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Monday Mar 03, 2014
Leid Stories - 03/03/14
Monday Mar 03, 2014
Monday Mar 03, 2014
Venezuela, Ukraine Crises Reheat Battle for Hemispheric Hegemony
The dynamics of the crises in Venezuela and Ukraine—and, now, Crimea—are changing almost by the minute, pointing up complex issues that go far deeper than Secretary of State John Kerry’s supersimplistic, and predictably standard, explanation that they are about “freedom and democracy.”
Dr. Gerald Horne, who has written extensively on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism and teaches graduate courses in diplomatic history at the University of Houston, expands his Feb. 28 discussion with Leid Stories (check podcast) that places these crises in proper historical, ideological and geopolitical perspective.
Particular attention is given to the roles of the United States and Russia, and hemispheric hegemony.