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The real geostrategic importance is in Bahrain
Monday, 14 March 2011, 2:54 pm | Alberto Cruz
Once again the bourgeoisie's game has been set into play: is Gaddafi good or is he bad? Is he still in control of the country or not? Should Libya be occupied? Is the Libyan government receiving support from Latin America? Should Gaddafi be criticized? ... More >>
The UN reforms: “responsibility to protect” (R2P)
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 1:40 pm | Alberto Cruz
The Nobel Prize awarded to the United States President is a sarcastic joke ; they say he received it for his work in favour of a New World Order and for his “move towards multilateralism”. But if anyone has worked hard for that New World Order ... More >>
Gaza Puts The Mubarak Regime In Trouble
Friday, 16 January 2009, 4:20 pm | Alberto Cruz
It is with the approval of reactionary Arab regimes, mainly Egypt and Saudi Arabia, that has made the Israeli massacre in Gaza possible. more than the Western and US support Israel depends on. More >>
Mumbai, the Indian elite and the naxalites
Monday, 15 December 2008, 4:26 pm | Alberto Cruz
The attacks in Mumbai at the end of November have led to every kind of analysis, especially geopolitical. One must remember that the strategic alliance between India and Israel has much to do with the recent surge in Islamist movements in India. Without ... More >>
The detention of Remedios Garcia
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 2:02 pm | Alberto Cruz
(Translator's note : Peace activist Remedios García Albert was arrested by Spanish police on July accused of "membership of an armed group". The evidence against her appears to consist of e-mails from FARC members addressed to different people whom ... More >>
Lebanon breaks the mould
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 5:32 pm | Alberto Cruz
Lebanon, thanks to Hizbollah, is breaking moulds in the Middle East. After Hizbollah's defeat of Israel in the war of the summer of 2006, it has again humiliated the Zionist State by making it carry out another exchange of Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners ... More >>
Four days that shook the Middle East
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 11:30 am | Alberto Cruz
The taking of Beirut by Hizbollah militants and their allies from May 7th to May 11th foiled a political military operation supported by the US and Saudi Arabia against Lebanese patriotic nationalist forces meant to weaken and defeat Hizbollah decisively. More >>
Egypt & Lebanon: two labour strikes & one reality
Friday, 16 May 2008, 11:07 am | Alberto Cruz
On April 6th a general strike was called in Egypt. One month later, on May 7th, another one was called in Lebanon. The causes were the same in both countries : calls for an increase in the minimum wage and improvements to workers' statutory benefits and ... More >>
Elephant cemetery : the UN in Lebanon
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 8:49 pm | Alberto Cruz
The main ideological battlefield in the Middle East is Lebanon. However much United States media cover the situation in Iraq (and one should remember the only thing they worry about is the number of their dead soldiers), that country is not the one ... More >>
Hamas: a challenge to pro-Western Arab regimes
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 12:20 am | Alberto Cruz
Rivers of ink have flowed on the control of Gaza by Hamas and with them analysis to suit every taste, depending on each one's ideological viewpoint : from those who see the beginnings of an Islamic Caliphate to those who think, with much greater ... More >>
Lebanon : The Secret War Against Hizbollah
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 12:45 am | Alberto Cruz
The United States' New Strategy In Lebanon : The Secret War Against Hizbollah by Alberto Cruz , CEPRID, June 4th 2007 More >>