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Union, community activists protest Colombian president’s D.C. visit
Over 150 union and community activists protested in downtown Washington, D.C., outside of an event featuring right-wing Colombian President Álvaro…
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Morales to Goldberg: Separatists not welcome in Bolivia!
On Sept. 10, Bolivia's President Evo Morales announced, "Without fear of the empire, I declare the U.S. ambassador 'persona non…
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Prisoners rebel in La Mesa Prison
Prisoners at La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico, staged a full-scale rebellion on Sept. 14. They set fire to…
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The Cerro Maravilla Incident: Thirty years later
Thirty years ago, the brutal killing of two young pro-independence Puerto Rican activists in a police ambush—the Cerro Maravilla Incident—would…
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Hurricanes and more hurricanes
We all breathed a sigh of relief when Hurricane Gustav diminished in strength and breadth before it hit the Louisiana…
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End the trade restrictions, Lift the Blockade on Cuba Now!
Agriculture wiped out, 100,000 homes destroyed or damaged, electrical and telephone service downed We are writing to you today to…
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Chile’s September 11
A version of this article was first published in the September 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. With the…
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Gustav’s path of destruction
Editor’s note: Bill Quigley, a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans, wrote the article below…
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Venezuela nationalizes wholesale fuel distribution
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela announced Aug. 28 that he would begin nationalizing the wholesale distribution of fuel in Venezuela.…
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Racist U.S. immigration policy breaks up families
As of July, the U.S. government had already deported roughly 90,000 Mexican children and 300,000 adults in 2008, according to…
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