Nortel Implicated in Disastrous Liquidation of Colombia’s Telecom By Asad Ismi Nortel Networks, Canada’s largest high-tech corporation, has helped bring about the liquidation of TELECOM, Colombia’s biggest telecommunications company, and the likely privatization of its successor. Brampton-based Nortel has assets of U.S.$15.8 billion, 37,000 employees and a presence in 150 countries. Plummeting global demand for telecommunications equipment and poor management have devastated Nortel […]
Enbridge Spreads Disaster in Colombia By Asad Ismi In the December 2000/January 2001 Monitor, I reported that Enbridge Inc., one of Canada’s leading energy corporations, was linked to death squads in Colombia according to information provided by Amnesty International. Below, I examine the impact of this revelation in Canada as well as detail the further damage caused in Colombia by […]
Conning the People: Privatization in Canada A five-part radio documentary series about the disastrous effects of privatization in Canada and internationally. Written by Asad Ismi Produced by Kristin Schwartz Narrated by both Production assistance by Kristiana Clemens and sounds by Wing Hong Tse. Download or listen online at this link. Email Asad Ismi for CD copies of the documentary at <redstorm.ismi@gmail.com> […]
Viva Chavez: U.S. Fails (Twice) to Overthrow Venezuela’s Elected President By Asad Ismi Even as the U.S. military invaded and occupied Iraq, mainly to plunder the world’s second largest oil deposits, Venezuela, the world’s fourth largest oil exporter, slipped out of Washington’s grip. On April 13, Hugo Chavez, the leftist president of Venezuela, celebrated his defeat of a U.S.-sponsored military coup which took place a […]
