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Bolivia, Peru defend use of coca leaf
Last week, the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board strongly recommended that Peru and Bolivia ban coca chewing and the use…
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U.S. blocks websites related to Cuba
Bush announced on March 7 that he will continue the U.S. blockade on Cuba. The blockade was put in place…
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Puerto Rico’s 42,000 teachers strike
On Feb. 21, the Federation of Puerto Rican Teachers (FMPR) along with other sectors of the labor force, students and…
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Interview with mothers of the Cuban Five
Jan. 24 interview with Irma Sehwerert, René González's mother and outgoing deputy of Cuba's National Assembly of Peoples’ Power; and…
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Colombian government assassinates Raúl Reyes
The Colombian military brutally bombarded an encampment of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) inside Ecuador on March…
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Iran to open television station in Bolivia
On Feb. 18, Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, announced at a gathering of coca farmers from Chapare that Iran plans to…
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High-tech U.S.-Mexico border ‘fence’ ready
On Feb.22, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced new fortifications to the repressive apparatus at the U.S.-Mexico border. Boeing…
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Mapuche struggle for land in Chile
A militant struggle by the Mapuche, one of Chile’s Indigenous peoples, forced the government to create a high commission for…
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Raúl Castro elected President of Cuba
Comrades: As comrade Fidel alerted us in his fundamental Reflection of last January 14th, the people’s mandate to this legislature…
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Elegido Raúl Castro como presidente Cubano
Compañeras y compañeros: Es claro el mandato del pueblo a esta Legislatura: continuar fortaleciendo la Revolución en un momento histórico…
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