The demise of the Soviet Union in 1990 allowed the illusion to be born of a new non-ideological hemispheric alignment almost exclusively based on trade, and not, unfortunately, on a reworked and broadened confidence-building relationship between the U.S. and the rest of the Americas.

In Zimbabwe, food is not only delivered late or is unavailable, it is also unaffordable: "with inflation at 1,042.9 percent, most food items are beyond ordinary Zimbabweans' reach"

The national dialogue conference stressed that the unity of the Palestinian people and the unity of their factions and national and Islamic forces is the strong shield that has maintained and protected our cause and that has frustrated throughout our contemporary history all our enemies' colonialist and settlements schemes.

During the visit of US President George Bush to India in the first half of 2006, nuclear and agriculture deals were signed. While the highly publicized nuclear deal between India and US is still being debated, a little known and even less debated pact between both countries is being concluded on agriculture.

Former President Alan García, a so-called center-leftist, maintains a narrow lead over former army officer, buoyant nationalist and would-be populist Ollanta Humala in next Sunday’s Peruvian elections.

Revelations of atrocities in Haditha, Iraq and a possible subsequent cover up continue to deeply divide Americans over the war on and occupation of Iraq. For most, the accounts of atrocities enforce doubts about why the troops are still there, raising serious objections to remaining in Iraq.

On the one hand imperialist aggressiveness is accelerating and intensifying, creating serious threats on our planet. At the same time, however, the peoples movements for peace are growing massively all over the world against it.

Labeling as ‘dangerous’ the violent escalation in the Gaza Strip between supporters of the Fatah and Hamas movements is an understatement, to say the least.

The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) expresses its agreement regarding the deployment of Portuguese Republican National Guard (GNR) forces in East Timor, as requested by the democratic institutions of that country.

The new Iraqi government was formed after lengthy and tortuous negotiations between the various political blocs that won in the elections in Dec. 2005.

Gangs of youths looting and burning the homes of other residents of Dili are a direct consequence of the precipitate and ill-thought out action of the Australian Government in sending about 1,500 Australian troops to Dili.

THE SIX NATIONS blockade at Caledonia has outlasted the 1990 Oka struggle to become the longest First Nations blockade in Canada's history.

The press reports that the Defense Department itself is calling upon the Pentagon to stop paying Iraqi reporters "to produce positive stories" about what is going on in Iraq and how the Americans are faring.

Washington rumbles with suppressed outrage over Latin America’s latest demonstrations of its sovereignty - Bolivia’s nationalization of its oil and natural gas reserves.

This evening {May 28] here in Virginia, Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band jammed for hours at an outdoor pavilion, leading tens of thousands of us in protest songs, including a powerful rendition of "Bring Them Home."

THE Iran issue is now reaching a flash point with a number of reports coming out of the Bush administration of a military strike and even a possible nuclear “bunker” bomb to “destroy” Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

An increasing number of public transit options are coming online throughout North America, but those of you idling alone bumper-to-bumper in your cars might not know it.