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Capitalism’s broken bridges
On Aug. 1, a heavily traveled interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minn., crumbled, sending rush hour traffic plunging into the Mississippi…
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Chávez helps Argentina during energy shortage
Venezuela has signed a number of energy deals with Argentina, also indicating its willingness to purchase as much as $1…
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Bloodshed during Guatemala’s election campaign
Carlos de Leon Bravo, a local candidate in San Marcos from Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú’s liberal party, has…
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Wal-Mart exploits unpaid teen labor in Mexico
Around 19,000 teenagers, mostly grocery baggers, are working for free at Wal-Mart’s 62 Superama markets in Mexico. The stores encourage…
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Rally supports people’s struggle in Oaxaca
A dozen mostly young Latinos held a noontime press conference and rally and picketed in front of the Mexican consulate…
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Workers in Peru fight neoliberal regime
Workers in Peru protesting for better working and living conditions face growing repression from the government. Hundreds have been detained,…
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Massive rally opposes transfer of Bolivian capital
In one of the largest rallies in Bolivian history, as many as one million people took to the streets of…
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Fidel Castro: imperialism and the ‘brain drain’
The following are excerpts from an essay written by Cuban President Fidel Castro on July 17 directed to graduates of…
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A word from globalization’s ‘have-nots’
Proponents of globalization claim it provides answers to many of the world’s economic problems. But while transnational corporate giants rake…
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FARC negotiator unjustly convicted in U.S. court
The U.S. war on the Colombian revolutionary movement took a serious turn on July 9 when a Washington, D.C., federal…
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