Agence France Presse July 27, 2009. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that the U.S. army has "plans to invade" his country from Colombia, where "a Yankee military force" is assembling.
Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 13, 2009. Washington's past policies in El Salvador have been deadly. With Salvadorians poised to vote for change, the U.S. should embrace it.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 10, 2008. We shouldn't let Ingrid Betancourt's long-awaited rescue distract from the abuses of the Uribe government.
Isaac Fitzgerald, The Young Turks AlterNet: Video. July 3, 2008. Carl Lindner Jr., a top funder for John McCain, has knowingly given money to terrorist organizations.
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.
Kintto Lucas, IPS News. March 26, 2008. Sources: the Manta air base played a role in locating, and carrying out reconnaissance of, the FARC camp in Ecuador.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. February 1, 2008. Those who follow the commercial media's coverage of Latin America can end up with less understanding than those who ignore it.