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“Not one of their own”

by Gideon Levy

1 December 2005

Three powerful bombs –not to mention the right and Shimon Peres- are expected to damage Amir Peretz’ accession to the post of Prime Minister: two of them were placed by the two most powerful opinion groups of the country and also by a scary genius. If Peretz finds a way to deactivate them, he’ll (…)

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The Summit of Salamanca and the Struggle against Terrorism

by Salim Lamrani

Paris (France) | 14 November 2005

On October 14-15, 2005, the city of Salamanca hosted the 15th Ibero-American Summit with the participation of all Latina American countries, Spain, Portugal and Andorra. This summit, organized several weeks ahead of the Summit of Mar del Plata, which represented a failure for the Free Trade Area (…)

U.S. Continues to Block Venezuelan Defense Development

by Alessandro Parma

Caracas (Venezuela) | 26 October 2005

The United States stopped Israel from repairing Venezuela’s group of F16 fighter planes as it sees the Government of Hugo Chavez as a "destabilizing force" in Latin America. It is also blocking the sale of ten transport aircraft by the Spanish Government to Venezuela.

Ibero-American Summit Brings Benefits for Venezuela and Cuba

by Alessandro Parma

Caracas (Venezuela) | 19 October 2005

President Chavez declared that the 15th Ibero-American Summit in Salamanca, Spain held on October 14 and 15, was the one, “with the most advances and achievements.” The leaders of the Ibero-American countries present called for the end of the US blockade of Cuba and the extradition of wanted (…)

Uruguay Announces Venezuela will be a Full Member of Mercosur

by Gregory Wilpert

Montevideo (Uruguay) | 18 October 2005

Uruguay, the country that currently heads up the four-member Common Market of the South, known as Mercosur, informed the public yesterday that Venezuela is scheduled to become a full member of the organization in December. Currently, Mercosur’s full members are Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and (…)

Is Chavez’s Venezuela Populist or Socialist?

by Charles Muntaner

Caracas (Venezuela) | 6 May 2005

"This is the first government that cares for us" Resident of the municipality of Libertador
Some in the US "left" are to be congratulated for their efforts to highlight the positive changes in education, health care and land redistribution that are occurring in Venezuela since the (…)