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PSL WikiBrief: U.S. gives Peru’s government military aid to repress its people
A confidential cable from the U.S. embassy in Lima, Peru reveals a high degree of military and political cooperation with…
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Million plus remain homeless and displaced in Haiti
One year after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, more than a million people remain homeless in Haiti. Homemade shelters and…
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PSL WikiBriefs: U.S. government funds right-wing forces in Nicaragua
A secret May 2008 cable from the U.S. embassy in Managua, Nicaragua details the significant financial and logistical support Washington…
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PSL WikiBrief: Washington admits Cuban counterrevolutionaries lack popular support
After decades of failed attempts to overthrow the socialist government of Cuba, the U.S. government has secretly concluded that domestic…
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South Africa to forgive Cuba’s debt
Pres. Jacob Zuma of South Africa announced recently that his country would provide a $30 million credit package to Cuba.…
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PSL WikiBrief: Prelude to an attempted coup in Ecuador
A declassified U.S. diplomatic cable reveals the plans of Lucio Gutierrez, former president of Ecuador, to return to the country…
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BP sued in Ecuadoran courts for Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Environmentalists from several Latin American countries have filed a lawsuit against BP seeking damages from the April 20, 2010, Deepwater…
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PSL WikiBrief: U.S. government lies about the role of Cubans in Venezuela
A diplomatic cable from the U.S. embassy in Caracas distorts Cuba???s internationalist policies in an attempt to discredit the revolutionary…
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PSL WikiBrief: U.S. government admits Honduras coup was illegal
Declaring the question of the legality of the 2009 coup in Honduras ???open and shut,??? a diplomatic cable sent by…
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NYC rally condemns occupation, sham elections in Haiti
On Dec. 10, dozens of Haitians demonstrated alongside progressive allies in front of the United Nations General Headquarters in Dag…
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