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Costa Rica: The lowest form of military aggression

by Luis Roberto Zamora Bolaños

29 August 2010

On 1 July 2010, Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly authorized the U.S. military to undertake policing duties in Costa Rica, based on an expired “Cooperation Agreement.” There is only one small problem: Costa Rica abolished its armed forces in 1949 and since then has had no standing army, (...)

Chavez Thanks Fidel and Raul for Barrio Adentro Mission

Havana (Cuba) | 19 April 2010

Venezuelan head of state Hugo Chavez thanked on Friday, from
Caracas, Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro, who inspired the emergence and development of the Barrio Adentro health mission.

A Historic Moment:

The Election of the Greatest Con-Man in Recent History

by James Petras

New York (USA) | 12 December 2008

Just as Obama’s electoral campaign and subsequent victory will go into the annals as the political con-job of the new millennium, his economic and political appointments will mark another ‘historic’ moment: The nomination of corrupt and failed speculators and warmongers. Let us join the (...)

Venezuela’s Urban Land Committees and Participatory Democracy

by Alex Holland

Caracas (Venezuela) | 16 February 2006

Nidia Lopez stood on one side of the brick built shack. It was like one of the thousands that made up the barrio of Andres Bello. The barrios, or slums, are where the majority of the Venezuelan population lives. Thirty people looked at Nidia. Some of them stood outside in the mud. The building (...)

A Personal Account of Barrio Adentro...or It is true, socialism does make you feel better!

by Stuart Munckton

Caracas (Venezuela) | 15 August 2005

Coming to Venezuela to witness the revolution and the social missions at its heart, I have ended up having a closer view of one of the most important missions - Barrio Adentro (Into the Neighbourhood) - than I might have hoped. Or cared for, for that matter.
Barrio Adentro was established (...)

Inside The Barrio: Venezuelan Health Care Takes Off

by Robin Nieto

Caracas (Venezuela) | 6 August 2004

Thousands waited in line for hours in the burning afternoon sun outside Caracas’ main downtown theater for an event celebrating the latest accomplishments of Venezuela’s national healthcare program called “Barrio Adentro,” or Inside the Barrio.