International – Page 593

$1.6 trillion needed for U.S. infrastructure

September 12, 2003

Traffic congestion, polluted air and beaches, overcrowded schools, potholes, blackouts, broken water mains and decaying bridges are daily miseries that most everyone has had to confront. These hazards and disruptions will continue and in some cases...

$87 billion for Iraq: Another Vietnam?

September 12, 2003 By Susan Webb

President Bush stunned the nation Sunday night with his request for an additional $87 billion for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. In a hastily-scheduled television speech, Bush sought to defend the Iraq war and occupation...

International Notes

September 5, 2003

Chile: Pinochet trial blocked Chile’s appeals court has blocked the latest effort to bring former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet to justice for the disappearances and killings of thousands of political opponents including Communist Party members, following...

50 years later, new plots against Iran

September 5, 2003

“Regime change” is not a new policy. Fifty years ago, on Aug. 19, 1953, the CIA with British assistance embarked on a similar policy with catastrophic consequences. Its damaging effects are still being felt in the...

Chile remembers 1973 coup

September 5, 2003

Chileans are commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fascist coup and the murder of former President Salvador Allende on Sept. 11, 1973, in a variety of ways. Allende was the first Socialist to win the position...