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Comunicas United States.- “When one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it,” wrote Joseph Goebbels, Germany’s Reich minister of propaganda, in 1941. Former Vice President Dick Cheney seems to have taken the famous Nazi’s advice in his new book, “In My Time.” Cheney remains staunch in his convictions on issues from the invasion [...]

31 August, 2011

The Top Ten Myths in the War Against Libya

Comunicas World.- Since Colonel Gaddafi has lost his military hold in the war against NATO and the insurgents/rebels/new regime, numerous talking heads have taken to celebrating this war as a “success”. They believe this is a “victory of the Libyan people” and that we should all be celebrating. Others proclaim victory for the “responsibility to [...]

17 August, 2011

Warren Buffet: “It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice”

Comunicas United States.- OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make [...]

17 August, 2011

Venezuela will nationalise gold to convert it into international reserves

Comunicas Venezuela.- Venezuelan presidente, Hugo Chavez, has announced that he will nationalise Venezuela's gold industry to boost the country's reserves. "The area is run by the mafia," he said on state television. "We're going to nationalise gold. We can't keep allowing them to take it away." The biggest gold miner is Rusoro, a Canadian-listed company [...]

21 January, 2012

The Internet is speaking now

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Comunicas Global.- Wednesday 18 January marked the largest online protest in the history of the internet. Websites from large to small "went dark" in protest of proposed legislation before the US House and Senate that could profoundly change the internet. The two bills, Sopa in the House and Pipa in the Senate, ostensibly aim to [...]

11 January, 2012

After Iran, Venezuela?

Comunicas United States.- Attorney and activist Eva Golinger has written an excellent piece on US-Venezuela relations that’s posted on her website Postcards from the Revolution.

3 December, 2011

Latin American Revolution: leadership talk about the financial crisis at first CELAC meeting

Comunicas America.- The world financial crisis and safe guarding Latin America's growing economies were the main topics of discussion Friday when the region's leaders met in Caracas for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit.

21 November, 2011

“He sought free medical attention in prison”

Comunicas United States.- This summer, Richard James Verone, a 59-year-old man in Gastonia, North Carolina, walked into a bank, passed a teller a note indicating that he was committing robbery and demanded cash. Strangely, it wasn’t very much cash. He asked the teller for $1. Then he told her that he’d wait, unarmed, on the [...]

20 October, 2011

NATO killed Moammar Gaddafi

Comunicas Libya.- After months of bloody conflict, embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was reportedly killed in his hometown of Sirte. Although more information is still pouring from Libya, rebel leaders and many of the Libyan people are rejoicing over the news of his death. Gaddafi ruled the country for over 40 years, after a military [...]

5 October, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: a Reply to Skeptics

Comunicas United States.- On September 27th Lauren Ellis published an essay in Mother Jones Magazine entitled “Is OccupyWallStreet Working?” The essay argues that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is not working because the movement has no clear message and is not demographically representative of those who are affected most by the current economic problems. While Ellis [...]