Avi Lewis, Al Jazeera English AlterNet: World. October 27, 2009. The coup regime in Honduras is winning. Without action from Washington, the the backers of the coup will go unpunished.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 12, 2009. U.S. officials couldn't resist whining about Chavez's proposal to replace many of Venezuela's golf courses with public housing.
Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. May 6, 2009. The last time George W. Bush went to Latin America, protesters flooded the streets. Things have changed quite a bit since then.
Mark Ames, eXiled Online. April 23, 2009. Why does Larry Kudlow still have a job? He's gotten everything wrong, and his irrational anti-Obama rants are truly borderline.
Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. April 16, 2009. This weekend's summit, where Obama and Chavez will shake hands for the first time, might offer some glimpses into the region's future.
Benjamin Dangl, The Progressive. February 3, 2009. A group of left-leaning South American leaders is effectively replacing Washington's presence in the region.
Sean Penn, The Nation AlterNet: Video. November 26, 2008. Sean Penn talks with Raúl Castro about Obama and Guantánamo and Hugo Chávez about human rights and the next U.S. administration.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. June 11, 2008. Political chasm between Washington and Latin America continues to deepen, as Chavez rejects FARC's armed campaign.
Daniel Denvir, NACLA. May 31, 2008. The pix suggest an intelligence agency -- either Colombia's or that of an "allied" government -- operating in Ecuador.
BoRev, BoRev AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008. Castro and Chavez were right, the Hertitage Foundation was wrong. Ethanol is having a negative impact on world food supply.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 26, 2008. With a remarkable interview with Ecuador's Raphael Correa. You won't read anything like it in your local paper.
Calvin Tucker, Comment Is Free. February 19, 2008. Despite the rightwing media campaign against him, Chávez is still popular in Venezuela because his tenure has made a difference.
Jillian, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. December 25, 2007. This is about being as verbally shocking as possible, in order to confuse and muddy the issue as much as possible.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 10, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Giuliani has so far been unable to separate his campaign positions from his business interests.
Katie Halper, AlterNet. December 6, 2007. AlterNet caught up with author and activist Chesa Boudin in Caracas to get the scoop on the defeat of Hugo Chavez's referendum.
Seumas Milne, Comment Is Free. December 4, 2007. Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution suffered a setback in the form of the referendum defeat. But it's far from finished.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 27, 2007. When it comes to the commercial media's portrayal of Latin American politics, words like "democracy" and "dictatorship" have no meaning.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 9, 2007. For years now, Hugo Chavez has been a major thorn in the Bush Administration's side. Why is he such a threat to their agenda?
Greg Grandin, AlterNet. June 22, 2007. The media portrays the Venezuelan government's refusal to renew the license of a broadcaster that's tried to take downt he government as an assault on democracy. They're only telling half the story.