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Haitians pushed back by U.N. troops following school collapse
Police and U.N. forces in riot gear drove away Haitians trying to pull away pieces of wreckage at a collapsed…
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Free the Atenco 13!
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on Pennsylvania’s death row since 1982 on false charges of shooting a Philadelphia cop, being railroaded…
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Cuba Hit By Another Hurricane – End the Blockade!
The ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) issued the call to action below on Nov. 10.…
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Cuba Hit By Another Hurricane – End the Blockade!
The ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) issued the call to action below on Nov. 10.…
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Colombian general quits over civilian murders
The commander of the Colombian army has abruptly resigned in a widening scandal over reports of the widespread murders of…
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Chávez to nationalize banks if economic crisis threatens Venezuela
During an inauguration ceremony for the construction of a new international airport in the state of Barinas, Venezuelan president Hugo…
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World to United States: End the blockade of Cuba!
On Oct. 29, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution for the 17th consecutive year calling for the end…
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Volunteers quit Peace Corps, choose to return to Bolivia
A month after the U.S. Peace Corps removed its volunteers from Bolivia, some have returned to the Latin American country…
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Commemorating the 1950 Jayuya Uprising
On Oct. 30, 1950, the Puerto Rican independence cry of "Que viva Puerto Rico libre" resounded for the whole island…
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Cuba hurricane reconstruction efforts buoyed by international solidarity
Cuba experienced its worst natural disaster in five decades when hurricanes Gustav and Ike raked the island with winds of…
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