So Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the EU Commission, wants to set up a European army in the face of the threat posed by Moscow. Quite apart from the fact that this would partly duplicate NATO and the suspicion that it is motivated more by the desire to centralise key powers at EU level since in […]
Posts Tagged ‘Cuba’
The provocation the US felt from Cuba in 1962 is what Russia sees from Ukraine now
Mar 13th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.
Showing solidarity with those building a better world
Dec 3rd, 2013 by Aaron Kiely.Aaron Kiely previews the Latin America ¡Adelante! Conference 2013 taking place this Saturday (7 December) at Congress House. The Latin America is now in its 9th year, and offers a unique opportunity to hear all about the latest developments in the region. 40 years ago the democratically elected left-wing President of Chile, Salvador Allende, was brutally overthrown […]
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Venezuela hard-Right back coup to oust elected government
Jan 29th, 2013 by Matt Willgress.Prominent, hardline elements of Venezuela’s right-wing opposition have launched and widely circulated what has been termed a “coup petition” against Venezuela’s elected Government, in one of a series of recent attempts to destabilise the situation and undermine the country’s elected government, which enjoys clear majority support. The petition’s preamble calls on “the Venezuelan democratic society […]
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Another way is possible: fair trade, cooperation and solidarity
Nov 25th, 2011 by Helen Yuill.Current events and discussion on the crisis in the Eurozone and more globally, have raised interesting questions of democratic deficit, sovereignty over economic policy and whether countries can work co-operatuively together to improve economic and social development. Yet in Latin America, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA) agreement between progressive governments […]
