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[The United States financed, trained, and armed the fascist dictatorship in Argentina. -- New Power] Ex-Argentine dictator convicted in baby thefts (AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years Thursday for executing a systematic plan to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured... Continue Reading →
[Although Maurice Bishop was neither a true Marxist nor communist, he and his regime fell to a brutal US invasion of Grenada in 1983. The world's greatest super power, the United States, invaded tiny Grenada. All the military might of the imperialists targeted the tiny island. The invasion of Grenada was another one of the... Continue Reading →
Paraguay: Police attack peasants in eviction move, 17 dead (Original source CNN.com) Asuncion, Paraguay (CNN) — Paraguay’s President on Saturday named a new interior minister and national police chief following clashes between police and peasants that left at least 17 dead. Former Interior Minister Carlos Filizzola and former police chief Paulino Rojas offered resignation letters... Continue Reading →
[Whether the United States military personell were involved or not, the United States is responsible for the violence in Honduras. The entire history of Latin America is a history of atrocities and exploitation inflicted by the United States against the poor peoples of the hemisphere. The poverty and maldevelopment there are a result of centuries... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism not only exploits the vast majority of humanity in the Third World, it also exploits future generations, our Earth. First World privilege is not only based on exploitation, but it is not sustainable. Exploitation of people and the Earth is poisoning the ecosystem and wreaking havoc on weather patterns. This recently resulted in the... Continue Reading →
9/11 - Chile had it worse, America by modernmarxist (new-power.org) September 11th is a dark day in history for freedom, democracy, and equality. We’re not talking about the Trade Center. On September 11th, 1973, Chilean president Salvador Allende was ousted in a bloody coup by his reactionary military generals, Augusto Pinochet among them. This is... Continue Reading →
JesusMendez Vargas, kingpin of La Familia, a Mexican drug cartel, was arrested Tuesday along with several other high ranking cartel officers.1 Despite the recent capture of Vargas and his officers, drug violence in Northern Mexico shows little sign of slowing down. The Mexican drug wars, being distinct from other gang violence previously experienced, is a direct... Continue Reading →
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