In the classic Greek tragedy, Prometheus Bound, the playwright observes: “Of wrath’s disease wise words the healers are.” Shortly put, this story is about Prometheus, a titan who was punished by the almighty gods for having given humanity the capacity to create fire. This generated a conflict, which ended with... » read this article

When President Manual Zelaya of Honduras was brutally kidnapped from the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, the president of the United States, Barack Obama, was enjoying the peace and tranquility of the countryside at Camp David, the vacation residence for the U.S.... » read this article

Washington’s criticisms of the June 28 military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras lack any element of sincerity or historical truth. The Obama administration is uneasy at the ouster of Zelaya, a conservative-turned-populist allied to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, because it reveals all too clearly the character of... » read this article

Photos are compliments of Swedish journalist Dick Emanuelsson and photographer Mirian Hueso of Tortilla con sal. In the face of fascism and significant danger, Mirian, Dick and Toni Solo have been covering the coup in Honduras. See Toni's excellent report on the coup.... » read this article

History is repeating itself and will very likely end in the same way.  The coup d’état in Honduras is a re-issue of that which was carried out in April 2002 in Venezuela and that which was aborted in the face of an explosive reaction from several regional governments in Bolivia... » read this article

President Zelaya of Honduras has just been kidnapped [Note: As of 11:15am, Caracas time, President Zelaya is speaking live on Telesur from San Jose, Costa Rica. He has verified the soldiers entered his residence in the early morning hours, firing guns and threatening to kill him and his family if... » read this article

We awoke this morning to news of another a coup d'etat taking place today in Honduras. The following report is based on what we are seeing on Telesur and Venezuelan state television, VTV. The story is developing and some of the details of this coup d'etat are still sketchy because the... » read this article

For background on this article, read: Peru: 60 dead as Garcia Regime sends police to attack indigenous road blockade   Imagine the scandal and headlines if Hugo Chávez closed a radio station in Venezuela just days after it spoke out against the government's position on a hot topic? What kind... » read this article

In early June, Peruvian President Alan García, an ally of US President Barack Obama, ordered armored personnel carriers, helicopter gun-ships and hundreds of heavily armed troops to assault and disperse a peaceful, legal protest organized by members of Peru’s Amazonian indigenous communities protesting the entry of foreign multinational mining companies... » read this article

Amazon Watch Peru: 25 dead as National Police attack Amazon road blockade Eyewitness Reports Accuse Peruvian Police of Disposing the Bodies of Dead Indigenous Protesters Garcia Government Makes Troubling Racial Slurs and Fear-mongering 51 Indigenous killed 9 Police National Police killed Indigenous Leaders and Allies Call for an End to... » read this article

Editor's Note: Ali Priméra (1942-1985) was a legendary composer, singer, poet and revolutionary activist here in Venezuela and remains so today, even 24 years after his death. In the music video below, he remembers Ché in his song, "Comandante Amigo". Ali's birthname was Rafael Sebastián Primera Rosell but he was known as... » read this article

TEN YEARS TEACHING AND LEARNING “Hello President” began broadcasting on May 23, 1999. That day this year, Chávez was in Ecuador celebrating the 187th anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. Tomorrow the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the program will begin. The case of Hugo Chávez is an exceptional... » read this article

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Arturo Rosales reports from prosperous “Republic of East Caracas”·   Yesterday (Thursday March 21st) various commissions from the Consumer Protection Agency (INDEPABIS), Venezuelan IRS (SENIAT), Ministry of Commerce (MINCOM), the CICPC (investigative criminal police) and vehicle experts from the Institute of Terrestrial Transport (INTTT) arrived in the urbanization of Los... » read this article

May 20, 2009 In their classic 1988 book Manufacturing Consent, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky demonstrated how corporate media select topics, place emphasis, set boundaries, ask questions and shape content in accordance with broad capitalist imperatives. It’s a largely unconscious process driven by conformist human beings, and infinitely more effective... » read this article

May 9, 2009 Venezuela Categorically Rejects Inter-American Human Rights Commission Report The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejected the report presented by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) which included Venezuela among countries that need to improve the defense and fulfillment of human rights.  The mission, headed by the... » read this article

Introduction One of the most striking aspects of contemporary US-Latin American relations is the profound divergence between the hopes, expectations and positive image of the Obama regime and the policies, strategies and practices which are being pursued. Many so-called progressive North American commentators and not a few Latin American writers... » read this article

  On April 18th the Elders Council of La Mosquitia (considered the maximum authority of the indigenous Miskito people's traditional organizational structure) held an assembly in Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas) at which they declared the independence of the Northern and Southern Atlantic Regions (RAAN and RAAS) from Nicaragua. The new nation... » read this article

Oil Giant Fails to Disclose That It Paid for "News" Video Narrated by Former CNN Correspondent Gene Randall  Amazon Defense Coalition Washington, D.C. (May 3, 2009) –To promote a misinformation campaign about its role in the oil contamination of a pristine area of the rainforest in Ecuador, Chevron recently produced... » read this article

Within a week after security forces foiled an assassination plot against President Evo Morales inside Bolivia, the United Nations General Assembly approved on April 22 the president’s initiative to create International Mother Earth Day to protect the rights of Mother Earth and of all living beings. Bolivian security forces on... » read this article