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Palestinians score as Argentina cancels Israel match

Ali Abunimah — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 22:37:41 +0000

Palestinians are celebrating the news that Argentina – and its star Lionel Messi – will not be playing the “friendly” football match that had been set for Jerusalem next weekend.

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The Malvinas: An Unresolved Dispute between Argentina and Britain

Chandra Muzaffar — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:05:45 +0000

The question of the Malvinas Islands (Falkland Islands) remains one of those unresolved disputes in international politics which seldom receives much attention from the world community. This is a pity since the United Nations has for the last 50 years called upon the two parties to the dispute — Argentina and Britain — to negotiate a peaceful solution through bilateral negotiations.

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The ‘Media Troika’: The Financial Press and Political Warfare

Prof. James Petras — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 23:29:47 +0000

With the collapse of the Communist countries in the 1990’s and their conversion to capitalism, followed by the advent of neo-liberal regimes throughout most of Latin America, Asia, Europe and North America, the imperial regimes in the US and EU have established a new political spectrum, in which the standards of acceptability narrowed and the definition of adversaries expanded.

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Debacle, Inc. How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our “Proliferated” World

Greg Grandin — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:14:08 +0000

For all of the celebration of him as a “grand strategist,” as someone who constantly advises presidents to think of the future, to base their actions today on where they want the country to be in five or 10 years’ time, Kissinger was absolutely blind to the fundamental feebleness and inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union. None of it was necessary; none of the lives Kissinger sacrificed in Cambodia, Laos, Angola, Mozambique, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, East Timor, and Bangladesh made one bit of difference in the outcome of the Cold War.

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“Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis?

Prof Michel Chossudovsky — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:51:04 +0000

Pope Francis is said to have brought “Liberation Theology into the Vatican”, in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi. While highlighting his commitment to peace and social justice, the Western media fail to mention that Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis I) has been a staunch supporter of US imperial interests in Latin America for more than 30 years.

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Bolivia Ready to Fight the US – Evo Morales

Alison Banville — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:43:33 +0000

“Bolivia is the beloved child of Simon Bolivar and this country is prepared to fight to repel any aggression against Venezuela on the part of the United States,”

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Argentina Wins British Victory in Vulture Funds Battle

jimmy — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:30:58 +0000

Argentina won another victory in its ongoing “vulture funds” battle Friday when a British judge supported the unblocking of the country's debt repayment, weakening the position of the vultures who have been desperate to collect from the Argentine state.

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Speech of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez : UN General Assembly

jimmy — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:58:30 +0000

Turning to the Security Council, she said that as long as the votes of the five permanent members counted more than those of other countries, nothing would ever be resolved. As a non-permanent member of the Council, she had questions about who had armed the “bad guys”. But one group had led to another, and now there was ISIS. “Where does this come from?” she asked. Some might be able to answer such questions, she said.

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Colonization by Bankruptcy

jimmy — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:05:40 +0000

"When it comes to the sovereignty of our country and the conviction that we can no longer be extorted and that we can’t become burdened with debt again, we are emerging as Argentines.

. . . If I signed what they’re trying to make me sign, the bomb wouldn’t explode now but rather there would surely be applause, marvelous headlines in the papers. But we would enter into the infernal cycle of debt which we’ve been subject to for so long."

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Did Argentina Actually Default on Her Debts?

jimmy — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:21:08 +0000

Argentina has now taken the US to The Hague for blocking the country’s 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt. Better yet would be a sustainable global monetary scheme that avoids the need for sovereign bankruptcy.

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