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Post by White Cossack on Nov 17, 2008 17:17:31 GMT -5
Just a corrupt commie, and I had no idea she was Bulgarian. A bit harsh... The so called "commies" have turned Brazil from a basket case to one of the most dynamic and promising economies in the world That was just favourable international conjuncture. |
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Post by Orao on Nov 18, 2008 15:14:10 GMT -5
A bit harsh... The so called "commies" have turned Brazil from a basket case to one of the most dynamic and promising economies in the world That was just favourable international conjuncture. Favorable international conjuncture that sure is causing some worries for the US with Brazil, India, China and Russia emerging as players able to offset the balance of power in the world? |
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Post by pastir on Jan 5, 2009 19:29:56 GMT -5
Chłop Polski, what can you tell me about the history of Paraguay?
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Post by katolickaanarchia on Jan 8, 2009 1:54:07 GMT -5
well, I know that country is in South America. The main languages are Spanish and Guarani.If I remember well that country in the XVI AND XVII was a giant commune run by the Jesuit priests. The monks (Jesuits are not only priests but also monks) civilised the Indians by bapitising them and teaching them the Christian Faith. Alongside the acceptation of the Faith, the Jesuits taught the Indians how to read, write and codified the Indian languages used in Paraguay. Also, the Indians learned from the Black Fathers (because of their everyday clothing) modern European techniques of farming and building. The Jesuits introduced the Indians to cement. But this all ended in 1757 when the Hapsburg Spanish crown disbanded the Jesuit reductions. Short story, the Indians returned to their ancient way of life they had before the Jesuits. As an aside the Jesuits might of come from Croatia, Rus and Poland. Only now are they returning to modernity and the Faith. Finally, there is a large amount of Germans in Paraguay.
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Post by pastir on Jan 8, 2009 10:20:33 GMT -5
If I remember well that country in the XVI AND XVII was a giant commune run by the Jesuit priests. A commune? That sounds like socialism! How come? Didn`t the Jesuits, the banner carriers of counter-reformation, the anti heresy shock troops of the holly father in Rome, know that socialism is not compatible with their christian faith? |
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Post by katolickaanarchia on Jan 9, 2009 3:48:52 GMT -5
If I remember well that country in the XVI AND XVII was a giant commune run by the Jesuit priests. A commune? That sounds like socialism! How come? Didn`t the Jesuits, the banner carriers of counter-reformation, the anti heresy shock troops of the holly father in Rome, know that socialism is not compatible with their christian faith? Socialism did not exist before the French Revolution. Commune means they lived in fraternity similarly to the ancient guilds. The Jesuits did not build socialism but they rebuilt ancient mediaeval society.in which corporationism was the ideology. Corporationism is neither socialism nor capitalism but in its modern interpretation as put forth by John Paul II, in his encyclicals of 1981 and 1991, Laborem Exercens and Centessimus Annos the free market is the best form of economy for a Christian to live in although in the pasts the more conservative reactionary Popes of the XIX and XX century were called socialist although in the Tradition of the Christian Church, the best form of economy is the free market. The Jesuits are not troops, they are monks. The biggest change they introduced was their colleges. The original mission of the Jesuits is too teach and open institutes of higher learning. Thousands of Orthodox Christians in Poland studied at Jesuit colleges in Poland yet they felt no compulsion to be Roman. In Polish gmina, in English it is commune or municipal self-government. The Jesuits gave them a democratic political structure ruled by hard work and sacrifice for the higher good which is love. Yes, the Jesuits taught in their colleges 400 years ago that all political power (Polish władza transliterated into Serbo-Croatian vladja) comes from the people (od ludu). Democracy is not as modern as some thing it is. Truly it is an ancient form of governance equal to monarchy. PS Here is a Polish Jesuit, hieromnich Marek (Blaza) SJ. ![]() www.opoka.org.pl/zycie_kosciola/forum/porozmawiajmy/blaza.jpg[/img] |
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Post by pastir on Jan 9, 2009 14:25:35 GMT -5
Socialism did not exist before the French Revolution. Commune means they lived in fraternity similarly to the ancient guilds. The Jesuits did not build socialism but they rebuilt ancient mediaeval society.in which corporationism was the ideology. Corporationism is neither socialism nor capitalism but in its modern interpretation as put forth by John Paul II, in his encyclicals of 1981 and 1991, Laborem Exercens and Centessimus Annos the free market is the best form of economy for a Christian to live in although in the pasts the more conservative reactionary Popes of the XIX and XX century were called socialist although in the Tradition of the Christian Church, the best form of economy is the free market. Socialism is any system where the means of production are not privately owned. Corporationism? What is that, guild socialism? |
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Post by TsarSamuil on Sept 10, 2009 9:49:31 GMT -5
Russia, Venezuela sign package of oil deals
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Venezuela signed on Thursday a package of deals, including one to develop the Latin American country's Orinoco oil belt, with estimated reserves of 235 billion barrels of heavy oil.
Venezuela's PdVSA state oil firm and a consortium of major Russian producers signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in Orinoco, and a separate memo on establishing a joint venture to develop the Junin-6 field.
PdVSA also signed agreements with Russia's pipeline monopoly Transneft to build infrastructure in the Orinoco belt and another deal with oil giant Rosneft.
The documents were signed during President Hugo Chavez's two-day visit to Russia.
The consortium of Russian producers to work with Venezuela's PDVSA state oil firm includes TNK-BP, Rosneft, LUKoil, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz.
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Venezuela to sign deal for 100 Russian tanks - source
MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Venezuela are expected to sign a contract on the delivery of at least 100 main battle tanks worth about $500 million to the Latin American country, a Russian defense industry source said on Wednesday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to arrive in Moscow on Wednesday for a two-day visit as part of his 11-day foreign tour and will hold talks with the Russian leadership.
"During the visit, the sides are expected to sign a contract on the delivery of T-72 and T-90 tanks to Venezuela," the source said.
Moscow and Caracas could also discuss future deliveries of Russian-made infantry fighting vehicles, the source added.
According to military experts, the T-72 main battle tanks will comprise the bulk of the deliveries because this tank is cheaper than the T-90 and better fits the demands of the Latin American market.
The price of a T-90 main battle tank, manufactured by Russia's Uralvagonzavod plant is $5-7 million, while the price of a T-72 model is $1-2 million.
Last year, Uralvagonzavod produced a total of 165 T-90 tanks. Over half of the vehicles were exported, and the remaining tanks replaced some of the T-72s in the Russian Armed Forces; therefore, Russia may have enough T-72 tanks available for the sale to Venezuela.
The Venezuelan Army currently has more than 80 outdated French-made AMX-30 main battle tanks and several dozen AMX-13C light tanks.
Chavez, who has spent billions of dollars on weapons from Russia in recent years, earlier confirmed that Caracas and Moscow were discussing purchases of Russian T-72 and T-90 main battle tanks among other military equipment.
The Venezuelan president has said the country plans to buy weaponry from Russia over a possible increase in U.S. military personnel in neighboring Colombia.
Between 2005 and 2007 Russia signed 12 contracts worth more than $4.4 billion to supply arms to Venezuela, including fighter jets, helicopters and Kalashnikov assault rifles.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Nov 12, 2009 15:46:26 GMT -5
Thoughts?       South American Leaders Attack U.S. Bases Plan By INDALECIO ALVAREZ, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Published: 28 Aug 2009 13:55 BARILOCHE, Argentina - South American presidents attacked August 28 plans for U.S. bases in Colombia at a summit in Argentina, voicing their fears of renewed interference by Washington in their region. "It's about mobility to make war," said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the fiercest opponent of the plan, as he brandished a document he said was a U.S. Air Force strategy document setting out that aim. "The U.S. global strategy for domination explains the installation of these bases in Colombia," the longtime U.S. critic told the meeting of 12 heads of state in Argentina's mountain resort of Bariloche. Chavez leads regional skepticism that an imminent accord between Washington and Bogota allowing U.S. military use of seven Colombian bases is about fighting drug traffickers and Colombian rebels as U.S. officials insist. He claims the bases are preparation for a U.S.-led invasion of his oil-rich nation, which recently bought billions of dollars' worth of sophisticated fighter jets and tanks from its military ally Russia. The bases in neighboring Colombia, which has received $5.5 billion in mostly military U.S. aid over the past decade, could unleash "winds of war," Chavez has warned. Venezuela's closest allies, Ecuador and Bolivia, back that stance. "As long as there are uniformed foreigners in a South American country, it's difficult for us to think there can be peace," Bolivian President Evo Morales told the summit. "I doubt that a U.S. military presence in Colombia will help the fight against drug trafficking. It is only to control specific countries," he charged. Morales urged the presidents to sign a join declaration that they "do not accept foreign military bases." Uruguay's president, Tabare Vazquez, added his "firm" protest to the imminent bases deal. "We have stated that there should not be any foreign military bases on our soil or on that of this bloc's member countries," he said. Vazquez said that stance recently led his government to refuse permission for a British plane carrying fuel for fighter aircraft in the Falkland Islands - a disputed archipelago off Argentina - to land in Uruguay. Even countries not hostile to the United States, including Brazil, Argentina and Chile, see the beefed-up U.S. presence a threat to regional stability. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said on opening the one-day Union of South American Nations (Unasur) summit that the bloc should take a stance against "a non-South American country installing bases on one of our territories." Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who currently holds the rotating Unasur chair, said there has be discussion of "how a sovereign act of one country can affect and destabilize the region." Of the 12 countries represented at the summit - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela - only Peru offered qualified support for the bases plan. "What alarms us is that ... we can see us as part of a strategy of other (military) blocs" from outside the region, Peruvian President Alan Garcia said. "If the United States ends up putting invisible [stealth] aircraft and radars in Colombia, I would be tempted to sign a document rejecting the bases. If an agreement is reached defining the Colombian area [subject to U.S. military activity], I would not see a threat," he said. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was expected to run the gauntlet of criticism to defend his decision to broaden the U.S. military presence in his country. Colombia was seeking to broaden the summit's discussion to include Venezuela's links to Russia, and Brazil's multi-billion-dollar defense deals with France. Fidel Castro, the former leader of Cuba, which is not part of Unasur, said on his government's official Web site on August 27 that the bases were part of a U.S. quest to "eliminate" Venezuela's leftist government. Washington's "only purpose with these bases is the ability to put U.S. troops in South America in a matter of hours," the article said.  |
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Post by TsarSamuil on Nov 12, 2009 16:09:44 GMT -5
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Post by pastir on Nov 13, 2009 1:21:31 GMT -5
LOL. When you have a flag that would be only good for a sorority at least dont paint it on your face. |
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Post by boroslav on Jul 31, 2010 7:37:48 GMT -5
CARACAS | Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:24pm EDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said he deployed military units to repel a possible attack after Colombia claimed last week his country harbored leftist rebels, but said he hoped to mend ties soon.Chavez severed relations with U.S. ally Colombia last week over Bogota's charges his oil exporting country allowed Colombian guerrillas to stay in camps. He has since said Colombia was preparing a military attack. Colombia denies the charge, and most analysts say a war between the countries is very unlikely. "I should tell you we have deployed units to defend our sovereignty in case of an aggression, air defense units, air units, infantry, special operations," Chavez said in a phone call to a state TV station, adding that a Colombian aircraft had violated Venezuela airspace for five minutes this week. "We don't want to hurt anybody. We don't want to cause alarm in the population," said Chavez, who has seized on the dispute with Colombia to rally supporters ahead of parliamentary elections on September 26. This week Venezuelan soldiers visited sites Colombia says are established military bases, but they found only derelict buildings, Chavez said. In one case, the coordinate given by Colombia led soldiers to a rock in a river, he said. "Last night I said to the guys, "lift the rock," sure it's not a big stone, but you never know, there might be a tunnel," he said. "Maybe under the stone there is a tunnel and a camp, Vietnam-style." On Sunday he threatened to cut oil supplies to the United States, who he says is behind the alleged plan to invade, in case of military aggression from Colombia. The threat is a common one for Chavez, but he has never followed through and oil and debt markets shrugged off the news. The socialist leader said he believed the outgoing conservative government of President Alvaro Uribe, who he described as "obsessed," might still attack Venezuela, but said his Foreign Minister will meet with Colombia's new government, which takes office on August 7. Close Uribe ally Juan Manuel Santos, a former defense minister who will become president next week, wants to improve relations with Venezuela because the festering dispute has cost Colombia billions of dollars in lost trade. Chavez did not say where he had sent the forces, or how many were deployed. Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez on Thursday promised no attack was planned. Two years ago, Chavez ordered tanks to the border in protest at a Colombian bombing raid on a guerrilla base in Ecuador. It was never clear if the tanks were mobilized. A former soldier, Chavez says he would not launch an offensive against another country, but has spent billions retooling his armed forces because he says the OPEC nation is vulnerable to a U.S.-backed invasion. Venezuela has proposed a wide-reaching peace plan to end Colombia's four-decade civil war, saying it is a victim of violent groups that spill over the border. Uribe has wanted Chavez to take action against guerrillas he say launch dozens of attacks from Venezuela. Chavez denies his government supports the rebels, but says he cannot take sides in the Colombia's war. He also recognizes that much of Venezuela's 1,375-mile (2,200-km) border with Colombia is porous and vulnerable. (Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Stacey Joyce) www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66U01B20100731 |
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Post by boroslav on Dec 1, 2011 8:43:26 GMT -5
Published: 30 November, 2011, 17:37 Edited: 01 December, 2011, 12:12 Russia has launched a military partnership project with its Cold War ally Cuba, amid rising tensions over US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in Europe. Russian contractors are to supply production equipment for manufacturing 7.62-mm rifle rounds, Kommersant daily reports. Cuban arms plant called Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara will also receive a license and technology for recycling used ammo. The daily cites its sources as saying that Havana officials decided to purchase the equipment after visiting a similar production line in Venezuela. The insider did not reveal any details on the financial terms of the future deal, but said it was close to being sealed. Russian arms producers further hope to win a contract for upgrading the whole ammunition plant in the future. It was built in late 1970s early 1980s with the help of Soviet specialists. The United States are maintaining a decades-old trade blockade of Cuba. Russian companies, which would supply military equipment there, risk sanctions by the US. Communist Cuba was a major ally of the Soviet Union during the Cold War era, with an estimated gross value of arms supplied to Havana reaching $16 billion. The USSR delivered tanks, Mig fighter jets, helicopters, rocket air defense systems, submarines, small arms, communication equipment among other things. The close military collaboration resulted in the most serious tension of the period, when Moscow deployed its missiles on the island in response to a similar move by the US in Turkey. The collapse of the USSR and the economic perils new Russia faced weakened its trade and military ties with Cuba. In 2001 Russia shut down the radio reconnaissance base in Cuba, the last of its military facilities there. However in the late 2000s Moscow and Havana began to re-establish relations on many levels. In September 2008 two Russian strategic bombers carrying top Air Forces brass visited Venezuela. The aviation generals also visited Cuba and later voiced possible plans for renting and upgrading an air base on the La Orchila Island, which would allow Russian military aircraft patrol the Caribbean. Also in 2008, Russian Army generals visited Cuba to inspect its air defense forces. Possible upgrade of the old equipment and supply of spare parts was on the table. The moves were viewed by many observers as Russian response to the Bush administration plans to deploy an anti-ballistic missile system in Europe. The news on the upcoming round production deal comes as Moscow and Washington are reaching new heights of tension over AMD system. The US refuses to provide guaranties that the system would not be used against Russia. Russia’s latest move in the row was to open a new early warning radar in its western exclave, the Kaliningrad Region. President Medvedev has also threatened deployment of short-range ballistic missiles capable of destroying American ABM facilities, should it be required. Vladimir Anokhin, the vice president of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, does not believe that signing the military contract with Cuba is some kind of Russian geopolitical answer to US plans to deploy an anti-ballistic missile system in Europe. “This is a common business deal by Rosoboronexport,” Anokhin told RT. Anokhin however noted that Cuba has always been in Russia’s “area of interest” and said that at this moment no one can hamper the improvement of Russia-Cuba military cooperation. “As a sovereign state we will not fall under any sanctions from the US,” Anokhin said. “At this point the US is not in a position [to ban Russia trade with Cuba]. It will be more trouble for the US than it is worth.”Source + video @ rt.com/news/russian-arms-cuba-deal-567/ |
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Post by boroslav on Dec 1, 2011 8:54:34 GMT -5
The southern dooryard of the USA should be the sphere of Russia's special concern.
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Post by TsarSamuil on Dec 2, 2011 12:39:44 GMT -5
Yes, with all this talk about a Middle Eastern 'NATO' made up of Sunni assholes (who target Syria n ignore Bahrain) we should create a Latin American Defense Pact (LADP) to counter the US  |
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