Murder, Inequality, Corporate Profits and Free Trade Go Together Matt Stoller is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. You can follow him on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/matthewstoller Here’s the President on Sunday on a new trade deal with Colombia. Obama says US trade deal with Colombia has strong protections for workers and the environment…. [...]
The Hotel Caribe in Cartagena. The woman told the New York Times she would not speak to US investigators. Photograph: Reuters Three secret service agents involved in the allegations of misconduct involving prostitutes ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Colombiahave left the agency. Two were supervisors, according to the Associated Press – one who was [...]
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine Collins said that at least 20 women were involved in the hotel incident with Secret Service agents, US Marines and prostitutes in Colombia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Secret Service scandal sheds light on sex tourism in Latin America Secret Service: Scale [...]
Police in Bangladesh say that labor leader Aminul Islam had been found murdered, and that his body bore signs of torture. (Worker Rights Consortium) Union Activists Are Being Murdered by David Macaray Make no mistake. We had some ugly anti-labor mischief of our own during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where union [...]
SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS The exclusion of Cuba by the United States government is unacceptable and unjustified • Press conference held by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, March 8, 2012, “Year 54 of the Revolution” (Typographical version: Council of State) Gustavo Machín (Moderator) – Good morning to all those present. Minister of Foreign [...]
US Agents Laundered Money, Shipped Drugs for Cartels The same old drug war tactics lead to more powerful cartels and illicit activity by US authorities by John Glaser, January 09, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents laundered millions in cash for a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his [...]
Global CST, a defence industry firm, got close to Colombian President Santos over a period of years [EPA] Much fuss has been made in recent years in neoconservative circles in the US and among Israeli foreign ministry officials, regarding the danger to global security posed by an alleged Islamist infiltration of Latin America. A pet factoid wielded by self-appointed experts [...]
Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro, a former leftist rebel, acknowledges supporters as he celebrates his win. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/Associated Press Colombians install anti-corruption crusader Gustavo Petro as mayor of Bogotá after peaceful end to volatile elections reddit this Associated Press and agencies guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 October 2011 13.20 GMT Article history A former leftist rebel [...]
Supporting Atrocities in Colombia John Glaser, July 28, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Human Rights Watch recently drew our attention to a recent spate of killings by armed groups in Colombia, gone virtually unreported here. On July 2, members of the Marxist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) murdered [...]
As we carried our film cameras through the rickety wooden homes that stand shakily above the Pacific Ocean off the Colombian Coast, we almost stumbled and fell into the water. A song for Bajamar The houses are supported by thin stilts and nailed together with planks of slippery wood that reveal huge holes staring down [...]
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. When President Zelaya–and of course he’s now former president of Honduras, but many people think he still should be president because he was removed in what most of the world at the time said was an illegal coup. But a couple [...]
Colombia to compensate victims of armed conflict Historic law to financially redress up to four million victims of decades-long internal conflict including those of the state Share19 Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogota guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 14.45 BST Article history Colombia’s compensation law will apply to victims of the internal conflict. Relatives carry urns [...]
Inside the FARC: Colombia‘s guerilla fighters Despite many of their leaders being killed in recent years, armed rebels show no sign of giving up their fight. Karl Penhaul Last Modified: 30 May 2011 17:51 Fire spits from the muzzle of a Russian-made machine gun. Assault rifles join the fray. Leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]
