Rumors Of Coups And War: U.S., NATO Target Latin America

OpEdNews - 21st Nov 2009

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Roberto Micheletti: November 28 will mark five months since the coup led by U.S.-trained commanders deposed the president of Honduras, the next day will see a mock election in the same nation designed to legitimize the junta of Roberto Micheletti, and the day following that will be a month since Washington signed an agreement with the Alvaro Uribe government in Colombia for the use of seven Military bases in the country. While intensifying a full-scale war in South Asia, continuing occupation missions in Iraq and...

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