International Affairs Forum

Sat. December 14, 2024

Social Media: Americas

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for the Americas Region

Brazil: Reporter Expulsion Is No Censorship

Cancelling the visa of Larry Rohter, the New York Times bureau chief in Brazil, has nothing to do with freedom of expression, Brazilian Minister of Foreing Relations Celso Amorin said. By Edla Lula (B... Read More...

Brazil United Against NY Times

Allies and foes of Brazilian President Lula da Silva were unanimous in offering their solidarity to the President and in attacking the Sunday New York Times report. Brazil's Senate should approve a vo... Read More...

Brazil: Different Laws for Different Folks

In Brazil, a white must obey all the laws, but an Indian can kill, rape, and take hostages, and won't go to jail. A black can get head in the line to get in college. The landless can invade private pr... Read More...

Green May to Fight Red April in Brazil

In opposition to nationwide property invasions (so-called Red April) by Landless Worker's Movement (MST, initials in Portuguese), 350 farmers and landowners launched the Green May Movement to monitor ... Read More...

McNamara: Nuclear War Still Possible; NY No. 1 Target

The threat of devastating nuclear attack by Russia against the United States has not diminished, warns former Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara. By Jon E. Dougherty (NewsMax.com, 04/27/2004) Read More...

Huntington's logic fundamentally flawed

Samuel Huntington, a noted American thinker, believes the United States will not be able to assimilate the huge mass of Hispanic immigrants who settle daily there. Carlos Alberto Montaner explains why... Read More...

How the U.S. lost Brazil

When the new American ambassador to Brazil arrives at his post in May, he will find a Brazilian foreign policy agenda hostile to U.S. interests. Brazilian President Lula refers to the U.S. as an "empi... Read More...

Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Once again, a sweeping "free trade" agreement is in the works that puts commercial interests above all other values. (Global Exchange, 03/12/2004) Read More...

Brazil to US: Keep Your Eyes Off Our Nukes

Brazil considers inadmissible the U.S. proposal to sign an additional protocol on nuclear energy. By Nádia Faggiani. (Brazzil, 04/01/2004) Read More...

Brazil marks 40th anniversary of military coup

Declassified documents shed light on U.S. role in April 01, 1964 military coup in Brazil. Edited by Peter Kornbluh. (The National Security Archive, 03/31/2004) Read More...

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Pressure Chavez to obey the law

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tries to draw attention away from the real facts of the nation's problems by accusing and confronting the United States. Carlos Alberto Montaner explains. (Firma Press... Read More...

Most Argentines Back Their President, Not Debt

63% of the Argentines support President Nestor Kirchner's proposal to pay only a fraction of the nearly US$ 88 billion the country owes to international creditors, reports Jon Jeter (The Washington Po... Read More...

Che Guevara: Assassin and Bumbler

Robert Redford's film on Che Guevara "Motorcycle Diaries" received a standing ovation at The Sundance Film Festival in spite of Che's legacy of blood and terror. Humberto Fontova explains the discrepa... Read More...

U.N. Decries Cuba Over Dissident Arrests

U.N. Human Rights Comission classifies the Cuban government's imprisonment of 75 dissidents as an "unprecedented wave of repression." By Naomi Koppel. (Cubanet, 02/17/2004) Read More...

Bush Budget Plan Proposes $463 Million for Colombia in FY 2005

As part of Plan Colombia, the money will be used to support the ongoing fight against drugs and terrorism. By Eric Green. (U.S. Department of State, Washington File, 02/03/2004) Read More...

Colombia Targeting Rebel Strongholds

Colombian army carries through a more aggressive combat to defeat FARC guerrillas, reports Scott Wilson (The Washington Post, 01/25/2004) Read More...

In Brazil the Left Thrives

Leftist movements gained power after Brazil's 1964 military goup d'Etat. Far frow waning after the demise of the Soviet bloc, they shine resplendently in every realm of Brazilian society, analyses ... Read More...

Cuban leader sees invasion risk as 'real'

Named by the U.S. as one of the rogue states "whose pursuit of weapons of mass destruction makes them hostile to U.S. interests", Cuba dismisses the charges and fights back. (The Washington Times, 01/... Read More...

Washington Pursues Dangerous Policy in Venezuela

by Mark Weisbrot (Common Dreams News Center, 09/25/2003) Read More...

Keep U.S. embargo on Cuba

U.S. embargo on Cuba weakens Castro deadly regime, and should not be lifted before the dictator's death leaves a huge power vacuum, analyzes Carlos Alberto Montaner. (Cubanet, 10/02/2003) Read More...

Brazil and Cuba: More than Good Friends

Brazil-Cuba relations (Brazzil-Nation, june/2003) Read More...

Pan-American Health Organization

International public health agency working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. Read More...

Organization of American States