Tag: Natural resources
Natural Resources Fuel SouthCom’s Interest in South America
Gen. Richardson’s tour exposes the enormous risks the continent faces in asserting its sovereignties. On Tuesday, Mission Truth, an independent group of researchers analyzing contemporary geopolitical issues, published a report highlighting the reasons why the United States and its Southern Command (SouthCom) are seeking to intensify their military presence in South America. Below is the […]
September 4, 2024
Argentine Police Repress Protests Against Milei in Tucuman
The “May Pact” among conservative governors will promote the exploitation of natural resources in the Argentine provinces. On Monday, four Argentinians were detained in Tucuman while participating in a march against the policies implemented by President Javier Milei. RELATED: Argentina: Workers Hold a Day of Struggle and a Popular Pot The protests occurred in response […]
July 9, 2024
Argentines Reject Israeli Company in Jujuy Water Management
On Tuesday, the Indigenous peoples of the Jujuy province were excluded from the first meeting of the “Water Table,” in which local authorities presented details of the 2024 Agreement with the Israeli consulting firm Mekorot. RELATED: Argentina: Indigenous Peoples Protest in Front of Supreme Court Social organizations, water consortia, and neighborhood centers also did not […]
May 21, 2024
The US Uses Sanctions to Blackmail Venezuela: VP Rodriguez
On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez asserted that the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States seek to “blackmail” Venezuela into changing its course of independence and self-determination. RELATED: Imperial Powers Meddle in The Essequibo Issue, Venezuela Warns “Over 1,000 unilateral coercive measures, wrongly called ‘sanctions’, have been used to blackmail us and […]
May 14, 2024
SouthCom to Have Presence at Argentina’s Integrated Naval Base
In the early hours of Friday, Argentine President Javier Milei and Gen. Laura Richardson, the commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom), held a meeting in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in this South American country. RELATED: Venezuelan President Rejects Milei’s Request for Sanctions During a speech to military personnel from both countries, the far-right politician […]
April 5, 2024
Noboa’s Deals With the US Compromise Ecuador’s Sovereignty: Iza
During an interview with teleSUR on Tuesday night, Leonidas Iza, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), asserted that President Daniel Noboa is ceding the country’s sovereignty to the United States under the pretext of the “Internal Armed Conflict” against groups linked to international drug trafficking. RELATED: SOUTHCOM Commander Richardson Meets […]