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Why Latin America is disappointed with Barack Obama
By Collin Laverty
From The Huffington Post
Our organization, the Center for Democracy in the Americas, works on straightening out U.S. policy toward the region. We're trying to…
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Magical Realism — A coup in Honduras, so 20th Century! (Part 1)
By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes
“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go Communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people.” -- Henry Kissinger, June 26,…
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Is anyone telling us the truth?
By Craig Roberts
From OpEdNews.com
What are we to make of the failed Underwear Bomber plot, the Toothpaste, Shampoo, and Bottled Water Bomber plot, and the Shoe Bomber plot? These…
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Presidential ‘pacification’ of Latin America
By Noam Chomsky
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
Barack Obama is the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and he joins three others in a long tradition of…
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The hypocrisy of American bluster toward Iran
A U.S. representative who accused Tehran of sponsoring terrorism has a track record of supporting terrorists herself.
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
From The Los Angeles Times of Dec.…
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End the U.S. embargo of Cuba
The Seattle Times editorial board calls for the end of the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
SEN. Maria Cantwell calls our attention to a law, signed by President Obama, allowing Cuba to buy U.S.…
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The worst member of Congress
By Max J. Castro
Joe Lieberman is the worst member of the U.S. Congress. That’s a bold statement considering the competition. There is, after all, no shortage of truly awful Senators…
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Naked empire
By Saul Landau
In ten years of a new Century, U.S. systemic dysfunction became more dramatic. The government responded by retreating down the ancient Egyptian River. Millions of…
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Failure to communicate
Consorting with Cuban underground is no way to build détente
By Emilio Paz
When will Washington stop shooting itself in the foot?
According to a New York Times report published Dec.…
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Democrats cave on health care reform
By Bill Press
It's being hailed as the "great compromise" on health care reform. But it should be called the great sell-out.
No matter what Majority Leader Harry Reid claims, the…
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