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Chavez and Putin discuss Multipolar world
Posted by smeddum on September 27, 2008
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Venezuela, Russia to Form Global Energy `Colossus,’ Chavez Says
Posted by seumasach on September 26, 2008
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — OAO Gazprom and other Russian energy producers will join with Petroleos de Venezuela SA to work on projects around the world, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said.
“It’s a colossus being born, Chavez said live on Venezuelan state television from Russia, which he was visiting for the second time in two months. The companies will combine “investment, exploration, exploitation, processing and commerce in energy, oil, gas and many other areas,he said.
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Financial Crisis Likely to Further Erode U.S. Influence
Posted by smeddum on September 26, 2008
Financial Crisis Likely to Further Erode U.S. Influence
Analysis by Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON, Sep 25 (IPS) – While the White House and U.S. lawmakers hash out final terms of a proposed 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout, foreign policy analysts are warning that the current financial crisis could very well hasten the decline of U.S. power and influence overseas. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Drive to Global War, Financial crisis, Multipolar world | Tagged: Decline of empire, loss of US influence, US hegemony | 1 Comment »
Chávez says U.S. economy “a sinking ship”
Posted by smeddum on September 26, 2008
Chávez says U.S. economy “a sinking ship”
Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, speaking in China moments before flying on to Russia as part of a five-nation tour, on Thursday described the U.S. economy as “a sinking ship” in the final throes of capitalism but pledged that he would not cut off oil exports to the U.S. unless his nation were attacked.
By McClatchy Newspapers and The Associated Press (Seattle Times)
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez
BEIJING — Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, speaking in China moments before flying on to Russia as part of a five-nation tour, on Thursday described the U.S. economy as “a sinking ship” in the final throes of capitalism but pledged that he would not cut off oil exports to the U.S. unless his nation were attacked. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cuba reaffirms NAM’s principles at UN General Assembly
Posted by smeddum on September 25, 2008
Cuba reaffirms NAM’s principles at
UN General Assembly
JOSE Ramón Machado Ventura, Cuban first vice president, addressed the 63rd UN General Assembly and confirmed that the Non-Aligned Movement will continue to defend the interests of the Third World and promote the construction of a more just, democratic and solidarity-driven world, for which he urged developed countries not to forget their commitments to poor nations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Global Investor “Return to a multipolarworld”
Posted by smeddum on September 25, 2008
Credit Suisse: Global Investor “Return to a multipolar world”
23/09/2008 13:42 FinChanel
The FINANCIAL — In the latest edition of Credit Suisse’s “Global Investor”, in-house analysts and external experts from the scientific and business communities discuss the ongoing change in the distribution of global economic power. Read the rest of this entry »
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A bailout and a new world
Posted by smeddum on September 25, 2008
A bailout and a new world AsianTimes
By Pepe Escobar
WASHINGTON and SAO PAULO – The George W Bush administration’s US$700 billion no-accountability scheme, globally, informally dubbed “cash for trash”, is making all the headlines. Simultaneously, there’s the small matter of the United Nations General Assembly sanctioning the troubled birth of a new, multipolar world. As a 21st-century counterpart to the Dadaist Manifesto, this chain of events is priceless. Read the rest of this entry »
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Chavez hails oil cooperation with China, blasts US
Posted by smeddum on September 24, 2008
Associated Press
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN – 7 hours ago
BEIJING (AP) — China and Venezuela hailed rising oil exports and growing energy cooperation during a visit to Beijing by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that lent him a new platform from which to criticize Washington. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran and other nations prepared to rescue US from economic collapse
Posted by alfied on September 24, 2008
At 4:17 into the video, this quote: “The Iranian people are prepared, along with other nations, to help you be rescued from your current situation and establish peace and prosperity”
It is clear from the “along with other nations” part that this is a serious offer. Certainly it is far more attractive than Paulson’s 700 billion or else proposal.
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Sarkozy wants to unite Europe and Russia
Posted by seumasach on September 24, 2008
“What Europe is telling Russia is that we want links with Russia, that we want to build a shared future with Russia, we want to be Russia’s partner,” Sarkozy said. “Why not build a continent-wide economic space which would unite Russia and Europe?” he asked.
Sarkozy Calls for Global Summit to Overhaul Financial System
French President Sarkozy called Tuesday for a summit to tackle the global financial crisis and urged world leaders to draw lessons from capitalist excesses in a speech before the UN General Assembly.
23rd September, 2008
In a hard-hitting speech before the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Sept 23, French President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded that those responsible for the global financial turbulence be punished and called for a “regulated capitalism.”
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London Protesters Demand an End to US Coups
Posted by smeddum on September 23, 2008
London Protesters Demand an End to US Coups
September 23rd, 2008
By Paul Haste Charley Allan UKwatch.net
Venezuela Analysis
Scores of solidarity campaigners picketed the US embassy in London on Wednesday night before a huge rally at the National Union of Journalists head office to demand an end to US interference in Latin America.
Responding to ongoing coup attempts in Bolivia and Venezuela, NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear said that it was ironic that he was protesting outside the US embassy when its government had nationalised more of its economy in the last few days than Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had in the last decade. Read the rest of this entry »
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In These New Times 