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Tense situation in Bolivia with Paul Jay and Carlos Orias
Bolivia: Barricades and Crisis in a Crisis | theAnalysis.news
Other News launch in-depth news series with TheAnalysis.News
Other News recently announced the first results of a novel news partnership they just launched jointly with the US-based publication TheAnalysis.News — an online magazine aiming “to carry on the work of independent, in-depth, uncompromising journalism”. Roberto Savio, founder and […]
Sinn Féin and the land issue: notes on the 2020 Irish general election
A century ago a change began in Ireland but some radical change can take centuries. An Irish Countess (married to an undocumented polish immigrant) was elected Minister for Labour for Sinn Féin. This was a first as women had yet […]
Perspectives on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and Argentina’s Debt
Intro from Attac Website The following article is written by Tony Phillips an Irish and Argentine economist specialising in the build up to and the consequences of excessive national debt. He is Editor (with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and former […]
G-20: Round Two
Americas Program Special Report G-20: Round Two Tony Phillips | April 19, 2009 Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) americas.irc-online.org Brazil’s Lula da Silva and China’s Hu Jintao met in Londonat the G-20 summit. Photo: Xinhua/Lan Hongguang. In early […]
Climate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas Perspective
Americas Program Special ReportClimate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas PerspectiveTony Phillips | December 20, 2007 Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)(formerly) americas.irc-online.org “We, the human race, have substantially altered the earth’s atmosphere. In 2005, the concentration of carbon […]
Borda: A day with the Crazies
One Saturday I had the pleasure of being invited to partake in an extraordinary visit. I took some maté and bought cigarettes for the first time in four years. The maté was to help me get over the ill effects […]
Asunción Anillo Energético
The 28th Mercosur meeting (Mercado Común del Sur) took place in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción, June 20th. Various accords were signed including Latin America’s first poverty eradication and common structural funds agreements. The smiling presidents were also photographed happily […]
A question of Royalties
By Latin American standards, Chile is an industrialized nation par excellence. Their exports are on a par with Venezuela’s, ranking a close third to Brazil and Argentina. But, when it comes to the primary industries, like the huge mining industry, […]