Global South

Radio Progreso Alternativa (RPA) HAVANA /QUITO – President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said that, beginning in January 2013, the tax on the profits of private banks will be increased…
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By Abner D. Barrera Several days have elapsed since the presidential elections in Venezuela, where Chavismo inflicted a serious defeat to the Venezuelan oligarchy, but the Right…
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By Eduardo Galeano From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada As usual, the United Nations Security Council repeats that it will maintain a military occupation of Haiti because it must…
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By Juan Carlos Monedero From Público.es Chávez faces Chávez One year ago, when Hugo Chávez’s illness seemed to put an end to the Bolivarian process, serious analysts agreed…
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By Mark Weisbrot Hugo Chávez was re-elected president of Venezuela on Sunday, by a margin of 11 percentage points. For most people who have heard or read about Chávez in the…
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Economic Growth, Expansion of Welfare State Likely to Continue for Many Years From the Center for Economic and Policy Research WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hugo Chávez’ re-election to…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian On May 30, Dan Rather, one of America’s most well-known journalists, announced that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez would die “in a…
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By Manuel E. Yepe HAVANA – A document published in September 2012 by the press office of the Council on Foreign Relations of the United States, identified as Contingency Planning…
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By Abner D. Barrera For several weeks now, one hears everywhere in Venezuela the Bolivarian leader’s campaign song, “Chávez, Heart of the People,” written by…
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By Abner D. Barrera CARACAS – In recent weeks, the major commercial media in different Latin American countries have intensified their propaganda against candidate Hugo Chávez…
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