As the entire world held its breath over the outcome
of this year’s US presidential election, the most
important election of 2012 was already in the books
— and the Left won.
On October 7, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
was re-elect…
As the entire world held its breath over the outcome
of this year’s US presidential election, the most
important election of 2012 was already in the books
— and the Left won.
On October 7, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
was re-elect…
Mérida, 12th November 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com)—The Chávez government officially launched a nation-wide debate in Venezuela about the II Socialist Plan of the Nation 2013 – 2019, whose first draft President Chávez had prese…
Continue readingTo understand the opportunities and constraints which the government faces, it is essential to outline not only the positive strengths of the government but the complex and difficult structural features of ‘transiting’ in an essentially ‘rentier economy and society’ based on extractive enclaves, essentially a petrol economy. The socialist project
Continue readingCan the United States export democracy to another country, the way it exports Coca Cola? Apparently the government, particularly, USAID, and the mass media—think so. But, some tricky issues emerge because the USA—the ‘city on the hill” represent “exceptionalism.” The United States, our teachers tell us, was God’s special gift
Continue readingThere has been much written about the erosion of democracy in Canada under the Liberals but even more egregiously under the Harper Conservatives (and PLEASE don’t call these libertarians “Tories”). There is a very long list of grievances from the abuse of prorogation, to deliberate sabotaging of Parliamentary Committees, to
Continue readingOn October 7th, Venezuelan voters will decide whether to support incumbent President Hugo Chávez or opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. The voters will choose between two polar opposite programs and social systems: Chávez calls for the expansion of public ownership of the means of production and consumption, an increase in
Continue readingIn late August 2012, President Santos announced that the Colombian regime was opening peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,(FARC), with the aim of ending nearly 50 years of civil war. Several economic, social, political and military changes account for the Santos regimes abrupt shift from a policy
Continue reading“…the black man in his own home is a barbarian and a beast…when emancipated and removed from the crushing competition of a superior race he…descends step by step down to the original depths of his ignorant and savage instincts…” – The New Orleans Bee, 1861.[1] A Dark Country The passengers
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