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In Nicaragua, is Operation “Contra bis” failing?

Thrown under the spotlight since mid-April, the homeland of Sandino is still facing an intense political crisis. From now on, the crisis seems to be approaching its final resolution. On […]

Clinging to Collusion: Why Evidence Will Probably Never Be Produced in the Indictments of ‘Russian Agents’

The indictment of 12 Russian ‘agents,’ which included no collusion with Trump’s team, is essentially a political and not legal document because it is almost certain the U.S. government will […]

Batam Island – Indonesia’s pathetic attempt to create a second Singapore

This time it was really supposed to work! The turbo-capitalist, anti-Communist and obedient Indonesia got so used to hearing bizarrely inflated compliments from its Western handlers, that it began to […]

Israel wants to break Gaza once and for all

A nation ranked the eighth most powerful in the world has tightened the medieval siege it has imposed on a population of mainly refugees, half of them children, for more than a decade. […]

Nicaragua: Legitimacy And Human Rights

Defeated opposition leaders hoped to impose their coup, failed because they lacked popular support and now have to accept what the Sandinista government is prepared to agree.   The murder […]

Rescuing Food Sovereignty in the Venezuelan Andes

In the remote village of Gavidia, in the state of Mérida, a very interesting experience is taking place: the rescue of the native potato and other native foodstuffs; something that […]

Why Such Hate Against Rafael Correa?

They are trying to legally nullify Rafael Correa, an Ecuadorean colossus, who stood up against the empire because the horsemen of death know their Junius Brutus (Lenin Moreno) has his […]

Tribute to Robert Parry : investigative Journalist and Patriot

Robert (Bob) Parry was born in 1949 and died suddenly from pancreatic cancer in January 2018. An enthusiastic tribute to him and his work was recently held in Berkeley California. […]

Reviewed: Alan MacLeod’s ‘Bad News From Venezuela’

For almost 20 years, the US government has been trying to overthrow Venezuela’s government, and establishment media outlets (state, corporate and some nonprofit) throughout the Americas and Europe have been bending over backwards […]

A Secret Political Genocide in Colombia

“One does not know if the paramilitaries are going to kill you first or if one will be killed by the avalanche of Hidroituango.” – Ana María Cortés, campaign organizer. […]

No, AMLO Is Not Mexico’s Trump

Equating Andrés Manuel López Obrador with Donald Trump may be absurd, but that hasn’t stopped mainstream media from running with it.   Mexico’s answer to Donald Trump. Let’s say that again: […]

The Making of Contemporary Identity-Based Islamophobia

Far from being an irrational fear of Islam and Muslims, Islamophobia is a contemporary form of racism. Racist social relations have gone through historical mutations, allowing them to adapt to changes […]

Turkish-Syrian border: confusion, destruction and grief

When we first met in 2017, the Turkish poet, Mustafa Goren, stood proudly and defiantly next to a monstrous concrete wall built on orders from Ankara. The partition has just […]

Mexico: Leftist scores landslide victory despite rampant ‘voter suppression’ efforts

Mexico’s left-wing Morena movement stormed the presidency and appear poised to flood both houses of congress, despite an election marred by violence and allegations of irregularities.   At the time […]

Nicaragua: terrorism as an art of demonstrating

For two months, Nicaragua has been through a major political crisis, fueled by clashes between law enforcement and an insurgency. Humanitarian organizations report a terrifying record of nearly 200 deaths. […]

Terrorism

Understanding the Muslim World