The Imperial Way: American Decline in Perspective, Part 2

By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch Feb 16, 2012 In the years of America's conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” have continued to mount elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Women Leaders

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jul 25, 2011 Dig deeper

Give Us a Break, Henry

Barry Lando / Truthdig Feb 10, 2011 With a well-known thing for murderous dictators, Henry Kissinger's advice on Egypt should be met with skepticism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mexican Drug War Spills Into Guatemala

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2011 The hold of Mexican drug traffickers has overflowed the country’s southern border, as the Zeta cartel has seized control of parts of northern Guatemala, leading the government there to declare a state of siege in the area. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dropping Temperatures Take Toll in Peru

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2010 After hundreds of children died in weather that has gripped Peru and plunged temperatures to 50-year lows, the country has declared a state of emergency. The declaration will provide funds intended to lessen additional casualties. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Argentina Makes Gay Marriage Official

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2010 As of Wednesday, we can add Argentina to the list of nations that has beaten the U.S. to the enlightened punch by sanctioning gay marriage. In so doing, Argentina also gets the prize for being the first country in South America to make it legal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Truth, Crudely Put

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 12, 2010 Forgive me if I am neither shocked nor outraged at Harry Reid's comments about Barack Obama's skin. What I would find stunning is evidence that his assessment was anything but accurate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Argentine Couple Wed in Latin America’s First Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 After they encountered resistance in Buenos Aires earlier this month, Argentine couple Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello found an alternative location for their wedding, and they sealed the deal Monday in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost state in their country, making theirs the first same-sex marriage in Latin America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chavez Walks the Red Carpet With Stone in Venice

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2009 Oliver Stone made quite a dramatic entrance at the Venice Film Festival on Monday for the premiere of his documentary, "South of the Border" -- the director was joined on the red carpet by none other than Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, the subject of his film. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stone Goes ‘South of the Border’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2009 A new documentary by Oliver Stone called "South of the Border" follows his earlier trajectory of "Salvador" (1984), "Comandante" (2003), and "Looking for Fidel" (2004) as he talks to several Latin American leaders to understand what is happening on the continent and how U.S. perceptions of our own backyard are skewed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Base Deal Rocks U.S.-Latin Relations

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2009 The US reputation in Latin America continues to be soiled as a plan between the U and Colombia to increase American access to Colombian military bases has erupted in a firestorm of Latin anger against the deal as a form of military imperialist expansion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Latin Leaders Unhappy With U.S. Move Into Colombia

BLANK Aug 11, 2009 The U.S. plans to move its anti-drug operations from Ecuador to Colombia, which is just a little too close for Hugo Chavez, who said "the winds of war were beginning to blow." Luis Inacio Lula da Silva added, "As president of Brazil, this climate of unease disturbs me." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )