Milei Is ‘Really as Extreme as You Get in Right-Wing Libertarian Ideas’
“The whole mess that got this guy elected was really created by the Macri government and that IMF agreement.”
Mark Weisbrot on Argentina’s Javier Milei
Argentina’s new president questions the death toll of the country’s military dictatorship and calls climate change a “lie of socialism.”
Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon
Netflix’s Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader.
The Empire’s Media and the Quest for Veto Authority in the Americas
The corporate media’s reaction to US assaults on democracy in Latin America, with rare exceptions, ranged from ignoring them to spreading misinformation in defense of them.
NYT Failed to Note Op-Ed Authors’ Funder Has $2 Billion Motive for Attacking Argentina
Ask the New York Times to append a disclosure to its December 11 op-ed that its authors were funded by someone with a major financial interest in attacking Cristina Kirchner.
‘They Want South America Back the Way They Used to Have It’
“They took sides against all the left governments, and they supported military coups in Venezuela, in Honduras, kind of a parliamentary coup in Paraguay. So they’ve been trying to get rid of all the left governments, really, for the whole 21st century, when they all came in, and they’re still trying to do that.”
Bill O’Reilly Lies—but Some Lies Matter More Than Others
When Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly said that NBC’s Brian Williams “had to go” because he manufactured stories about dangers he faced in his reporting career, it should come as no surprise to find out that O’Reilly can be found doing the exact same thing.
Bill O’Reilly Lies—but Some Lies Matter More Than Others
When Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly said that NBC’s Brian Williams “had to go” because he manufactured stories about dangers he faced in his reporting career, it should come as no surprise to find out that O’Reilly can be found doing the exact same thing.
Zakaria’s Fantastic Economic Advice
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria– with an assist from the Wall Street Journal–divided Latin American economies into winners and losers. But does it all add up?
‘Searing Memories of Defaults’—and Selective Memory at the New York Times
It’s true that Mexico’s default on its debts in 1982 was followed by years of hard times. But Argentine and Russian memories of default are far less “searing”
WaPo: Greece, Don’t Be an Argentina!
Washington Post correspondent Juan Forero has a piece today (11/4/11) that attempts to compare the Greek economic crisis with other similar debt crises, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, he draws some misleading conclusions. Forero’s point is that there’s a lot about Greece’s problems that are reminiscent of troubles in Argentina and Uruguay just a few […]
Adolfo Perez Esquivel on the New York Times’ Argentina Coverage
Argentine military officers feel they are victims of an ungrateful society, reports Shirley Christian in the New York Times (6/7/87). They feel their role in “putting down leftist subversion during the 1970s” is unappreciated—but not by Christian, who quoted unnamed army officers at length, with no comments from human rights activists or victims of the […]
