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Address by the President of Guyana against Venezuela

by Mohamed Irfaan Ali

Georgetown (Guyana) | 26 January 2021

[07.01.2021.] I had not anticipated speaking to you in a national broadcast so soon after my New Year’s Day statement.
But a troubling event has occurred concerning our territorial integrity that requires that I speak to you directly, in full transparency, and to keep you fully informed. (...)

Towards a « Latino Spring »?

by Thierry Meyssan

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 May 2017

Anxiety is growing in Latin America – the United States and the United Kingdom are preparing a « Spring » for them on the model of the « Arab Springs ». Of course, this time, it will not be a case of spreading war and dividing the populations along religious lines – Latino citizens are (...)

Remarks by President Obama on the situation in Haiti

by Barack Obama

14 January 2010

Good morning everybody. I’ve directed my administration to launch a swift, coordinated and aggressive effort to save lives and support the recovery in Haiti.
The losses that have been suffered in Haiti are nothing less than devastating, and responding to a disaster of this magnitude will (...)

Russia, Bolivia to launch gas joint venture

by F. William Engdahl

17 October 2009

Relations between the US and Bolivia have been tense ever since Evo Morales became president in December 2005, pledging to nationalize his country’s vast gas reserves. They hit a critical point in September 2008 when Morales ordered the expulsion of the U.S. ambassador, accusing him of (...)

Honduras: Coup plotters ’hire Israeli mercenaries’

25 September 2009

President Manuel Zelaya at Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has accused the coup regime of hiring Israeli mercenaries to flush him out of the Brazilian embassy with ultrasonic weapons.
Mr Zelaya said on Thursday he feared they may enter the (...)

The Canadian Government on Honduras: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow

by Arnold August

Montreal (Canada) | 13 July 2009

In its attempts to subdue the Hondurans, the Anglo-American Empire is resorting to the traditional method of "good cop, bad cop”: covert action and military coup versus diplomacy and smoke screens. Both tactics
are pursued simultaneously and when necessary, the roles are distributed between (...)

The Obama administration’s first military coup

SouthCom seizes the reins of power in ALBA member state

by Thierry Meyssan

Beirut (Lebanon) | 29 June 2009

By questioning the US military presence in Soto Cano and joining Alba, Honduras has enraged Washington. Soldiers trained at the School of the Americas, under the supervision of US advisers, have toppled the constitutionally elected president Manuel Zelaya, installing in his place his (...)

Ecuador to sue WSJ over FARC allegations

28 June 2009

President Rafael Correa with Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage for 6 years by Farc guerrillas (2002-2008).
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has vowed to sue the Wall Street Journal for linking his government to the Colombian FARC rebels.
"We will sue this newspaper because we are sick of (...)

Argentina: 33rd Anniversary Of Military Coup

by Gaia Edwards

25 March 2009

Mothers of "desaparecidos" (missing)
March 24, 2009 marked the 33rd anniversary of the military coup which will be remembered as one of the darkest days in Argentina’s history.
On that day, a military junta overthrew a democratically elected government. Over the next 8 years, up to 30,000 (...)

Embargo

Cuba: Obsessive Target of the Bush Administration

by Salim Lamrani

Paris (France) | 30 January 2006

The United States’ obsession with Cuba never ends. Condoleezza Rice has just ordered the stiffening of the economic blockade against the island while, at the same time, the US chargé d’affaires in Havana makes efforts to create a pseudo-opposition at the service of the United States. The Bush (...)