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  • Chavez launches fundraising drive for Lebanon, Palestinians
    21 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By The Associated Press
    President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela is carrying out a nationwide fundraising drive to raise money for rebuilding Lebanon and for the Palestinian people.
    Chavez called the Lebanese and Palestinians "heroic people" and reiterated his criticisms of Israel over its military offensive in Lebanon.
    "I ask everyone in the country to give what we can for this fundraising campaign for the reconstruction of Lebanon - destroyed by the genocidal and fascist hand of Israel, (…)

  • VENEZUELA LEADING THE RACE FOR THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT
    17 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Venezuela Leading the Race For the UN Security Council Seat - by Stephen Lendman
    In October, elections will take place for five non-permanent UN Security Council seats to be held in 2007. One of them will be for the Latin American seat now held by Argentina. The two leading regional contenders vying to fill the opening are Venezuela and Guatemala, and the other countries in the region comprising Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) will vote on which one gets it. If they’re unable (…)

  • Pentagon Orders American Special Forces To Mexican Oil Fields As Civil War Looms
    17 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Pentagon Orders American Special Forces To Mexican Oil Fields As Civil War Looms
    August 16, 2006 By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index942.htm
    Russian Military Analysts are reporting today that the United States Military Leaders have ordered an ‘advisory contingent’ of American Special Forces Officers to Mexico in order to prepare their Mexican counterparts for an expected siege upon Mexico’s vast oil fields, and which provides (…)

  • Mexico poll protests turn violent
    16 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mexico poll protests turn violent
    This is the first time force as been used on the election protesters Mexican riot police fired tear gas and used clubs to break up a protest by supporters of left-wing presidential challenger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
    Leftist lawmakers were among at least 30 people injured in the scuffles outside Congress in Mexico City.
    Mr Lopez Obrador’s supporters have been camped out in protest at the 2 July election they say was stolen by conservative rival (…)

  • MEXICAN ELECTORAL FRAUD WINS ROUND ONE - ROUND TWO NOW BEGINS
    15 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mexican Electoral Fraud Wins Round One - Round Two Now Begins - by Stephen Lendman
    It was no surprise on Sunday that the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) ruled its partial recount of about 9% of the ballots cast in the disputed presidential election held on July 2 showed ruling National Action Party (PAN) candidate still the winner. In doing so, the IFE ignored the clear evidence of election irregularities and blatant fraud uncovered by losing Party of the Democratic Revolution (…)

  • Chavez: U.S. needs a democratic transition
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Chavez: U.S. needs a democratic transition August, 12 - 11:03 AM Hugo Chávez assures United States is governed by a genocidal mafia, that violates Human rights and does not respect freedom of expression
    CARACAS.- Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, reiterated that he looks forward to see the United States going through a "process of transition towards democracy", which removes from power the "imperialistic Mafia, genocidal and fascist " who, in his opinion, governs that country.
    Chávez (…)

  • Mexican presidential candidate’s supporters seize toll booths, blockade gov’t offices
    10 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mexican presidential candidate’s supporters seize toll booths, blockade gov’t offices
    Supporters of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the defeated Mexican presidential candidate, have stepped up their protests as officials prepare to partially recount July’s election.
    Followers of Lopez Obrador’s Democratic Revolution Party occupied motorway toll booths to give motorists free entry to Mexico City and blockaded government offices as party officials said the protests would grow.
    “Until now we (…)

  • Partial recount does not go far enough for Mexican left
    8 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Mark Stevenson in Mexico City
    Mexico’s left-wing presidential candidate called for more street protests to demand a full recount in the country’s disputed election on 2 July, despite the federal electoral court’s ruling that only a partial, ballot-by-ballot review was necessary.
    The tribunal decided on Saturday that granting Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s request for a full recount would violate electoral laws that prohibit recounts unless there is evidence of irregularities or fraud. (…)

  • THE IMPERIALISTIC,DISEASE OF FIDEL AND MANIOBRAS YANKIS
    7 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    7 Mondays August 2006 (21h15): THE IMPERIALISTIC DISEASE DE FIDEL AND MANOBRAS YANKIS Immediately that knew the disease Fidel Castro Commander, leader of the Cuban town, the Communist Party and the Government, untied the imperialistic pack, with an impertinent one and behaved shamelessly wave of declarations, actions and intervenconistas projects, sent by the shameless spokesmen of the imperialism, to those who he does not concern the fact to them that Cuba is a nation fit to right, with (…)

  • ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN IN VENEZUELA
    7 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN IN VENEZUELA From first of August the electoral campaign in Venezuela began of official way. The prognoses of all the encuestadoras give to an important margin of advantage to the candidate and present President him of the Bolivariana Republic of Venezuela Commander Hugo Chavez Frías.Tanto who the owners of encuestadoras but recalcitranly bound to the opposition even admit that advantage, and all have showed that there is no possible way that some candidate of the (…)