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Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Columnist for the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde and author of several books including Jineteros en la Habana (1997), Flores Desechables: Prostitución en Cuba (1998), and Chavez Nuestro (2004). She has twice been awarded the Premio Nacional de Periodismo “Juan Gualberto Gómez”, the country’s most important award given annually to a professional journalist.

27 articles

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The Testimony of a US ex-marine, who went to fight in Iraq

Jimmy Massey: «I have been a psychopathic murderer»

by Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Caracas (Venezuela) | 31 January 2008

For nearly 12 years, staff sergeant Jimmy Massey was a hard-hearted US marine. He arrived in Iraq in March 2003 as part of US invasion troops with 45 men under his command; they did not hesitate at killing innocent civilians. Massey attended the most recent Caracas Book Fair, where he (...)

The role of mainstream media in military strategy

General Raul Baduel: The US are waging a 4th generation war against Venezuela

by Luis Báez, Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Caracas (Venezuela) | 7 June 2005

Division General Raúl Isaias Baduel, commander in chief of the Venezuelan army, analyzes the United States’ plan for subversion of Venezuela. After having attempted to overthrow President Chavez by organizing a coup d’état and having fomented his assasination in vain, they are waging a 4th (...)

Interview with a CIA-Disip Agent

The CIA was Interested in Chávez since He was Released from Jail in 1994

by Luis Báez, Rosa Miriam Elizalde

16 February 2005

When we were making our interviews for El Encuentro (The Meeting) (Department of Publications of the Council of State, 2005), fate took us to the exceptional testimony of a specialist of the Venezuelan Direction of Protection and Intelligence Services (DISIP). In the 1990s, she was in charge (...)