News and Analysis
- 29 June 2009
"This morning military personal kidnapped Honduran president
Manuel Zelaya. According to one witness, 200 soldiers arrived at the
president's house at 6am this morning, 4 shots were
fired and later they left in vehicles towards the air base. The
soldiers also took over the government television station, Channel 8,
and took it off air. Zelaya is currently speaking live on Telsur TV,
from Costa Rica."
- 29 June 2009
Caracas, Venezuela - The text message that beeped on my cell phone
this morning read "Alert, Zelaya has been kidnapped, coup d'etat
underway in Honduras, spread the word." It's a rude awakening for a
Sunday morning, especially for the millions of Hondurans that were
preparing to exercise their sacred right to vote today for the first
time on a consultative referendum concerning the future convening of a
constitutional assembly to reform the constitution.
- 25 June 2009
24 June 2009 is
the 226th anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator of
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. We offer here a short
biography of this great man whose ideals of sovereignty, freedom and
Latin American integration are still vital today for the well being of
the region.
- 15 May 2009
The Bolivia Solidarity Campaign urges all its supporters to say NO to international fascist terrorism whose intention is to spit Bolivia apart! Please sign the petition.
They are using their violent methods to destroy and balkanize Bolivia, one of the poorest countries of the Western hemisphere (yet, incredibly rich in natural resources).
- 08 May 2009
- 26 April 2009
At the close of the Summit of the America's in April, leaders of the ALBA nations, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras released the following statement condemning all futile attempts to solve the world financial crisis without tackling its real causes and attempted to open debate about the real issues. Read the full communique here.
- 23 April 2009
- 17 March 2009
- 13 March 2009
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