By Tony López* The Condor Plan was conceived to maintain the power of Washington, in those countries of the South American cone and when these criminal policies were fought and popularly repudiated and lost their usefulness, the United States changed strategy and tactics. It is from there, that Washington practices the philosophy of “ do what I say, but not ...

I visited Aksu, Hotan, and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between September 23-27. I chaired the delegation of foreign trade representatives in China of the Chinese Economic Cooperation Center under the CPC International Relations Department. The most important gain from this visit was my deepened understanding of Xi Jinping’s thought and its application, the New Era of Socialism ...

By Ted Galen Carpenter* Acute tensions over Taiwan and Ukraine have largely eclipsed another troubling international news story. A nasty confrontation has developed in recent months between Belarus and NATO members Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia over Alexander Lukashenko’s campaign to encourage and assist Middle Eastern refugees to seek asylum in those neighboring countries. Lukashenko’s motive is to put pressure on ...

Recently, prominent representatives of the Ibero-American social-democracy gathered in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to carry out the XXVI Plenary Meeting of the Fundación Círculo Montevideo (Nov 30 and Dec 1). Former presidents Julio María Sanguinetti (Uruguay), Ricardo Lagos (Chile), Leonel Fernández Reyna (Dominican Republic), Felipe González (Spain), businessmen such as magnate Carlos Slim, and the host, Alberto Núñez Feijóo (president ...

By Sigfrido Reyes Sigfrido Reyes is member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front of El Salvador. He served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 2011 to 2015. Reyes delivered the following speech to the International Congress “Political Parties and a New Society” organized by the Labor Party (Mexico) and held in Mexico City 21st ...

By Adem Kılıç Political scientist / author Since the end of After Muammar Ghaddafi’s 42 years long rule in 2011, Libya has been witnessing circumstances of complete chaos. In this chaotic scenery, “democratic elections” were held twice, in 2012 and 2014. However, these elections did not end the chaos, instead, they have deepened the existing division within the country, and ...

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela went to elections of governors and mayor on November 21. The governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won 19 of the 23 governors and more than 200 out of 335 mayors, including the capital city of Caracas. These numbers indicate a great victory for the Chavismo. On the other side, some argue that electoral ...

The Middle East is undergoing a new experience of regional diplomatic dynamism. Various meetings have taken place between the Arabic countries with Iran and Turkey. There have been significant negotiations between Iraqi and Syrian officials and other countries. All these regional movements seem to promise the beginning of a new chapter in Middle East regional relations which can lead to ...

By Fernando Esteche* In 2009, a coup of a new kind was carried out in Honduras in order to disrupt the possibility of Honduras’ strategic alliance with Bolivarian Venezuela through ALBA. The coup by Joe Biden and Hilary Clinton, then vice-president and secretary of state of President Barack Obama, was undisguised. Months after the coup, a mock general election was ...

The upcoming Libyan elections provide a real opportunity to cool the heat of the conflict in North Africa, and transfer it from one level to another, revealing the true political weight of all parties, assuming that the elections are held in a peaceful manner that reflects the will of the Libyan people. Allegations and maneuvers There are allegations and maneuvers ...