Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and analyst for the Real News. His latest book is Obama Does Globalistan. He may be reached at [email protected]. China’s plans for massive ...

What has just happened in Iran? Was it a revolution, or something entirely different? Whatever the West may make of it, Pepe Escobar argues the 1979 Islamic revolution has now turned into “the ...

The gold and silver prices are down to start the new week, with the gold futures currently down $27 and the silver futures down 70 cents. However, as is often the case, there's plenty of news ...

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m coming to you from Washington, DC, And joining us from São Paulo, Brazil, is a Pepe Escobar. Thanks for joining us, Pepe. PEPE ...

Chavez and Lula have become heroes on the streets of the Middle East for what’s seen as standing up to the US empire. Has South America become “a beacon of hope” in the Middle East? We’re committed to ...

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR: So the Cuban press has announced that Fidel Castro will not be running for reelection as president. This became an enormous story around the world today. When I first heard it ...

'You have literally the genocide of all the inhabitants of Gaza live on the smartphones of everybody in the world,' says independent journalist Pepe Escobar Relatives of the dead who lost their lives ...

PEPE ESCOBAR, TRNN ANALYST: On the Democratic side, things are much more complicated and diverse and nuanced. Starting with the Clinton side, one of her main advisers for foreign policy is in fact ...

Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Pepe Escobar covers the huge Latin American landscape for Asia Times Online. Story Transcript PEPE ESCOBAR, TRNN ANALYST: What I try to do is to explain how Islamist ...

Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Pepe Escobar covers the huge Latin American landscape for Asia Times Online. Please note that TRNN transcripts are typed from a recording of the program; The Real News ...