Category: Americas

By Prof. James Petras 03 December 2011 Imperial states build networks which link economic, military and political activities into a coherent mutually reinforcing system. This task is largely performed by...

By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar 03 January 2011 Anti-Americanism is a label used with some extravagance and frequency but is rarely worn as a badge of honour. It is a pejorative...

By Dr. William Mallinson | 25 December 2010 At long last, a man, a real hombre, Julian Assange, has arrived to outdo the revered American Daniel Ellsberg. He is aided, it...

(Wolff v. Lucas) By CESRAN | 21 December 2010   The University of Birmingham, as part of a new series in which academics comment on contemporary issues, brought Professor Stefan Wolff...

By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 13 December 2010   Sarah Palin, a likely Republican candidate for the presidency in 2012, has called for Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange, to be "hunted down...

By Francesca Lessa | 19 November 2010   The 54th President of Argentina,Nestor Kirchner On October 27, 2010, former President of Argentina, 60-year-old Nestor Kirchner, died after suffering a heart attack....

By Dr. Guy Burton | 17 November 2010   The First Female President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla Miranda The dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica stems from an island located at...

By Fernando Brancoli | 16 November 2010   The 58th President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe In January 2009, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe affirmed that after decades of defeats, his country, together with...

By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 03 November 2010 An Anglo-French military treaty, due to be signed today, has been greeted with dismay in some quarters while indicating to others that the...

By Dr. Guy Burton | 28 October 2010   The death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner (2003-07) provides an opportunity to reflect on Argentina’s domestic politics, economy and foreign policy. The past...

By Prof. James Petras | 09 October 2010 The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its...

By Dr. Guy Burton | 09 October 2010   On the surface the result in Brazil’s presidential election was relatively predictable. Both the principal parties’ candidates, Dilma Rousseff of the Workers Party...

By Simay Özlü Diniz | 03 October 2010   Zafer Caglayan, the state minister for foreign trade of the Republic of Turkey, visited the United States with the ambition of improving Turkish-American...

By Dr. Guy Burton | 26 August 2010 The decision by Peru's indigenous communities to form a political party ahead of next year's presidential election poses a number of questions. These...

By Dr. Guy Burton | 29 July 2010 Last weekend the UNITAS naval exercises between the US and several South American navies, including 1300 from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru...