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Class struggle in Bolivia While the world is moving towards an open trade paradigm driven by the grand concept of liberalization, privatization and globalization, some nations in South America are emerging rebels. A battle between the market and the state for controlling the economic wheels is waiting to erupt in this continent. Venezuela and Bolivia [...]

Class struggle in Bolivia While the world is moving towards an open trade paradigm driven by the grand concept of liberalization, privatization and globalization, some nations in South America are emerging rebels. A battle between the market and the state for controlling the economic wheels is waiting to erupt in this continent. Venezuela and Bolivia [...]

It is difficult to assess just who is dictating whom in the long running bitter feud between the Colombian government and FARC rebels. With the hostage release efforts as good as over, both the parties are blaming each other for the blemish, which is certainly to increase the frustration for the families of the hostages. [...]

Fire-brand left wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be a very popular man in Colombia if he is able to secure the safe release of three Colombian hostages from the hands of the leftist rebel group FARC. This would be a major diplomatic success for President Chavez who, just a month ago, was denied any [...]

As the drumbeats get louder in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, the other countries in the region are alarmed and are trying to defuse the situation. The present crisis is not unexpected. Experts had expressed the possibility of a clash between Venezuela and Colombia some time ago. The roots lie when last year Colombian president Uribe [...]

Hugo Chavez is a larger-than-life figure In Venezuela. He has used the country’s oil wealth to defy the US and EU. He has made friends with Iran and Cuba, two countries which are anti-US. His popularity at home is not due to these factors alone. He has introduced measures that have made life easier for [...]