Category Archives: Latin America

NYT Points Out Uncanny Parallels Between Karzai and Che

Posted on 12/03/2010 by Peter Hart

NewYork Times (12/3/10): Mr. Karzai first burst onto the international stage in the style of Che Guevara, slipping over the Afghan border from Pakistan in 2001 as United States forces pounded the Taliban, before being installed by the West. President … Continue reading →

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'Capitalism Saved the Miners'? Part Two

Posted on 10/18/2010 by Steve Rendall

The emerging hero of the Chilean miners' story–in Latin America and elsewhere, if not in the U.S.–is Luis Urzúa, a topographer who took a job at the San José mines as a shift foreman while awaiting the start of new … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Latin America, Wall Street Journal | 12 Comments

'Capitalism Saved the Miners'? Only in Wonder Land

Posted on 10/15/2010 by Steve Rendall

After the miners' rescue Wednesday, talk in Chile turned to mine safety and the conduct of Compañía Minera San Esteban, the corporation that owns the San Jose mines where the miners were trapped. On Thursday, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera publicly … Continue reading →

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WashPost Editorial Page (Sort of) Tells the Truth About Venezuela 'Debate'

Posted on 09/27/2010 by Peter Hart

Longtime Hugo Chavez critic Jackson Diehl leads his Washington Post column today (9/27/10) Debate in Washington about Hugo Chávez –to the extent that it exists–generally centers on whether the Venezuelan strongman is a genuine threat to the United States or … Continue reading →

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Violence Does Cross the Border After All–Going the Other Way

Posted on 09/08/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Daniel Hernandez wrote an article for Extra! last year (6/09) about the tendency of U.S. corporate media to treat Mexican violence as a phenomenon that threatens to "spill over" into the U.S.–as in New York Times headlines like "Drug Cartel … Continue reading →

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Wash Post vs. Wash Post on Venezuela

Posted on 08/02/2010 by Peter Hart

As Steve Rendallexplained here last week,the recent Washington Post editorial ("Colombia Proves Again That Venezuela Is Harboring FARC Terrorists")doesn't reallyback up itsargument thatthere is some sort of Venezuelan conspiracy to aidthe Colombiarebel group FARC. "That Venezuela is backing a terrorist … Continue reading →

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LAT Film Critic Shouldn't Throw at Stone

Posted on 07/06/2010 by Jim Naureckas

L.A. Times film critic Kenneth Turan (7/2/10), reviewing Oliver Stone's documentary South of the Border, remarks in passing that "a recent piece in the New York Times pointed out numerous errors" in the film's discussion of Latin American politics. Turan … Continue reading →

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