AlterNet
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:43
Since the end of the Tajik civil war in the 1990s, Emomali Rahmon has ruled his country with an iron fist. The U.S. has mostly ignored the rising repression in Tajikistan. Rahmon's commitment to the West’s so-called war on terror has all but guaranteed Washington’s silence about his tyrannical practices. When the United States invaded Afghanistan, Rahmon opened his country's airspace to the U.S.-led coalition and provided it with logistic collaboration. In return, Washington secured Rahmon's power by making him stronger than ever before.
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 00:00
The Colombian port of Buenaventura is being ravaged by a paramilitary drug war and a push to capitalize on free trade, which together feed off the bloodshed and poverty that has become the daily lot for the city's inhabitants.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
The LAP called for Colombia to enforce pre-existing but widely ignored legislation banning the cooperatives. However, as the Rubiales workers testified, in many sectors little has changed.
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 00:00
For us to do so would be to turn our backs on the 30 trade unionists slain in Colombia last year and the six that Justice for Colombia reports have been murdered already this year.
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 00:00
Voices from Latin America appealing for a new international discussion on drugs are getting louder and more numerous.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 00:00
Colombia was the first Latin American country to decriminalize drug possession after a ruling by its Constitutional Court in 1994. But during the presidency of Santos' predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, the government amended the constitution.
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 00:00
Fighting drug traffickers isn't the same as fighting guerrilla insurgencies. Fracturing trafficking groups merely creates job opportunities for aspiring drug dealers.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
Editors of a newspaper in Ciudad Juarez have set off a national debate after publishing an editorial directly addressing the drug cartels that have terrorized the city.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
A leading Colombian left-wing senator has been dismissed and banned from public office for 18 years, accused of collaborating with the Andean nation's FARC rebels.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
There is no serious war on drugs. Rather, there is violence, nourished by the money to be made from drugs. And there are U.S. industries whose primary lifeblood comes from fighting a war on drugs.