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The whirlwind events of April 13-15 spell uncertainty for the Future of Hugo Chavez and Venezuela and the United State’s relationship with each.

by Gustavo A. Mata and Victor Pineda
The trajectory was uneasily similar: massive demonstrations, overreaction by the government, the intervention of the military, and another Latin American leader overthrown. So it seemed last month to leaders across the Western Hemisphere, when Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was toppled and swept back into power over one weekend, reinvigorating memories of the bad old days in Latin American politics. weiter lesen

George W. Bush’s unilateralist tendencies contradict his father’s vision, and threaten American goals in the long term

by Ansel Halliburton
More than a decade ago, history changed course faster than anyone could have predicted. The Berlin Wall fell, the Iron Curtain lifted, and Soviet power crumbled just two years later. The Cold War ended and the world entered a new, uncertain era. Then-U.S. President George H. W. Bush seized the opportunity to proclaim a “new world order,” which was to be characterized by unprecedented international cooperation and peace. True to his words, the United Nations, international law, and international trade each have flourished since the end of the Cold War. weiter lesen

LATE JANUARY 2002: Noam Chomsky, one of the intellectual leaders of the broadly named Anti-Globalization movement, is addressing a cheering crowd of 3000 at the World Social Forum in Puero Allegre, Brazil. ‘[The Forum] offers,” announced the ecstatic Professor, “the real possibility of building a new international.” The title of the Forum, ‘Another World is Possible,’ underscored the real purpose of the event: to build the burgeoning Left-wing movement from a protest to a party. weiter lesen

Thomas Williams is a twelve year old boy. He lives in the lower income part of the city and goes to a school that is overcrowded. The classroom he sits in every morning was meant to hold 20 students when it was built in the 1950’s but now sees itself with 40. He is not able get the attention that he deserves. The teacher can only invest a few minutes of her time to him everyday. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are living just above the poverty line and survive paycheck to paycheck. They yearn to move out of their dilapidated surroundings and enroll their son in a better school, but their situation will not allow it, so they must stay. weiter lesen