Tag Archives: Bashar al-Assad

Is Mexico’s Fourth Transformation its Fourth Militarization?

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There is no doubt that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has favored the country’s military since taking office, constantly increasing its size, powers, budget and impunity. One of the obvious reasons for AMLO’s affinity for Mexico’s armed forces is the simple fact that a well-pampered military is very unlikely to stage a coup against a

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Is Russia the Winner of the Latest Airstrikes against Syria?

By WANG LI     Special to Pulse News Mexico On April 21, one week after the U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia would sell S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria unconditionally. Since Moscow denounced the recent U.S.-led missile strikes as an “aggression” against Syria that violated international law, selling S-300 missiles to Syria seems to be

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Why the Americas Summit Was a Bomb

By RICARDO CASTILLO     The eighth Summit of the Americas (SOA). which concluded Saturday. April 14, in Lima, Peru, was little more than a watered-down exercise in continental power. For starters, the “mini-summit” was unintentionally bombarded by U.S. President Donald Trump by his not attending. Also silently absent from the event was talkative Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, who was not invited. A face-to-face clash

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