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Beware of Politicians Bearing Gifts for the Cold War Hydra
More on Senator McCain and the Freedom House Operation
By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere
August 6, 2008
McCain’s Kyrgyz Connection: The “Freedom House” That Isn’t Free
The US Presidential Candidate, His Lobbyist-Advisor, and the “Tulip Revolution” Gone Awry
By Bill Conroy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 3, 2008
Chiquita Board Members: Total Identification
“When I joined the board, I knew the company was making payments to paramilitary groups in Colombia,” - Morten Arntzen, Current Chiqutia Brands Director
By CCAJAR
Editorial
July 30, 2008
http://www.colectivodeabogados.org/article.php3?id_article=1364
Video Newsreel: The Drug War and Plan Mexico
“US Money and Training Will Only Make Things Worse”
By Avi Lewis
Inside USA, Al-Jazeera
July 28, 2008
Scenarios for the FARC
The US Southern Command (SouthCom), as Expressed in Plan Colombia II, Does Not Seek the Definitive Defeat or Negotiations with the Colombian Guerrillas
By Raúl Zibechi
Americas Policy Program
July 26, 2008
The Democrats’ Schism at a Mexico City Fundraiser
The “NAFTA Generation” of Corporate Ex-Pats Deceived the Obama Campaign and the Attendees at a Fundraising Event Last Tuesday
By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 24, 2008
Panama Supreme Court Ruling May Leave Lawyers and Money Launderers Jobless
After 40 Years as a Haven for Banking and Corporate Secrecy a Libel Case Brought by HSBC Bank Against a Canadian Expatriate Has Far Reaching Consequences
By Okke Ornstein
Via the NarcoSphere
July 24, 2008
Join Narco News and The Field for a Garden Party on August 24 in Denver, Colorado
Sponsor and Reserve Your Ticket for a Fundraising Event to Benefit The Fund for Authentic Journalism
By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
July 23, 2008
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/you-dont-have-be-denver-join-this-party
US Congress Freezes Funding of for Cuban-American Groups Following Evidence of “Massive Fraud”
The Washington-Based Anti-Castro Group, The Center for a Free Cuba, Embezzled $500,000, Provoking the Moratorium
By Frances Robles
The Miami Herald
July 23, 2008
“This is Essentially a Big Chunk of the Payoff the Corrupt Cuban Exile Community Gets”
Video: Frank Calzon of the Center for a Free Cuba Storms Off a TV Studio Set When Confronted with Fraud Charges by Joe Garcia in Miami
By Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
The Daily Kos
July 23, 2008
IACHR Denounces Haiti For Political Persecution Of Yvon Neptune
Two Years After His Release and No Credible Evidence Against Him the Haitian Government Remains Reluctant to Dismiss the Case
By Joe Emersberger
Haiti Analysis
July 23, 2008
Will the Stock Market Sink Panama’s Petaquilla Mine?
Misconduct by Public Officials, Environmental Protests, and Criminal Complaints May Result in Market Forces Ending the Company’s Destructive Mining Practices
By Okke Ornstein
Via The NarcoSphere
July 17, 2008
The Historical Significance of the Cochabamba Factory Workers' Strike
If Neoliberalism Left Something Intact, It Was the Factory Workers’ Movement
By Oscar Olivera F.
Ukhampacha Bolivia
July 15, 2008
Law Enforcement Groups Call for Probe of U.S. Rep. Reyes’ Handling of Kidnapping Case
The Complaint, Filed with a Congressional Committee, Seeks an Ethics Investigation into the Congressman's Actions and Cites Narco News Reports
By Bill Conroy
Via The NarcoSphere
July 15, 2008
What is the Venezuelan News Media Actually Like?
21 Caracas Daily Newspapers, Diverse Community Radio and TV Stations, Disprove the US-Propagated Myths
By Andrew Kennis
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 14, 2008
Plan Mexico: An Online Debate Between US Senator Pat Leahy and Laura Carlsen
The Los Angeles Times Welcomes Your Comments, Too, at its La Plaza Blog
By La Plaza
The Los Angeles Times
July 9, 2008
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/07/draft-merida.html
Stops Along the Cancer Treatment Trail
“The nurse asked me to close my eyes, take a few deep breaths, and imagine myself in a calm, familiar and peaceful place. I pictured myself on on Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, with my Narco News cohorts”
By George Sanchez
The Arizona Star
July 7, 2008
84 New Co-Publishers in Three Weeks, and 42 Regional Groups
Narco News Continues Breaking the Information Blockade, Now on Both Sides of the Border
By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
July 7, 2008
North America Doesn't Exist
Proponents of Extending the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Flunk Geography, and Economics, Too
By Laura Carlsen
IRC Americas Program
July 7, 2008
Company that Led Training in Torture Techniques for Mexican Police Is Risks Incorporated of Miami, Florida
Trainer Gerardo “Jerry” Arrechea is a High-Ranking Member of the Comandos F4, an Armed Cuban Terrorist Organization
By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere
July 7, 2008
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