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Paraguay, in crisis
A La Jornada editorial
With an extraordinary session of the Organization of America States (OAS) dedicated to Paraguay as the background, that South American country is the topic of…
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South America responds to coup in Paraguay
By Mark Weisbrot
From The Guardian
A coup is taking place right now – Friday (June 22) afternoon – in Paraguay. That is how it has been described by a number of neighboring…
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Center of gravity in oil shitfs to Americas
By Juan Forero
From The Washington Post
LOMA LA LATA, Argentina - In a desertlike stretch of scrub grass and red buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of…
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The U.S. war on Latin America
By Noam Chomsky
From Nation of Change
Though sidelined by the Secret Service scandal, last month’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, was an event of considerable…
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Argentina and magic soybean: the commodity export boom that wasn’t
By Mark Weisbrot
From The Guardian
One of the great myths about the Argentine economy that is repeated nearly every day is that the rapid growth of the Argentine economy during the…
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Thirty-three years of impunity: Who killed my father?
By Carlos Muñiz
To my grandmother, Idania Varela
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - As recently as November 2011, we received some documents that give evidence of the people responsible for…
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Somnambulant in Cartagena: Obama visits the future; says it doesn’t work
By Robert Sandels
"I watched Obama closely at the famous 'summit gathering.' Fatigue sometimes overcame him, he involuntarily closed his eyes and occasionally slept with his eyes…
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Mexico seeks access to Cuban oil via Repsol
By Israel Rodríguez J.
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
The director of Pemex/PEP , Carlos Morales Gil, said that, to avoid running into the Helms-Burton Law, Pemex might…
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New police chief in Puerto Rico was controversial figure in Miami
By José A. Delgado
From El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For a good many of his 27 years in the FBI, the appointed police superintendent , Héctor Pesquera, worked for…
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The U.S. and Latin America drift apart over Cuba
By Nil Nikandrov
From Strategic Culture Foundation
The slogan of the VI Summit of the Americas, which will convene in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) on April 14-15, "Connecting the…
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