Counter Punch
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
President Obama’s true priorities were on full display this past week as he attended the NATO Summit in Poland’s capital of Warsaw. For while Obama met with other NATO heads of state to discuss raising troop levels, bringing more military hardware into Eastern Europe and to the doorstep of Russia, and generally heightening tensions with a nuclear power, America found itself in crisis.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 06:21
Some 800 retired special-forces veterans of the Colombian army will be fighting in Yemen soon as mercenary soldiers. It’s no surprise: Colombia is a star contributor to the U. S. project of orchestrating proxy warriors to enforce its global plan.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:35
The recent surge in U.S. arms transfers to the Middle East is part of an unprecedented boom in major U.S. arms sales that has been presided over by the Obama administration.
Thursday, September 3, 2015 - 06:31
Unlike the US or France, Canada is not a leading military force in Africa. But Ottawa exerts influence through a variety of means including training initiatives.
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 00:00
In 2012, according to the World Bank, poverty fell by 20 percent- the largest decline in the Americas. The recent problems have not gone on long enough for most people to give up.
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 00:00
On three occasions between late June and mid-July, manila envelopes that contained warnings of imminent annihilation were delivered to various social justice organizations in Barrancabermeja.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 00:00
Some of Chavez's greatest legacies are not in the presidential palace, but in the streets, factories and neighborhoods of Venezuela
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 00:00
What is increasingly coming into question from these economic shocks and the ongoing death-by-a-thousand-cuts that inflation represents, is the government's ability to manage the economy.
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 00:00
Guatemala achieved a breakthrough for justice on January 31, with the opening of the landmark criminal trial of Rios Montt, former military dictator, for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 00:00
Martelly's announcement in September 2011 that he intended to bring back the Haitian military was the first of many unpopular moves.