The last elected left-wing president in Latin America was Chile's Salvador Allende whose government was destroyed by a U.S.-backed military coup in 1973. Now the victory of Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may signal the end of neoliberalism in Latin America. Jan Rocha reports.

Four leaders of the Sierra Club's Glen Canyon Group in Utah come out against Bush's war against Iraq. Rather than joining them in opposition to the prospect of an environmental disaster, Sierra Club national comes down on these environmental activists. Jeffrey St. Clair reports.

Colombian journalist Ignacio Gomez told America's most influential journalists how Washington-supported Colombian president Alvaro Uribe is connected to drug traffickers and how U.S. military trainers helped organize a massacre in his country. Did we hear about it on CBS or NBC news? Lucy Komisar reports.

The 'general strike' called by the opposition in Venezuela is now on its eighth day. Much of this struggle is about oil, Venezuela being the fourth largest producer. Justin Podur comments.

On Nov. 13, UN Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan made an appearance at College Park, Md., and sharply condemned Israel for its "draconian security measures." Where do you think the Baltimore Sun ran that story in its Nov. 14 issue? Try Page 20 A! On page one, it chose instead to run a routine study about cholesterol!

Why is Nat Hentoff warning us about the USA Patriot Act, but opposing a grass roots movement that advocates on college campuses for divestment from the apartheid state of Israel?

America has the highest incarceration rate in the world, just ahead of Russia. The Three-Stikes Law, which is directed at the poor and minorities, will only add to that national disgrace. Why don't the law and order types apply their draconian penal philosophy to the corporate and white collar thugs? Huh?

The constitutional government of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela faces its fourth assault in eight months. But the Constitution of 1999 is without a doubt the most democratic in Latin America. It provides for removal of elected public officials. So why is pro-coup intensity so high? Hans Dieterich comments.