Charles Davis

Charles Davis writes for Inter Press Service.

Hillary the Hawk

Announcing her latest campaign for the presidency, Hillary Clinton declared she was entering the race to be the champion for “everyday Americans.” As a lawmaker and diplomat, however, Clinton has long championed military campaigns that have killed scores of “everyday” people abroad, from Iraq to Yemen. As commander-in-chief, there’s no reason to believe she’d be … Continue reading “Hillary the Hawk”

US Hedge Funds Paint Argentina as Ally of Iranian ‘Devil’

When Argentina defaulted on its national debt in 2001, US hedge funds swooped in to buy the nation’s bonds at pennies on the dollar, confident they would eventually prevail in the US legal system and force the country to pay out in full. That battle is set to reach the Supreme Court later this year, … Continue reading “US Hedge Funds Paint Argentina as Ally of Iranian ‘Devil’”

A Global Empire, Yet a United States of Fear

By the end of 2011, the United States had elite special operations forces in around 120 of the 192 countries recognized by the United Nations, with U.S. military bases in more than half of the world’s nation-states. Yet despite this global empire — some would say because of it — the United States is a … Continue reading “A Global Empire, Yet a United States of Fear“

Lawmakers, ‘Experts’ Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America 

Through its ties with Venezuela and other nations in Latin America, Iran is building an anti-US alliance in the Western Hemisphere that poses a direct, imminent threat to the United States, an influential US lawmaker said Thursday. The remark from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, author of sanctions legislation targeting Iran that was … Continue reading “Lawmakers, ‘Experts’ Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America “

Hundreds Rally in Support of Accused WikiLeaks Source

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people gathered Saturday outside a U.S. military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is being presented before a military judge for the first time since Manning’s arrest. A U.S. Army intelligence analyst, Manning was arrested in May 2010 by … Continue reading “Hundreds Rally in Support of Accused WikiLeaks Source”

Alleged Plot Weakens Claims of Iran’s Sway in Latin America

MANAGUA — Claims by neoconservatives and other right-wingers that Iranian influence in Latin America poses a growing security threat to the United States seem exaggerated, at best, with recent allegations that Tehran sought the help of an Iranian-American used-car salesman in a high-profile assassination plot.Overblown though they may be, those wide-ranging claims have been frequently … Continue reading “Alleged Plot Weakens Claims of Iran’s Sway in Latin America”

Five Decades of an Admittedly Failed Cuba Policy

U.S. citizens of Cuban descent are once again free to travel to Cuba and send an unlimited amount of money to their relatives on the island, but for the most part U.S. policy toward the communist nation hasn’t changed under President Barack Obama. Since taking office, Obama – who called the nearly half-century U.S. embargo … Continue reading “Five Decades of an Admittedly Failed Cuba Policy”