Muscling Latin America Muscling Latin America
The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti
Jeremy Scahill discusses how Haiti's earthquake creates the perfect environment for security contractors to intervene and take advantage of the lawless state.
IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan
Last Friday I wrote about the IMF's new $100 million loan to Haiti. I cited debt relief activists who told me that the new loan would be an extension of the IMF's existing loan of ...
Jan 20, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Iran’s Power Play in Iraq Iran’s Power Play in Iraq
For years, I've written about Iran's untoward influence in Iraq. Now, it appears as if Iran is making a power play, using its Iraqi allies, that could checkmate US influence in Ira...
Jan 20, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti
Private firms are jumping at the opportunity to provide 'humanitarian assistance' to Haiti, but what these companies are actually bringing is a 'Shock Doctrine' approach that aims ...
Jan 19, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Haiti: The Pearl of the Antilles Haiti: The Pearl of the Antilles
The continued portrayal of Haiti as the basket case of the hemisphere without accurate contextualization further wounds the Haitian people and misleads the American public.
Jan 19, 2010 / Feature / Joslyn Barnes
How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses
If Haitians are ever going to recover from the crisis caused by the massive earthquake that very nearly leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, they are going to need nurses.
Jan 18, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Chile’s Turning Point Chile’s Turning Point
A victory by Sebastian Pinera in the Chilean marks a major turning point in the post-Pinochet transition, and a return to power of some of the hardcore rightists who collaborated w...
Jan 17, 2010 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh and Katherine Hite
Obama’s Fine Moment Obama’s Fine Moment
Barack Obama has responded to the devastating earthquake in Haiti with precisely the combination of dignity and determination that Americans--who were so frustrated by the disengag...
Jan 17, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages
Since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday--killing tens of thousands of people--there's been a lot of well-intentioned chatter and twitter about how to help Haiti.&nbs...
Jan 15, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim