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Kofi Annan's Haiti Justin Podur, New Left Review (January 2006)
A Long Climb: An energized Argentine democracy is holding its own against the IMF, but for how long? James North, In These Times (December 14, 2004)
Report of the Haiti Accompaniment Project A political and human rights report on the coup and its aftermath, from Resource Center of the Americas (July 27, 2004)
Gildan Activewear -- taking sweatshops to new depths in Haiti Anthony Fenton, ZNet (July 24, 2004)
What is Brazil doing in Haiti? Emir Sader, Interhemispheric Reource Center (June 29, 2004)
Option Zero in Haiti Peter Hallward, New Left Review (May-June, 2004)
U.S. funds go to Chavez opposition Bart Jones, Foreign Policy in Focus (April 13, 2004)
Who removed Aristide? Paul Farmer, London Review of Books (April 13, 2004)
U.S.-backed candidate wins Salvador elections Richard Boudreaux, LA Times (Mar 22)
Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega said during a recent visit here that Salvadorans should consider "what kind of relationships a new government would have with us." Last week, three Republican congressmen threatened to block the renewal of annual U.S. work visas for Salvadorans if the country elected a leftist government.
Arena's leaders played up the news, warning that the U.S. could also prevent Salvadoran immigrants from sending money home. Although U.S. officials here said no such consequences were likely, the threat was on the minds of many voters.
"I have five uncles in Los Angeles, and they are very worried," said Zenaida Perez, a 32-year-old teacher. "We cannot afford to lose our good relations with the United States, because we depend on the money our families send from there."
Hidden from the headlines - The U.S. war against Haiti HaitiAction.net
Venezuela demands reciprocity from the U.S. in extraditing terrorists Venezuelanalysis.com (Jan 24)
The trouble with CAFTA Mark Engler, The Nation (Feb 2, 2004)
Law and Disorder (Colombia) Hector Mondragon, ZNet (Jan 19, 2004)
'FTAA Lite' a victory? Kristin Sampson, NACLA Report on the Americas (Jan/Feb 2004)
Venezuela's referendum on the revolution Gregory Wilpert, Resource Center of the Americas (Dec 19, 2003)
NAFTA at 10 David Bacon (Nov 17, 2003)
ChevronTexaco's ecological assault on Ecuador C.P. Pandya, ZNet (Nov 6, 2003)
What happened in Bolivia? Resource Center of the Americas (Oct 24, 2003)
U.S. News & World Report Spreads Disinformation about Chavez Government Support for Terrorism Gregory Wilpert, Venezuelanalysis.com (Oct 2, 2003)
Cuba in the cross-hairs: A near half-century of terror Noam Chomsky, excerpt from "Hegemony or Survival"
Colombia Quagmire: Time for U.S. Policy Overhaul Virginia M. Bouvier, Americas Program, Interhemispheric Resource Center (Sept 2003)
When Terrorists Talk of Human Rights (Colombia) Justin Podur, ZNet (Sept 18, 2003)
Venezuela's Recall Showdown Gregory Wilpert, ZNet (Sept 16, 2003)
From Aguascalientes to Caracoles (Mexico) Justin Podur, ZNet (Sept 12, 2003)
Uribe in Wonderland Hector Mondragon, ZNet Colombia Watch (July 30, 2003)
Hugo Chavez is Crazy! (Venezuela) Greg Palast (July 1, 2003)
A Split Screen in Strike Torn Venezuela Mark Weisbrot, Washington Post (Jan 12, 2003)
Venezuela and Argentina: A Tale of Two Coups Greg Palast, New Internationalist Magazine (July 7, 2002)