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Testimony and Case Details from Guantánamo Bay
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 2:06 pm | narconews.com
In the third chapter of their book, ''Guantanamo: What the World Should Know,'' serialized this month on Narco News, authors Michael Ratner and Ellen Ray go deeper into the individual stories of the Guantánamo prisoners and the suffering they have endured ... More >>
Giordano: Condoleeza Rice vs. Democracy in Mexico
Monday, 14 February 2005, 2:36 pm | narconews.com
It has become increasingly clear that the Bush administration is intent on stopping Mexico's most popular politician, left-wing Mexico City governor Andres Manuel López Obrador, from entering his country's upcoming presidential election. More >>
Narconews: The Discreet Charm of Salvatore Mancuso
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 1:35 pm | narconews.com
In a sequel to her column, "Colombia's Double Standard for Terrorism," Narco News Editorial Columnist Laura del Castillo looks this time at the case of Savatore Mancuso, leader of the right-wing paramilitary organization United Self-Defense ... More >>
Ratner and Ray: Abuse And Torture at Guantánamo Ba
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 11:01 am | narconews.com
In Chapter 2 their book "Guantánamo: What the World Should Know," Michael Ratner and Ellen Ray look more closely at the specific methods and strategies of torture and interrogation used at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and other U.S. prison camps. Ratner ... More >>
New Proof that Coca-Cola Buys Andean Coca Leaves
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:03 am | narconews.com
Acting Publisher Luis A. Gómez weighs in today on a statement just released by Peru's drug control agency, the National Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs (shortened in Spanish to DEVIDA). More >>
Review: "Guantanamo: What the World Should Know"
Friday, 28 January 2005, 1:20 pm | narconews.com
The book Guantánamo: What the World Should Know can be purchased online through the Authentic J-Store at this link More >>
Mexico: Giordano & Conroy vs. NYTimes & WashPost
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 12:14 am | narconews.com
The efforts of leading commercial journalists and U.S. drug warriors to derail the democratic process during the Mexican presidential election of 2000 provided some of the first material published on Narco News nearly five years ago. More >>
Whitney's Inaugural Address on Democracy Future
Friday, 21 January 2005, 11:40 am | narconews.com
So while Republicans are gorging themselves at the most costly inauguration ever, let’s go on a quick tour of recent vote-casting to see what remnants of 'democracy' are evident in national electoral politics around the world. More >>
La Paz Paralyzed - Blockades Return to Bolivia
Friday, 27 August 2004, 2:02 pm | narconews.com
Claudia Espinoza reports from La Paz, Bolivia, an important news story that, surprisingly, has not been reported by any English-language wire or news media: The capital city was paralyzed, beginning yesterday. More >>
Inaccurate & Dishonest "Exit Poll" on Chávez Vote
Friday, 20 August 2004, 12:13 am | narconews.com
The United States-based, British-owned, political consulting firm bearing the names of pollsters Mark Penn, Doug Schoen, and Michael Berland, committed a crime under Venezuelan election law on Sunday: It violated the law against releasing “exit poll” ... More >>
Enter the Authentic Letter Scholarship Contest
Friday, 27 February 2004, 1:37 pm | narconews.com
This year's full session of The School of Authentic Journalism promises to be better than ever. An absolutely astounding faculty of gifted and renowned journalism professionals is being put together for this intensive ten-day program, and this year's campus ... More >>
Al Giordano: State Dept Heavy Dispatched to Brazil
Monday, 23 February 2004, 12:32 am | narconews.com
Days after Brazil's Congress approved a bill to decriminalize drug users, a heavy hitter from Foggy Bottom was dispatched to Brazil to discuss, among other matters, ''security concerns including terrorism and narcotrafficking,'' according to this ... More >>
Journalist Alex Contreras Detained In Bolivia
Friday, 17 October 2003, 11:25 am | narconews.com
Narco News correspondent Alex Contreras Baspineiro was forcibly detained today at the Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, upon his return from covering the Indigenous-Campesino Summit in Caracas, Venezuela. More >>
Close US Congress Vote Expected on Colombian War
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 11:40 am | narconews.com
The Latin American Working Group, the Drug Policy Alliance, and many other human rights organizations are urging opponents of the US military intervention known as Plan Colombia to call your Congressional representative TODAY and urge support of ... More >>
Stringer Blows Whistle on Unethical LatAm Coverage
Friday, 6 June 2003, 2:30 pm | narconews.com
Narco News has obtained a copy of an email, sent this morning by El Salvador news correspondent Thomas Long to Newsweek reporter Seth Mnookin. The text is now published for you to read: More >>
AP's One-Sided Venezuela Coverage – Gift Wrapped
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 9:58 am | narconews.com
Has the news from Venezuela in your local newspaper, radio or TV newscasts left you with any better understanding of the conflict there today than you had 16 days ago? If the answer is "no," the blame squarely lies with AP - the Associated Press. And ... More >>
The Day The Empire Died - OAS Rejects U.S. Policy
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 7:40 pm | narconews.com
RESOLVED: To fully back the democratic and constitutional legitimacy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose government is led by Hugo Chávez Frías, and to reject, categorically, any coup attempt or alteration of constitutional order that seriously ... More >>
White House Venezuela Error Backfires
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 1:56 pm | narconews.com
Friday’s desperate maneuver by U.S. President George W. Bush – his cynical call for early elections in Venezuela, a country that has had six national elections in the past four years – has backfired after it was revealed as unconstitutional. More >>
Venezuelans Take to Streets, Coup Plotters Hide
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 9:37 pm | narconews.com
As in Eastern Europe 13 years ago, the final defeat of dictatorial power in Venezuela came last night at the doors of its “control rooms” – the TV stations. More >>
News Flash: Lucio Gutiérrez Wins in Ecuador
Monday, 25 November 2002, 4:01 pm | narconews.com
With 61.56 of the votes now counted, Colonel Lucio already has 56.51 percent (tallies emitted by the Supreme Electoral Court)… Thus, it’s a done deal, kind readers. The people have chosen the new president of Ecuador. The winds of change have arrived ... More >>
