In the Wake of Last Year’s “Soft Coup” against Paraguay’s President, Will a...
Paraguay’s April 21 election of Horacio Cartes, a dodgy “tobacco magnate,” rancher and banker, whose Banco Amambay has been accused of laundering drug money, tax evasion and other crimes, raises the...
View ArticleParaguayan Indigenous Community Reoccupies Territory after Two Decades of...
Indigenous families in Paraguay have been living precariously on the side of a highway in Paraguay’s remote Chaco region for more than 20 years, ever since a German cattle rancher and the Paraguayan...
View ArticleThe Difference between Fact and Political Spin in Canadian Corporate Media
What’s the difference between fact and political spin in Canada’s “national” newspaper? Not much if a recent Globe and Mail article is any indication. In an article about the overthrow of Egyptian...
View ArticleGiant Global Clinical Trial for Homo Erectus/Consumopithecus Anthropocene
An ecosystem, you can always intervene and change something in it, but there’s no way of knowing what all the downstream effects will be or how it might affect the environment. We have such a...
View ArticleCanada’s Unprecedented Isolation in Latin America
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s recent mission to Latin America cannot mask Canada’s unprecedented diplomatic isolation in the hemisphere. Despite shifting ‘aid’ to the region and claiming to...
View ArticleGenetically Modified Politicians
The official UK government policy on genetically modified (GM) crops is “precautionary, evidence-based and sensitive to public concerns”. Who are they kidding? My heart always sinks when, listening to...
View ArticleParaguay’s Petroleum and the Bigger Picture
José Martí, a Cuban poet and a revolutionary hero, once remarked how “the nation that buys, commands,” and “the nation that sells, serves.” Martí’s perspicacious observation holds especially true for...
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Aché Sue Paraguay’s Government over Historic Genocide
The survivors of a South American tribe which was decimated during the 1950s and 60s are taking Paraguay’s government to court over the genocide they suffered. The case of the hunter-gatherer Aché...
View ArticleBallots or Bullets: Democracy and World Power
The principal reason why Washington engages in military wars, sanctions and clandestine operations to secure power abroad is because its chosen clients cannot, and do not, win free and open elections....
View ArticleWho Owns the Earth?
We are now living outside of the laws of nature where nature is now turning against man and becoming the enemy. — The Kogi Mamas Last week the latest efforts to head off climate change started in Lima,...
View ArticleSocialist Argentina Helping People in Fascist Paraguay
One of the mightiest South American waterways – Rio Paraguay – is forming a national frontier between Argentina and Paraguay, two countries with similar cultures but diametrically different political...
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Fascist Paraguay’s Disrespect for Human Life
I have always liked this country of red earth, mighty rivers and rough cobblestone streets. I have liked its bougainvillea, its long silent nights, and its endless open spaces. But almost everything...
View ArticleStop Millions of Western Immigrants
Tens of millions of European and North American immigrants, legal and illegal, have been flooding both the cities and countryside in Asia, Latin America, and even Africa. Western migrants are charging...
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Paraguay: Government Ordered to Protect Uncontacted Tribe
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered Paraguay’s government to protect an uncontacted tribe from being wiped out. In a highly unusual decision, the Commission, part of the OAS, has...
View ArticleThe Empire Wants Ms. Clinton, The Conqueror!
What a fine race it has become! Both Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump are competing in it as a who is the ‘tougher guy/gal’ in what could be easily described as a 21st Century Tarantino-style (or...
View ArticleWill “they” really try to kill President Duterte?
Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken President of the Philippines, has by now most likely joined the concealed, prestigious and permanent hit list of the Empire. The hit list is very long; it has already...
View ArticleSecurity, Safety, Security! Dictatorship by Democracy
The other day, checking in at a European airport for an international flight, within about an hour it took to deposit my luggage, going through airport security, the metal detectors, body screening...
View ArticleOttawa hires Hit Man to Overthrow Venezuelan Government
Meet the hired gun Ottawa is using to overthrow the Venezuelan government. The brazenness of Ottawa’s intervention in the South American country’s affairs is remarkable. Recently Global Affairs Canada...
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In the Eye of the Eagle: From Strict Catholic School to Adventures in...
A slow, tacking flight: float then flap. Then a pirouette and it has swung on to a different tack, following another seam through the moor as if it is tracking a scent. It is like a disembodied spirit...
View Article21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America
During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place...
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