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Roger Burbach

Estadounidense, director del Center for the Study of the Americas, basado en Berkeley, California. Ha escrito extensamente sobre América Latina, incluyendo, "The Pinochet Affair: State Terrorism and Global Justice." También es autor, junto con Jim Tarbell de: "Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire."

Director of the Center for the Study of the Americas based in Berkeley, CA. His most recent books are “The Pinochet Affair: State Terrorism and Global Justice,” and “Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire” (co-authored with Jim Tarbell).

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Bush Squares Off with Bolivia and Venezuela over Hemispheric Model

by Roger Burbach

Caracas (Venezuela) | 5 June 2006

George W. Bush has come out with harsh words for the governments of Bolivia and Venzeuela. “Let me just put it bluntly - I’m concerned about the erosion of democracy in the countries you mentioned,” Bush said in response to a question put to him about Venezuela and Bolivia. “I am going to (...)

The Imperial President and the Bolivarian Democrat

Bush vs. Chavez

by Roger Burbach

Caracas (Venezuela) | 17 November 2005

Bush’s Orwellian declaration about Chavez upended the realities of Chavez’s Venezuela and Bush’s America. Elected to the presidency in 1998, Chavez received 56 percent of the vote, while as the world knows Bush in the 2000 elections lost the popular vote to his Democratic opponent.

Hugo Chavez: A Bolivarian Socialist at the United Nations

by Roger Burbach

New York (USA) | 4 October 2005

Hugo Chavez has moved onto the world stage as an advocate of profound change within his own country and abroad. At the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week he proclaimed: “The United Nations has exhausted its model…

The WSF and the Tale Of Two Presidents: Chavez of Venezuela and Lula of Brazil

by Roger Burbach

Caracas (Venezuela) | 4 February 2005

Criticized by some for being little more than a debating society and a “one stop shopping center for the left,” this year’s fifth annual World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil marked a major breakthrough for the Forum. It served as a pivotal venue for the discussion and critique of (...)