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Written by Alex Newman
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 05:18 |
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 Adding to pressure mounting against the U.S. dollar, left-wing Latin American leaders gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia, over the weekend for the seventh Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) summit and agreed to create a new regional currency in a bid to stop using American Federal Reserve Notes, according to foreign news reports.
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Written by Alex Newman
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Monday, 17 August 2009 10:51 |
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 More American troops will soon find themselves stationed in Colombia under the guise of battling drugs and terrorism, dramatically raising tensions in the region.
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Written by Alex Newman
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 09:00 |
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 In the wake of failed “land reform” policies, Hugo Chavez’ socialist government is now aiming to invalidate pharmaceutical patents that his commerce minister calls a “barrier to production.” The plan would allow domestic drug makers to produce the medicines under a license from the government. But critics of the move warn that it will likely lead to shortages and less foreign investment, problems that have already begun to plague the nation as it continues its attacks on the private sector.
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Written by Alex Newman
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 03:30 |
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 The “Socialist Revolution” will continue in Ecuador for at least another four years after President Rafael Correa was reelected by a wide margin Sunday. “We’ve taken a historic step in consolidating our social revolution,” he proclaimed to supporters after exit polls indicated victory. “We will never defraud the Ecuadorian people.”
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Written by Alex Newman
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Monday, 20 April 2009 09:00 |
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 Though the United States was still the focus of plenty of the usual criticism, observers noted that it was toned down at this year's meeting of the Summit of the Americas. Reporters commented that Barack Obama was the “star” of the gathering. The three-day summit began Friday, April 17 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Written by Charles Scaliger
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Monday, 16 March 2009 10:30 |
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 Tiny, tragic El Salvador became on Sunday the latest Latin American country to lurch leftwards, following the lead of the likes of Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. Popular former TV journalist Mauricio Funes was elected president as the candidate representing the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).
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Written by Alex Newman
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 22:59 |
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 After waging a successful campaign to lift term limits in February, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is on a rampage. He recently sent the military to take control of all the nation’s rice processing plants. According to the National Election Board, the change in the country’s Constitution was approved by 54.3 percent of the population. But despite his narrow margin of victory, Chávez plans to proceed with his imposition of socialism on the nation, and can now potentially run for president indefinitely.
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