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.
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.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: The Mix. October 12, 2006. Plus: Latin America round-up! A bloody battle in Bolivia, elections in Ecuador and Brazil and Argentina's version of Bill and Hil.