OscailtThe Empire scores two victories in South America - Venezuela and ArgentinaIn the recent elections in Venezuela the right wing opposition long backed by Washington has secured a majority by winning 107 out of 167 seats. This is the first time since the early days of deceased former president Chavez rose to power that the right has had control of the parliament.
This allows them to to remove ministers from the presidential cabinet. Had they won 111 seats, they would have been enough power in the legislative body to dismiss Supreme Court Judges, reform the Constitution and convoke a recall referendum of the national executive without having collected the minimum quota of signatures required by the Bolivarian Constitution. It is likely they will try this anyhow.
In the second victory for the empire, the neo-liberal right wing got back into power in Argentina just two weeks ago in late November with the election of right-wing candidate Mauricio Macri from one of the country's richest families
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2015-12-10T23:11:28+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=105629http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifNeo-liberal offensive could be trickyhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/105629#comment3006632015-12-10T23:11:28+00:00AnonHere's a rather hopeful article called the 'Latin America: The Aborted Neo-Liber...Here's a rather hopeful article called the 'Latin America: The Aborted Neo-Liberal Offensive' which suggests the right-wingers won't be able to impose the full neo-liberal offensive too easily simply because its effects will cause push back very quickly.<br />
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