От массового заключения к плану Колумбия: роль Байдена в неудавшейся войне с наркотиками

Бывший вице-президент Байден имеет тяжелую историю противодействия прогрессивному законодательству в области уголовного правосудия, возглавляет драконовские полицейские и иммиграционные меры и играет центральную роль в неудавшейся войне Америки с наркотиками.

Alan Macleod
От Alan Macleod

In an increasingly angry and bad faith campaign, Donald Trump and his team are presenting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as an anti-police radical controlled by the far left. Last week, the Trump campaign sent a text message to supporters warning them that Antifa would raid their homes if Biden wins in November. "They'll disarm you,

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Спустя десятилетия вмешательство Америки в Колумбию все еще стоит жизней

От войны с наркотиками до плана «Колумбия» и поддержки правых военизированных формирований — десятилетия вмешательства США в Колумбию вызвали такую нестабильность, что по сей день страна все еще не оправилась от этого.

Alan Macleod
От Alan Macleod
Colombia US violence Feature

On a warm Tuesday morning earlier this month in Llano Verde, an eastern suburb of the city of Cali, five Afro-Colombian children decided to leave their homes to take advantage of the fine weather to spend some time outside. They would never return. Only a few hours later, they were found dead; their bodies burned, cut to pieces with machetes and

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В то время как США жалуются на права человека в Венесуэле, США и Союзная Колумбия погружаются в вызванный наркотиками гуманитарный кризис

Дихотомия между отношениями Вашингтона с Венесуэлой и Колумбией является еще одним ярким примером того, что публичные оправдания политики США в отношении Латинской Америки — это не что иное, как демонстрация витрины для поддерживаемой США экспансии неофашистских правительств по всей Латинской Америке.

Whitney Webb
От Whitney Webb
Colombia | Violence

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (Analysis) -- Several troubling situations are currently playing out across Colombia, yet the country’s continuing downward spiral into drug-fueled and politically-motivated violence has caused little concern in Washington, offering yet another clear indication that the U.S.’ current posturing on Venezuela is hardly motivated by

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Может ли Колумбийский мирный процесс выжить в условиях жесткого режима Ивана Дуке?

Иван Дуке заявил, что «навязчивая идея» с мерами безопасности и согласованностью с жестко настроенными политиками, а также продолжающаяся шумиха вокруг призрака «Refounded FARC» предлагают зловещие признаки маргинализированной сельской бедноте и национальным меньшинствам Колумбии.

Elliott Gabriel
От Elliott Gabriel
Colombia's President Ivan Duque, right, speaks to the media as his vice-president Martha Lucia Ramirez stands next to him at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, June 21, 2018. Fernando Vergara | AP

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – Leaked reports from the Colombian Armed Forces have alleged that scattered groups of dissident former members of the dissolved Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP) plan to hold a guerilla conference and formally unite as a large new guerilla force in the country’s lawless border regions and rural

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On Brink of a Stable Peace, Colombia Faces Familiar US-Backed Right-Wing Elements Seeking to Subvert It

Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC has been threatened by continued violence against social leaders and now, with elections approaching, a potential far-right resurgence fueled by fear could trigger a return to militarism.

MintPress News Desk
От MintPress News Desk
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe listens to a question during an interview in Bogota, Colombia. Colombian authorities have detained President Uribe's younger brother Santiago, on Monday Feb. 29, 2016. He is being charged with the creation of a paramilitary groups during the 1990's. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- With Colombia’s March 11 legislative elections ending in a near tie between right- and left-wing coalitions, the future of an already precarious peace process most likely hinges on the May 27 presidential vote. When far-right uribista Ivan Duque of Centro Democratico (Democratic Center) squares off against left-leaning former

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Operation Pacific Eagle: The US and Duterte Take Aim at China and the Armed Poor

Pacific Eagle appears to be a major escalation of U.S. intervention in the Philippines at a time when tensions in the Korean Peninsula are becoming explosive and when China is transitioning from a regional to a global power. And just as in Plan Colombia, there is both the regional and the internal dimension.

Elliott Gabriel
От Elliott Gabriel
Protesters march towards the Presidential Palace with the effigies of President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. President Donald Trump to mark the 154th birth anniversary of the country's revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

As we conclude this exclusive MPN series, we compare Operation Pacific Eagle to the notorious counterinsurgency initiative “Plan Colombia” and look at how the new Pentagon mission enables the U.S. to continue encircling China with its military bases. We speak to exiled Filipino revolutionary Jose Maria Sison and Professors William I. Robinson and

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