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Memoria Histórica en Villaverde del Río

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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, (…)

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 and other Latin American Countries Push Integration at Rio Summit

by Jonah Gindin

Caracas (Venezuela) | 9 November 2004

One hundred and seventy four years after independence leader Simón Bolívar’s dream of Latin American integration came crashing down, it has suddenly resurfaced finding its way into Rio Group discussions taking place this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Heads of state from 18 Latin American (…)