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Welcome to the September 2006 update of the Global Issues
(http://www.globalissues.org) web site. The list below shows
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Anup Shah
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In this update:
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1) Venezuela—taking away US influence in Latin America?
2) Haiti—violence continues
3) War on terror articles: war crimes, surveillance, UK Terror
plot, terrorist threats
4) Israel-Lebanon crisis; Fueling more terrorism?
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1) Venezuela—taking away US influence in Latin America?
Venezuela has been growing in influence in the Latin American region,
and is increasingly seen as an alternative to IMF/Washington-based
influences whose policies have increased poverty in the region in the
last two decades. Countries now have an alternative source of finance
and assistance to try and deal with external debt, poverty and development
woes, which could explain a major reason why the US is so vehemently
opposed to the Chavez regime.
http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Media/Propaganda/Venezuela.asp
2) Haiti—violence continues
The British medical journal, The Lancet, estimates that between February
29, 2004 (after Aristide was overthrown), and December 2005, 8000
individuals were murdered in just the greater Port-au-Prince area.
Almost half of the identified perpetrators were government forces or
outside political actors. Sexual assault of women and girls was common,
with findings suggesting that 35,000 women were victimized in the area;
more than half of all female victims were younger than 18 years. Haiti
has been troubled by power interests both internally and externally
since its very beginning, being the poorest country in the western
hemisphere. This small update (towards the end of the Haiti page)
provides links to this report and a related story.)
http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Abuses/Haiti.asp
3) War on terror articles: war crimes, surveillance, UK Terror plot,
terrorist threats Some articles on the war on terror were reposted on
this site. One, from the Washington Post looks at the issue of the US
attempting to change its War Crimes act. Two are from Democracy Now,
looking at a US judge ruling the NSA warrantless spy program as
unconstitutional, and the other at the alleged UK terror plot and
explores the possibility that this is more propaganda than plot.
Another article, from the journal, Foreign Affairs, asks, “Is There
Still a Terrorist Threat?”
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/WarOnTerror/FullList.asp
4) Israel-Lebanon crisis; Fueling more terrorism?
Updates added regarding the conflict, including more on the geopolitics,
the potential rise in terrorism, media coverage, the UN resolution 1701
for a ceasefire, and more.
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/MiddleEast/Palestine/lebanonconflict.asp
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