President Barack Obama... Read more
Dirigiéndose a presidentes, primeros ministros, ministros de relaciones exteriores, y tal vez un rey o dos en el "debate general" anual de la Asamblea General de la ONU, el presidente Barack Obama tuvo una enorme tarea por delante. En más o menos veinte minutos(es difícil imaginar al encargado del protocolo, sacando del podio al presidente de los Estados Unidos si se pasa unos minutos) necesitó... Read more
Barack Obama says we’re not going back to Iraq. “American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq,” he said on June 19th, “but we will help Iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists who threaten the Iraqi people, the region, and American interests as well.”... Read more
“The horrific attacks killed 3,000 people, left hundreds of thousands mourning. But that enormous crime did not – could not – threaten U.S. survival, and it did not destroy U.S. democracy,” said Phyllis Bennis, Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and author of Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis. ... Read more
With so much attention and so many billions of our tax dollars shifting from Iraq to the devastating and ever more costly war in Afghanistan, it is too easy to forget that there are still almost 50,000 U.S. troops occupying Iraq. We are still paying almost $50 billion just this year for the war in Iraq. And while we don't hear about it very often, many Iraqis are still being killed.... Read more
In the midst of the Arab Spring, which directly rejects al Qaeda-style small-group violence in favor of mass-based, society-wide mobilization and non-violent protest to challenge dictatorship and corruption, does the killing of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden represent ultimate justice, or even an end to the “unfinished business” of 9/11?U.S. agents killed bin Laden in Pakistan, apparently... Read more
U.S. President Barack Obama’s most audacious phrase during his trip to Latin America that ended this week was "We are all Americans. Todos somos Americanos." The phrase seemed designed to provoke rants from the right wing in the United States. But in fact, the right wing and the mainstream media largely overlooked Obama's tour.... Read more
Todos recuerdan aquella frase con la que Bill Clinton desarmó a George Bush padre en la competición presidencial de 1992. Una expresión parecida podría utilizarse en el momento actual, cuando muchos piensan, en Brasil y fuera de él, que Obama está de visita en ese país para vender los F-16 fabricados en Estados Unidos, desplazando a su competidor francés, y para promover la participación de... Read more
The Obama Presidency hit a new low in the run-up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations. One group that were not celebrating are the Polar Bears or their supporters. This is especially ironic, as in early December 2010, a new study published in the prestigious science journal Nature, indicated that despite the ominous prospects for the Polar Bears, including possible extinction, the... Read more
