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Dec 04 2023 Venezuela, Essequibo, Guyana
Yesterday, Venezuelans voted to return the province of neighboring Guyana to its native harbor. 95.3% voted for the annexation of new territories.
The province of Essequibo, where oil and gas fields were discovered relatively recently, was actually handed over to Western oil companies.
In the 19th century, the British took the province from Venezuela. Together with the… Continue reading
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Dec 01 2023 Dollarization of Argentina – or not?
By Peter Koenig
Just 10 days after Argentina’s run-off presidential elections, and way before his inauguration on 10 December 2024, President-elect Javier Milei, has already chosen the Minister of Economy and Finance, whom he will entrust with ditching the Peso for the US dollar and dismantling the Argentine Central Bank. – Or, so the story goes.
After… Continue reading
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Nov 25 2023 Atilio Borón: Milei’s Triumph in Argentina Was a Neatly Planned Media Construction (Interview)
From the Orinoco Tribune
Correo del Alba interviewed renowned Argentinian political scientist and intellectual Atilio Borón about far-right Javier Milei’s victory in the Argentinian presidential elections.
Milei is what is known today in the political field as an outsider. How did this controversial figure, supported by young people, mostly men, rise meteorically? Did the Peronist old guard… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2023 Argentina – a Political Earthquake
By Peter Koenig
On Sunday, 19 November, the extreme neoliberal Javier Milei won the run-off elections with 56% against 44% for the present Peronist (center left) Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa. This is more than a surprise. On 23 October, during the first-round vote, Massa had a 36% to 30% lead. Massa is an experienced economist… Continue reading
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Sep 20 2023 UNGA78 lacks sparkle
So far, LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA has the best speech and it is not a shining star in the firmament. Here is the summary and his speech can be found here. https://gadebate.un.org/en/78/brazil
There are many pieces of truth, and as many references to LGBT in the first half of the speech. Lula, there is a… Continue reading
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Sep 11 2023 9/11: FM Sergey Lavrov’s article for the Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the 50th anniversary of the Chilean military coup
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1903876/
Fifty years ago, on September 11, 1973, a significant event took place in Chile that became an immense shock to the global community. The Popular Unity government was overthrown in a bloody coup d’etat and the military dictatorship of the General Pinochet-led junta was established. The entire world saw photos of fighter jets patrolling over… Continue reading
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Aug 27 2023 Argentina on the Political Brink – Again
With thanks to our writer, Peter Koenig
“Don’t Cry for me Argentina”
Sung by Madonna
The lyrics:It won’t be easy, you’ll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I’ve done
You won’t believe me, all you will see is a girl you once knew
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Aug 18 2023 Nicaragua is doing well!
This is an unlocked Patreon podcast and it is not embeddable. But please go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nicaraguas-model-87346009
Latin America Review: Just back from Nicaragua, Fiona Edwards, journalist and co-founder of the No Cold War international campaign, discusses with Camila Escalante Nicaragua’s exercise of sovereignty and strengthening ties with China and the world, and its rejection of U.S.… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2023 A few new facts coming in on that Argentinian mega IMF loan.
Recently in one of his videos Pepe Escobar stated that Argentina has, or will, withdraw its application to join BRICS.
Ben Norton reports:
Argentina just made a deal with the US-controlled IMF for a loan to… pay back another loan to the IMF.The IMF is the master of imperial debt traps.When Argentina was ruled by right-wing oligarch… Continue reading
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Jul 24 2023 Barbie and the mobilization of imbeciles
From RealQuantumBird and translated by Lady Bahrani, our friends at Comunidad Saker Latinoamérica
The hegemonic machine of brainwashing and civilizing degradation engendered by wokeness – social networks + corporate media – is conducting a test to assess its real capacity to mobilize the masses of human beings pushed into anomie and imbecility in recent decades due… Continue reading
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Jul 19 2023 EU-CELAC summit: instead of condemning Russia, demands on the EU
From Elena Panini, Russtrat.ru
Instead of condemning Russia, demands on the EU
The recent summit of the European Union and Latin America can already be considered a failure for Europe and the “former order.” The final toothless declaration was signed somehow. And that’s not all: Nicaragua refused to sign the document, calling the declaration “pompous and false”… Continue reading
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Jul 18 2023 CELAC-EU Summit
There is no shortage of straight talk from the CELAC leaders at the EU summit. They demand sanctions on Venezuela and Nicaragua to cease, and the blockade on Cuba to be lifted.
The Honduran president was forceful in her address to the meeting, calling these measures straight-out piracy.
President Xiomara Castro: “The CELAC-EU summit must approve a… Continue reading
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Jun 19 2023 From Geopolitical Economy: How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history
Argentina has constantly been trapped over two centuries in unpayable external debt owed to foreign imperial powers. This affects the everyday life of everyone: inflation, salaries, employment, public services, elections. Here is a brief history of the deuda.
Ben Norton featured this article by Esteban Almiron on his blog at the end of last year. It… Continue reading