Author: Raúl Zibechi

Geopolitical Tsunami in the Southern Cone

August 6, 2012

When the Paraguayan Senate approved the “political judgment” against Fernando Lugo on June 22, it unleashed the biggest political crisis in the Mercosur in […]

Tsunami geopolítco en el Cono Sur

July 6, 2012

La tarde del 22 junio cuando el Senado de Paraguay votó el “juicio político” al presidente Fernando Lugo, se disparaba la mayor crisis política […]

The Pentagon looks to refocus its efforts in South America

June 20, 2012

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s recent tour of three South American countries and the installation of a Southern Command base in Concón, Chile demonstrate the Pentagon’s growing military presence in the region.

El Pentágono busca recuperar la iniciativa en Sudamérica

May 20, 2012

La gira del secretario de Defensa de los Estados Unidos, León Panetta por tres países sudamericanos y la instalación de una base del Comando Sur en Concón, Chile, muestran la profundización de la presencia militar del Pentágono en la región.

The Failure of the Summit of the Americas VI

May 10, 2012

The earthquake has struck. What we are seeing now is the way in which the pieces are being arranged for the reconstruction of hemispheric order, how the countries are organizing, and the new role that the ex-hegemonic power will play. What is certain is that the global crisis put an end to the United States’ “backyard.”

El fracaso de la VI Cumbre de las Américas

May 7, 2012

El terremoto ya se produjo. Lo que estamos viendo ahora es el modo como se están acomodando la piezas en la reconstrucción del orden hemisférico, cómo se articularán los países y qué papel jugará la ex potencia hegemónica. Lo seguro es que la crisis global puso fin al patio trasero.

Dismantling the monoculture mentality

April 12, 2012

“Young people today are more critical than they were in the seventies,” Adolfo Pérez Esquivel observes, much to the contrary of what the majority of his generation thinks. He was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 during the middle of the Argentine military dictatorship.