We watched the US President in shirtsleeves, running up a steep staircase, walking at quick pace down an overhead corridor and stop to give a speech to a large military contingent that applauded unwillingly the words of the illustrious President.  Those men were not all American-born. I thought about the colossal expenses this meant, whose burden is being borne by the world.  After all, who is bearing the burden of that huge cost...

The Yankee transnationals will never give up their control over the land, the water, the mines and the natural resources of our countries.  Their soldiers should vacate the military bases; their troops should be withdrawn from each and every one of our territories.  They should renounce to the unequal exchange and plundering of our nations. Perhaps the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States turns into what should be and...

Today, Friday 13, I listened to the courageous words expressed by several speakers at the foreign ministers meeting of the so-called Cartagena Summit.  The issue of the sovereign rights of Argentina over the Malvinas Islands –whose economy is being brutally affected for being deprived of the valuable energy and maritime resources that exist in those Islands- was firmly addressed.  The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Nicolá...