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Ron Ridenour: Sounds of Venezuela, Part V
Blas Castillo, 57, works on Fundo Bella Vista, a farm cooperative sanctioned by the Venezuelan government. Photo: David Rochkind/Polaris, for The New York Times Click here to view the entire series. Sounds of VenezuelaPart V: The Green Revolution, 1By Ron … Continue reading
Ron Ridenour: Sounds of Venezuela, Part IV
Source: Global Exchange Click here to view the entire series. Sounds of VenezuelaPart IV: “This is the revolution of women”By Ron Ridenour / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2008 CHU CHU CHUCHUG CHUG CHUGCHE CHE CHE What! Is that … Continue reading
Ron Ridenour: Sounds of Venezuela, Part III
Caracas: Cachapa de jojoto con queso de mano. Photo credit: Xosé Castro. Click here to view the entire series. Sounds of VenezuelaPart III: Friendly Internal CritiqueBy Ron Ridenour / The Rag Blog / October 2, 2008 At the beginning of … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky on Latin American and Caribbean Unity
Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Photo by Alizar Raldes / AFP / Getty Images.‘The initiatives taken in Venezuela have had a significant impact throughout the subcontinent, what has now come to be called “the pink … Continue reading
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Ron Ridenour: Sounds of Venezuela, Part II
Rosa León in local church with writer during February 12 celebrations of La Victoria’s liberation from Spain. Photo: Ron Ridenour. Click here to view the entire series. Sounds of VenezuelaPart II: The Rose LionessBy Ron Ridenour / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Ron Ridenour: Sounds of Venezuela, Part I
This is the first of an eleven-part series from long-time activist, traveller, and author Ron Ridenour. He very kindly asked us to publish this wonderful story of his experiences in Latin America titled Sounds of Venezuela. We will publish a … Continue reading
Bolivian Crisis in the New South America
Supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales shout slogans against Pando’s governor Leopoldo Fernadez outside a justice court in La Paz September 18, 2008. Photo by David Mercado / Reuters.The Machine Gun and the Meeting TableBy Benjamin Dangl / September 18, … Continue reading
Nixon: "Our Hand Doesn’t Show On This, Though"
35 Years After Original 9/11: New Transcripts of Kissinger’s Role in Chilean CoupBy Peter Kornbluh / September 13, 2008 When Henry Kissinger began secretly taping all of his phone conversations in 1969, little did he know that he was giving … Continue reading
Cuba: Still Much More Concerned with the Things That Truly Matter
CUBA: Shoring Up the Educational SystemBy Patricia Grogg / August 29, 2008 HAVANA, Aug 29 — In the new school year, which begins next Monday, Cuba’s educational system will be trying out several changes aimed at overcoming the decline in … Continue reading
US Arrogance: Exported Around the World
Charles Glazer (left), US Ambassador to El SalvadorMeddling in Elections, Central America-StyleBy Burke Stansbury / August 21, 2008 During a recent heated meeting at the US Embassy in El Salvador, Ambassador Charles Glazer admitted that the US government had intervened … Continue reading
Fidel’s Is Still Bigger Than Bush’s !!
Fidel completes 82 years: Santería priests and priestesses in Cuba carried out yesterday, Wesnesday, a ritual in which they prayed again for the health of the veteran leader, for whom they wished “long life”. The ceremony included calling upon the … Continue reading
Fleeting Glimpses by A. Traveler
Catedral, Calle de la Reina.Before the Golden Arches Invade the Pearl of the Caribbean…by A. Traveler / The Rag Blog / August 21, 2008 Six days in one city isn’t enough to form opinions of a country that has fired … Continue reading
