{"id":146659,"date":"2015-04-21T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=811daf9824cfe5dd0c6797afec43ac1c"},"modified":"2015-04-21T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:20:00","slug":"nyt-gives-former-peruvian-strongmanhuman-rights-abuser-feature-op-ed-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/nyt-gives-former-peruvian-strongmanhuman-rights-abuser-feature-op-ed-space\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Gives Former Peruvian Strongman\/Human Rights Abuser Feature Op-ed Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
NYT Gives Former Peruvian Strongman\/Human Rights Abuser Feature Op-Ed Space<\/b><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Alejandro Toledo served as Peruvian President from 2001 – 2006. He led opposition against former despot Alberto Fujimori (1990 – 2000).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He was elected on populist promises to create more jobs, alleviate dire poverty, deliver social justice, and end years of corrupted hardline rule including serious human rights abuses.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
As president, he continued business as usual Washington Consensus policies – same old, same old neoliberal harshness.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They include obeying IMF\/World Bank diktats, paying bankers first, privatization of state enterprises, deregulation, ignoring social needs, and cracking down hard on nonbelievers.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He targeted anyone challenging his agenda. Independent journalists were harassed, threatened and attacked. So were human rights worker. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Public protesters faced harsh recrimination. Torture remained official policy. Peruvians suffered hugely during his tenure.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Times editors<\/a><\/span> ignored his ruthlessness. They featured his op-ed criticizing Venezuela’s model democracy – polar opposite Peru during his tenure and today.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He blamed President Nicolas Maduro for Obama’s political and economic war – including US manipulated street violence and failed February coup d’etat.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He called violent anti-government protesters “peaceful.” He ignored clear evidence against coup plotters – and other opposition figures in league with Washington to topple Venezuela’s government.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He ludicrously claimed Bolivarian fairness fosters inequality. His solution includes failed policies during his tenure – serving monied interests at the expense of all others, dressed up in populist rhetoric without meaning or follow-through. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He outrageously accused Maduro of “conspiratorial mindset (thinking) and authoritarian instincts…carried over from the regime of his predecessor, Hugo <\/div>\n
Chavez\u2026”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Venezuela is the region’s model democracy – polar opposite America’s sham version, what Peruvians got throughout his tenure and conditions today.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Dissent was crushed. In Venezuela it’s cherished. Toledo wants criminal opposition figures freed. He wants monied interests alone served.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He wants external and internal pressure maintained against sovereign Venezuelan independence. He wants pro-Western rogue leadership replacing its democracy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Times editors share his extremism. They waged war on Venezuela throughout Chavez’s tenure.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It continues against Marduro. They support wealth, power and privilege. They back every imperial war America wages. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They want monied interests alone served. They support exploiting all others to make them richer.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A Final Comment<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Venezuela represents model Bolivarian fairness. Peru is polar opposite. Why the IMF and World Bank selected it for their October 5 – 12, 2015 meeting – their first in Latin America in half a century.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Thousands of neoliberal advocates will meet in Lima – in recognition of Peru following strict IMF\/World Bank diktats at the expense of its own people greatly harmed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Toledo’s legacy remains in place. He urges all Latin America to follow his failed agenda – enforced by harsh crackdowns against nonbelievers.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NYT Gives Former Peruvian Strongman\/Human Rights Abuser Feature Op-Ed Space<\/b><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Alejandro Toledo served as Peruvian President from 2001 – 2006. He led opposition against former despot Alberto Fujimori (1990 – 2000).<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He was elected on populist promises to create more jobs, alleviate dire poverty, deliver social justice, and end years of corrupted hardline rule including serious human rights abuses.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
As president, he continued business as usual Washington Consensus policies – same old, same old neoliberal harshness.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They include obeying IMF\/World Bank diktats, paying bankers first, privatization of state enterprises, deregulation, ignoring social needs, and cracking down hard on nonbelievers.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He targeted anyone challenging his agenda. Independent journalists were harassed, threatened and attacked. So were human rights worker. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Public protesters faced harsh recrimination. Torture remained official policy. Peruvians suffered hugely during his tenure.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Times editors<\/a><\/span> ignored his ruthlessness. They featured his op-ed criticizing Venezuela’s model democracy – polar opposite Peru during his tenure and today.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He blamed President Nicolas Maduro for Obama’s political and economic war – including US manipulated street violence and failed February coup d’etat.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He called violent anti-government protesters “peaceful.” He ignored clear evidence against coup plotters – and other opposition figures in league with Washington to topple Venezuela’s government.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He ludicrously claimed Bolivarian fairness fosters inequality. His solution includes failed policies during his tenure – serving monied interests at the expense of all others, dressed up in populist rhetoric without meaning or follow-through. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He outrageously accused Maduro of “conspiratorial mindset (thinking) and authoritarian instincts…carried over from the regime of his predecessor, Hugo <\/div>\n
Chavez…”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Venezuela is the region’s model democracy – polar opposite America’s sham version, what Peruvians got throughout his tenure and conditions today.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Dissent was crushed. In Venezuela it’s cherished. Toledo wants criminal opposition figures freed. He wants monied interests alone served.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He wants external and internal pressure maintained against sovereign Venezuelan independence. He wants pro-Western rogue leadership replacing its democracy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Times editors share his extremism. They waged war on Venezuela throughout Chavez’s tenure.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
It continues against Marduro. They support wealth, power and privilege. They back every imperial war America wages. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
They want monied interests alone served. They support exploiting all others to make them richer.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A Final Comment<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Venezuela represents model Bolivarian fairness. Peru is polar opposite. Why the IMF and World Bank selected it for their October 5 – 12, 2015 meeting – their first in Latin America in half a century.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Thousands of neoliberal advocates will meet in Lima – in recognition of Peru following strict IMF\/World Bank diktats at the expense of its own people greatly harmed.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Toledo’s legacy remains in place. He urges all Latin America to follow his failed agenda – enforced by harsh crackdowns against nonbelievers.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-146659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}