Tag Archives: Latin America

A Full-Service Bank: R. Allen Stanford and the CIA

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: August 6, 2010
antifascist-calling.blogspot.com In a scandal-plagued era such as ours, scarred by murderous wars, occupations and corruption that would make a Roman emperor blush, accused crooks have names; even juiced ones like R. Allen Stanford. Last year, when a federal court in Texas handed down indictments charging Stanford International Bank (SIB) and its officers with “orchestrating a [...]
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Private Contractors and Covert Wars in Latin America

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: June 16, 2010
Cyril Mychalejko/UpsideDownWorld U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) threatened to issue subpoenas against the U.S. Defense and State Departments last month if they continue to refuse to accurately account for billions of dollars spent on private contractors assisting Washington in the ‘war on drugs’ in Latin America. But McCaskill’s concerns raise broader questions about oversight and [...]
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Latin America, Iran, Russia, China may drop US dollar

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 17, 2009
Latin America plans US dollar replacement Press.TV Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on using a new intra- regional trading currency, dubbed as Sucre, instead of the US dollar.
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