United States and Venezuela: A Historical Background
Latin America :: 05.13.2019Introduction: US hostility and efforts to overthrow the Venezuelan government forms parts of a long and inglorious history of US intervention in Latin America going back to the second decade of the 19th century.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
New Essays
US Global Power: The Trump Period: An Assessment
United States :: 05.01.2019Introduction: US global power in the Trump period reflects the continuities and changes which are unfolding rapidly and deeply throughout the world and which are affecting the position of Washington.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
Shadow Boxing for Empire: The Mueller Report
United States :: 04.21.2019By the end of the Obama regime, the US had gone through seven wars and was in the process of losing five of them. Washington was facing global challenges to its dominant economic and political role from Russia and China.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
Julian Assange and the Agenda for Global War
Analysis :: 04.15.2019Introduction: For almost a decade Washington has sought to silence, jail and eliminate the world’s most prominent investigative journalist, Julian Assange (JA) and his team of co-workers at Wilkileaks (WL).
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
New book: “Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change”
James Petras & Henry Veltmeyer :: Analysis :: 04.15.2019Unfortunately for the Left and the popular sector organizations that had pinned their hopes on these regimes, the opportunity to change the course of national development in a popular or populist direction was missed
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
Why Venezuela has not been Defeated
Latin America :: 04.14.2019Introduction: Over the past half decade, a small army of US analysts, politicians, academics and media pundits have been predicting the imminent fall, overthrow, defeat and replacement of the Venezuelan government. They have been wrong on all counts, in each and every attempt to foist a US client regime.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
New Zealand Mosque Massacre: White Supremacy and Western Wars
Analysis :: 03.19.2019The mass murder and wounding of 97 Muslim worshipers in Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ) which took place on Friday, March 15, 2019, has profound political, ideological and psychological roots.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)
President Trump and the Democratic Congress: The Score Sheet
United States :: 03.14.2019Going into the third year of President Trump’s presidency, it is necessary to draw a balance sheet on who is winning and/or losing.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200926144428im_/https://www.lahaine.org/wapa/wp-images/blank.gif)