Global South

(CNN) -- Ecuador teetered on the verge of a government collapse Thursday, as national police took to the streets of Quito, the capital, and physically attacked the president…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian election for 165 representatives in Venezuela's national assembly is significant but unlikely to bring about major change, despite the opposition…
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By Simon Romero From The New York Times CARACAS, Venezuela — Supporters of President Hugo Chávez won a majority in legislative elections held on Sunday, but the opposition secured at…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian The bulk of the media often gets pulled along for the ride when the United States government has a serious political and public relations campaign…
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Delinquent children, generous tycoons, corrupt lobbyists By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada Delinquent children of the guardians of law and order, tycoons who…
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By Mark Weisbrot From Folha de São Paulo (Brazil) What is José Serra trying to do? In his campaign for president of Brazil he has accused Bolivia of complicity in drug trafficking,…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian (U.K.) In March I wrote about the Obama administration's contribution (March 18) to the election campaign under way in Venezuela, where voters…
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By Atilio A. Borón From Página 12 (Argentina) An unconditional pawn of the empire, Álvaro Uribe says goodbye to the presidency of Colombia with a new provocation: the allegation…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Sacramento Bee Imagine that Barack Obama, upon taking office in January 2009, had decided to deliver on his campaign promise “to end business-as-usual in…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian At dawn one year ago, on June 28, soldiers invaded the home of Honduran President Mel Zelaya and flew him to Costa Rica. It was a frightening…
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