Robertson Advises Bush to Take Already Self-Destructive Vendetta Against Chávez
Radical right-wing Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson took the future of U.S. diplomacy in South America into his own hands Monday night when he urged the U.S. government to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez...Robertson’s comments devolved from baseless to inflammatory when he blatantly called for the Venezuelan leader’s assassination, urging, “We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability.”
Online Petition Regarding Haiti :Dear Mr. Wolfowitz[World Bank President]
We, the undersigned, write in response to the World Bank's recent statement on Haiti. On July 27, the World Bank posted on its web site an article titled 'Haiti: One Year Later' that grossly misrepresents the current reality in Haiti. To lead readers to the article, the World Bank posted a banner headline at the top of its home page reading: Haiti's Recovery, A Year of Progress and the teaser: 'New schools, roads, and jobs are among the achievements of the Interim Cooperation Framework', Haiti's economic, social and political recovery program. This is an inexcusable whitewash...
Book Review – The Chavez Code, by Eva Golinger
Eva Golinger’s outstanding investigation and documentation of the events of early April 2002 that led to the illegal coup against President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela is a must read. After unearthing US government documents for the past two years, Golinger has produced groundbreaking evidence of the extent to which the Bush administration illegally aided the opposition, influenced the Venezuelan military, and directly and indirectly supported the coup.
LUIS POSADA CARRILES MUST BE TRIED IN VENEZUELA
On August 25, 2004, the unspeakable happened: the outgoing president of Panama, Mireya Moscoso, pardoned Posada Carriles and his three accomplices, violating Panamanian law which provides that prisoners may be pardoned only when all judicial proceedings have ended. Posada Carriles's trial was in the appeals phase.
Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela
If you only listen to what the Bush administration or the corporate media have to say about what is happening in Venezuela, you probably have a distorted view of that country. What you may not know is that since 1998 seven nationwide elections and referenda have shown that support for President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian Revolution has steadily grown.
Pastors for Peace members threatened with heavy fines for traveling to Cuba
The leader of the organization Pastors for Peace, Lucius Walker, affirmed this Thursday that his group’s solidarity with Cuba was never stronger, as is its determination to confront the anti-Cuban measures of the U.S. administration... First they received a 14-point questionnaire regarding their activities in Cuba, which they refused to answer, and now they are receiving letters from the Treasury Department asking them to provide the names of people they spoke with in Cuba.
Diploma Scandal Further Mires Panama's Torrijos Government in Corruption Charges
President Torrijos was voted into office in 2004 on a pledge to root out ubiquitous venality and underhanded activity that had eroded the people’s faith in his predecessor, Mireya Moscoso...Since his inauguration, the Torrijos administration has not prosecuted a single member of Moscoso’s wildly polluted administration, nor have serious investigative efforts been undertaken to thoroughly explore the matter.
Rumsfeld and Rice on Chávez: But Where’s the Beef?
[Rumsfeld] echoed claims made earlier by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is a destabilizing force in the region and had been “unhelpful[ly]” involved in the recent political turmoil in Bolivia. Yet thus far, neither Rice nor Rumsfeld have presented the slightest shred of evidence to support their assertions that Chávez was involved in the ouster of Bolivian President Carlos Mesa.
Crimes of Omission
Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, is suffering from drought and locust infestation. The UN asked for $16 million to avert disaster. The world, including the United States, turned a deaf ear... The result is that now 3.5 million people, including 800,000 children, are in danger of dying. Finally, some aid is flowing after CNN and other media have shown the horrid consequences of the famine – the emaciated bodies of dying children.
Sino-Russian military drills demonstrate commitment to world peace
The exercises, which are staged on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of World War II, neither aim at any third party nor concern the interests of any third country and will pose no threat to any country, said Liang Guanglie, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, at the opening ceremony.
