Voltaire Network

Laura Carlsen

Director of the Americas Program of the International Relations Center (IRC).

6 articles

English Español français

#2 News Story selected by Project Censored in 2009

Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA

by Constance Fogal, Laura Carlsen, Stephen Lendman

27 March 2010

The second 2009 Censored Project selection unmasks the hard-core militarization agenda behind the secretive Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) agreement, which has been obscured by the mass media. Its aim is to create a seamless North American Union under U.S. control to (…)

Protests Turn the Tide on Immigration Debate

by Laura Carlsen

Caracas (Venezuela) | 20 April 2006

The immigration demonstrations held across the country not only marked an historic mobilization of one of the nation’s most silenced sectors. They also turned the tide on a national debate that threatened the basic values and cohesion of U.S. communities. Millions of people poured into the (…)

World Water Forum Not the Place to Solve Global Water Crisis

by Laura Carlsen

Caracas (Venezuela) | 12 April 2006

Water flooded Mexico City the week of March 16-22, causing major traffic jams, provoking street confrontations, and filling the pages of local and international newspapers. Yet nothing got wet.