13 August, 2011

“Right now, Uncle Sam, you are the banana republic”

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Comunicas United States.- Forget The Change-Up. The best body-swapping story these days doesn't star Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds; it features Uncle Sam and Latin America. The U.S. was once the responsible (albeit imperious) adult among the two, the superpower whose politics and finances were managed more reasonably and rationally. Latin America was the petulant [...]

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6 May, 2011

“Bin Laden knew his enemy”

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Comunicas United States.- The killing of Osama bin Laden is being celebrated by the U.S. media and government officials who spin it as one of the most important events since September 11, 2001. To the extent that it weakens Al-Qaeda, that would certainly be a gain. But it is worth taking a sober look at [...]

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10 April, 2011

To Libya with God on our side

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Comunicas United States.- “I will never hesitate to use our military swiftly, decisively, and unilaterally when necessary to defend our people, our homeland, our allies and our core interests. That's why we're going after al-Qaida wherever they seek a foothold… God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.” Obama speech on Libya, March 28, 2011.

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30 March, 2011

“Military action on Libya by the USA and allies is illegal by the international law”

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Comunicas global.- On 19 March 2011, Western nations started the third international armed conflict against a Muslim country in the last decade. They went to great pains to claim that the use of force against Libya was legal, but an application of international law to the facts indicates that in fact the use of force [...]

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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 [...]

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11 January, 2012

After Iran, Venezuela?

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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.

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21 November, 2011

“He sought free medical attention in prison”

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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 [...]

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5 October, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: a Reply to Skeptics

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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 [...]

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9 September, 2011

Cheney, Rumsfeld and the Dark Art of Propaganda

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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 [...]

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31 August, 2011

The Top Ten Myths in the War Against Libya

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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 [...]

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