Ollantay Itzamná The states of Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru are all simultaneously in a situation of political uncertainty. Ecuador and Guatemala with restricted constitutional rights and guarantees, either by State of Exception or State of Siege. Peru has a dissolved Congress of the Republic, which has become a political tradition. The three neoliberal governments apply…
Category: ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAS (OAS)
Haiti: The International Front Positions Itself
Lautaro Rivara, Sociologist and member of the Dessalines Brigade of Solidarity with Haiti The so-called “international community”, so far silent on the serious Haitian crisis, has just made its move. On September 30, a meeting took place between allies of the ruling party, sectors of the political opposition specifically called for their extreme moderation (if…
Narco-President is Washington’s Best Ally in Central America’s Troubled and Scourged Region
Mison Verdad Juan Orlando Hernández came to power in Honduras after accusations of fraud and violence against citizens (Photo: Republic) “He’s our son of a bitch”: Juan Orlando Hernandez is the paradigm of U.S. government for the region The profile of this U.S.-allied president will reveal that only such condition makes a politician a “statesman,”…
The Seven Decisions Taken by TIAR Against Venezuela
The foreign ministers of the member countries of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Tiar) agreed on Monday to impose a series of sanctioning measures against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a Consultation meeting in New York, United States. The meeting of the Consultative Body of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the…
Communiqué from Human Rights Organizations & Social Movements Against the Implementation of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) Against Venezuela
On September 11, 2019, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved the validity and application of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The express objective of this action is to increase the economic blockade against Venezuela, as well as to generate the legal and…
Cuba Strongly Rejects Activation of Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounces the shameful decision to activate the Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty (IRAT), a treaty that contemplates the use of military force. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly rejects its invocation under the pretext of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela being a threat to peace and security in the hemisphere, when…
Network in Defense of Humanity Repudiates the Invocation of TIAR
Through a communiqué, the Network in Defense of Humanity expressed its “categorical repudiation” of the invocation, by a group of countries, of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) against Venezuela by the Permanent Council of the OAS, considering it “an obsolete and nefarious instrument that historically has sought to legitimize military interventions by the…
Venezuela: US and 11 Latin American Countries Approve Activation of TIAR
Marco Teruggi “TIAR was imposed to legitimize military interventions in Latin America,” said Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. Image AFP The United States and eleven Latin American countries spoke out in favour of a possible military intervention against the Venezuelan government. They did so through the activation in an assembly of the Organization of American States…
Nicaragua: The Deep Neocolonial Lie
Stephen Sefton On Nicaragua, Western corporate and alternative media have outdone themselves failing to report or investigate the events they claim to cover. They interviewed hardly any, if at all, of the many thousands of victims of opposition violence, reproducing instead opposition lies and misrepresentations, falsely blaming all the violence on the government. Perhaps the…
Statement of the Communication Forum for the Integration of Our America: No to Trump’s Escalation Against Venezuela
No to Trump’s escalation against Venezuela. Resume the path of sovereign integration to defend peace in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Communication Forum for the Integration of Our America (FCINA) condemns the strengthening of the blockade against Venezuela announced by the government of Donald Trump. Far from promoting solutions, this measure will have an…
Investigation Leads to Hidden Agendas Behind War on Venezuela
Marco Teruggi Juan Guaido is an incidental piece in a scene of disputes among national bourgeoisies, which in turn are subordinate to the United States — a deciding party in which Donald Trump is carrying out a plan he did not devise. This is the analysis made by investigative journalist Victor Hugo Majano, who suggests…
Haiti: The OAS Trampled Legality in Bringing the PHTK to Power. It’s Doing So Again Trying to Save It.
Kim Ives Haitians demonstrating against OAS meddling in Haiti in January 2016. The Haitian people are very distrustful of the OAS. Eight years ago, the Organization of American States (OAS) helped orchestrate an illegal election which brought President Michel Martelly to power, thereby introducing an era of unprecedented corruption under his Haitian Bald Headed Party…
