By decision of the Security Council of the United Nations, Haiti has been militarily occupied by MINUSTAH [United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti] since June 1, 2004. This occupation is taking place under the excuse that it is a humanitarian mission that aims to “stabilize the country,” but it is actually trying to prevent theContinue reading “ICMLPO: Resolution of Solidarity with the People of Haiti”
Category Archives: El Salvador
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (PCMLE): The Progressive Governments of Latin America
From Unity & Struggle No. 25, Spring/Summer 2013 Ecuador Progress is the evolution from the lower to the higher, from the simple to the complex, it is the upward march of the material and spiritual. It is the modernization of the country. Marxism-Leninism, the revolution and the left are genuine expressions of progressivism. Not everythingContinue reading “Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (PCMLE): The Progressive Governments of Latin America”
With the Workers and the Peoples in the Independent Struggle for the Revolution and Socialism
16th Seminar on the International Problems of the Revolution in Latin America Final Statement In Latin America the new millennium arrived with the struggle of the workers, youth, peasants, women and peoples against the structural adjustment policies implemented by governments at the service of powerful local oligarchic groups and imperialist finance capital. The increasing socialContinue reading “With the Workers and the Peoples in the Independent Struggle for the Revolution and Socialism”
Shadowy origins of ‘crack’ epidemic
The following are a series of revealing articles on the connection between the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras and the smuggling of illegal drugs, particularly cocaine. They are among the first exposés about Contra drug smuggling published in the United States. They were written by journalist Gary Webb for the San Jose Mercury News in 1996 underContinue reading “Shadowy origins of ‘crack’ epidemic”
Testimony links U.S. to drugs-guns trade
The following are a series of revealing articles on the connection between the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras and the smuggling of illegal drugs, particularly cocaine. They are among the first exposés about Contra drug smuggling published in the United States. They were written by journalist Gary Webb for the San Jose Mercury News in 1996 underContinue reading “Testimony links U.S. to drugs-guns trade”
Salvador air force linked to cocaine flights, Nicaraguan contras, drug dealer’s supplier
The following are a series of revealing articles on the connection between the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras and the smuggling of illegal drugs, particularly cocaine. They are among the first exposés about Contra drug smuggling published in the United States. They were written by journalist Gary Webb for the San Jose Mercury News in 1996 underContinue reading “Salvador air force linked to cocaine flights, Nicaraguan contras, drug dealer’s supplier”
International Relations from a Different Country: AU Professors Share Their Story
By Erin Lockwood According to AU professor Dr. Elizabeth Cohn, Ronald Reagan’s presidential legacy has been whitewashed. This is not a reactionary political slogan; it is a conviction born of her work as founder and director of the Central American Historical Institute from 1982 to 1988 — the height of the Reagan Administration’s covert supportContinue reading “International Relations from a Different Country: AU Professors Share Their Story”
1970-1987: The contra war in Nicaragua
Noam Chomsky’s account of the US-backed “contra” counter-insurgency in Nicaragua against the left-wing government. It wasn’t just the events in El Salvador that were ignored by the mainstream US media during the 1970s. In the ten years prior to the overthrow of the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979, US television – all networks –Continue reading “1970-1987: The contra war in Nicaragua”
CIA admits it overlooked Contras’ links to drugs
CNN November 3, 1998 WASHINGTON (CNN) — The CIA overlooked or ignored reports that the Nicaragua Contra rebels financed their fight to oust the communist Sandinistas through the sale of drugs in the United States, according to an internal CIA report. Fredrick Hitz, the now-retired CIA inspector-general who supervised the report, admitted that monitoring ofContinue reading “CIA admits it overlooked Contras’ links to drugs”
Bolstering Contras Was A Top Priority
January 18, 1987 By GEORGE de LAMA, Chicago Tribune Correspondent Michael Tackett of the Chicago Tribune contributed to this story. WASHINGTON — Months before Congress cut off support for the Nicaraguan rebels in October 1984, President Reagan approved an ambitious campaign to encourage private American donors and foreign governments to finance the war against Managua`sContinue reading “Bolstering Contras Was A Top Priority”
The Espresso Stalinist 