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President Obama: Set Cuba Free

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Ernest Hemingway, Dwight Eisenhower, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, Inauguration, Ussr, Guantanamo, Moscow, Marxism, Bolivia, Che Guevara, Havana, Barack Obama, Paris, Cuba, 100 Days, World News
Eric Margolis

Releasing Cuba from 50 years of prison could be one of President Barack Obama's most sensible, easiest, and most applauded early acts.

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Oliver Stone Meets Bolivia's President Morales For Talk, Coca

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oliver Stone, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Entertainment News

LA PAZ, Bolivia — U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone kicked a soccer ball and chewed coca leaves with Bolivia's leftist president Tuesday during an int...

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Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Abc, Steven Soderbergh, Fulgencio Batista, Judgment at Nuremberg, Frost/Nixon, Benicio Del Toro, Russnow, Ram Productions International, The Reader, Che, Che Guevara, Movies, Peter Andrews, Harvey Milk, Passion of the Christ, Peter Buchman, Defiance, Julia Ormond, Alberto Iglesias, Benjamin Van Der Veen, Fidel Castro, Mel Gibson, Michael Russnow, Cuba, Milk, Lisa Howard, Spartacus, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

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Coping with Crisis, Latin America Bucks the System

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Trade Agreement of the Peoples, Venezuela, Latin America, Rafael Correa, Sucre, Financial Crisis, Chavez, Honduras, Alba, World News
Laura Carlsen

The prospect of a unified Latin America that could finally stand up, not only to the U.S. but to the global financial system, appeals to global justice activists.

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South America: Recession Can Be Avoided

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South, Treasury Department, Balance of Payments, Venezuela, Stabilization Fund, America, Opec, World Bank, Economy, Reserves, Brazil, Ecuador, Imf, Bolivia, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

There is good reason to believe that South America, in particular, can weather this storm with minimal damage if it adopts the right macro-economic policies.

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Now is Our Time: Ask Barack for a Just Foreign Policy

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bolivia, Venezuela, Pakistan, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Latin American, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Military Budget, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Obama promised to improve U.S. relations with Latin America, invoking the example of FDR, whose "Good Neighbor" policy swore off U.S. military intervention.

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U.S. Intervention in Bolivia

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Intervention, United States, Debt, Usaid, Hugo Chavez, U.S. Agency for International Development, Right-Wing, Foriegn Aid, Organization of American States, Movimiento Al Socialismo, Foriegn Loans, MAS, Military, MNR, Leftist Movement, Military Intervention, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Juan Jose Torres, Evo Morales, Rightist, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

The alleged support by the United States... of the violent uprising in eastern Bolivia has led U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg's expulsion from La Paz.

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Bolivia Racked by Political Divisions on the Eve of a Recall Vote

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin America, Latin America Policy, Brazil, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Indigenous, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Foreign Policy, South America, Evo Morales Recall, Politics News
Medea Benjamin

A win at the polls is crucial for Morales, but it is not likely to stop the growing tensions that have polarized the country and led to increasingly violent clashes between supporters on both sides.

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South America Gas Crisis Solution Fails

AP | BILL CORMIER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South America, Gas Crisis, South America Gas Crisis, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Business News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia failed to resolve a natural gas dispute Saturday, but agreed to study ...

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