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Using the Cold War

The Truman Administration’s Response to the Bolivian National Revolution

by Benjamin Dangl

19 May 2013

In light of Evo Morales’ May Day expulsion of USAID from Bolivia for seeking to undermine his government, here is a look back to the Harry Truman administration’s work to undermine Bolivia’s transformative National Revolution in 1952. "This history’s legacy lives on; Washington’s power is (...)

A second Javier Espinosa in Baba Amr

5 March 2012

Much confusion has surrounded the fate of Javier Espinosa, a journalist from El Mundo who was trapped last week in the Islamic Emirate of Baba Amr.
Contacted on 26 February in Madrid, the executive director of the Spanish daily El Mundo assured us that the reporter was "somewhere quiet" and (...)

Cuban VP Ramiro Valdes Addressed Bolivians in La Paz

Havana (Cuba) | 25 January 2010

Cuban Vice President of the Council of States and Ministers, Ramiro Valdes passed on greetings from the Cuban people to the Bolivians in a gathering to celebrate the beginning of the second term of Evo Morales’ presidency.

A Threat To Peoples of Both the South and North

A Stronger IMF and World Bank

by Éric Toussaint , Damien Millet, Renaud Vivien

22 October 2009

The G-20, the self-proclaimed global regulation authority, has decided to bolster the capacity of the FMI and the World Bank to siphon the wealth from the South in order to solve the crisis in the North. In an effort to conceal the ruthlessness of this policy, at their Istanbul meeting the (...)

Extending a hand to the Africans

Barack Obama’s three misdeeds in Africa

by Éric Toussaint , Damien Millet, Aminata Barry Touré, Emilie Tamadaho Atchaca, Ibrahim Yacouba, Jean Victor Lemvo, Luc Mukendi, Solange Koné, Sophie Perchellet, Victor Nzuzi

20 July 2009

Obama’s revamping of the Unites States’ image is still in full swing. In a speech delivered in Accra before the Ghanaian parliament, he reached out to Africans and vowed to help them defeat under-development. As previously in Cairo and Moscow, Obama’s rhetoric charmed the western media - at (...)

Why is there rampant famine in the 21st century and how can it be eradicated?

by Éric Toussaint , Damien Millet

Liège (Belgium) | 1 May 2009

While the rich countries fret over the consequences of the financial crisis, hunger continues to claim lives in the poor countries. The Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN were intended to curb famine but, instead, it is progressing. According to Damien Millet and Eric Toussaint (...)

A G20 Meeting for Naught

by Éric Toussaint , Damien Millet

9 April 2009

Those who were hoping the G-20 would result in concrete measures to resolve the world ecomic crisis will have been disappointed. The Summit prioritized finance capitalism and decided to provide increased funds to the IMF so that it may pursue its exploitative policies vis-à-vis the Third (...)

The doublespeak of a discredited IMF

by Éric Toussaint , Damien Millet

Liège (Belgium) | 14 March 2009

The international crisis that broke in summer 2008 demolished all the neo-liberal dogmas and exposed the deception behind them. Unable to deny their failure, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim they no longer uphold the set of neo-liberal policies known as the Washington (...)

The new US administration

Economy: Obama chooses those who have a record of failure

by Éric Toussaint , Damien Millet

Liège (Belgium) | 2 December 2008

Obama, the Wall Street and City’s pet, had just appointed his economic team. The ex-senator of the Illinois, who led the most expensive election campaign of the History, thanks to JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs’s subsidies, called back to the White House those who organized the wave of (...)

Statement of Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, in Beirut

Beirut (Lebanon) | 16 July 2006

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I am here to be with friends at a time when my Lebanese friends are living tragic times. The people
of Lebanon are friends of the European Union and personal friends. I have been here in all the
difficult moments in their present history and I wanted to be (...)

Javier Solana recalls the obligations of the Uzbek authorities on the first anniversary of the events of 12 and 13 May in Andizhan

Brussels (Belgium) | 12 May 2006

"I would like today to join with many others around the world in extending my sympathies once
again to the families and friends of those who died in the tragic events which took place in
Andizhan, Uzbekistan, on 12-13 May 2005.
It is with great regret that I note the continuing refusal of (...)

Speech by Javier Solana on Middle East peace process

Strasbourg (France) | 5 April 2006

I am appearing before the European Parliament at a critical time for the future of the Middle East
peace process, immediately after the forming of a new Palestinian government and the holding of
elections in Israel.
Allow me first to describe how I see the present situation, before going (...)

Javier Solana congratulates Ehud Olmert on the election result in Israel

Brussels (Belgium) | 29 March 2006

I have just spoken to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and congratulated him on the result of
the general election in Israel yesterday. I encouraged Mr Olmert to pursue all efforts to move towards a peaceful, negotiated resolution of
the Middle-East conflict.
I assured him that the (...)

Javier Solana welcomes the conduct of free and fair elections in Ukraine

Brussels (Belgium) | 27 March 2006

I congratulate the Ukrainian people on the conduct yesterday of free and fair elections to their
Rada, in accordance with international standards for democratic elections. These elections set a
new standard on which to build Ukraine’s future.
We look forward to continuing and deepening our (...)

Javier Solana’s comment on the conduct of the Presidential elections, in Belarus

Brussels (Belgium) | 20 March 2006

I am saddened by the conduct of the Belarusian presidential elections. The preliminary report by
OSCE election observers concludes that the elections did not meet international standards. It cites
unacceptable abuse of state power in the run-up to the elections, obviously designated to (...)

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