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Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara: Day of the Heroic Guerrilla
On Oct. 8, 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara—a revolutionary hero—was captured in battle in the jungles of Bolivia. Che was leading…
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Brazil’s president Lula faces election runoff
On Oct. 1, Brazilians voted in national presidential elections. The candidate of the Workers’ Party and current president, Luís Inácio…
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The victims of Posada Carriles will not be forgotten
José Pertierra is an attorney. He represents the Venezuelan government in the extradition case of Luis Posada Carriles. This speech…
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Hugo Chávez: Rise up against the Empire
Below is the full text of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20.…
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Never before
The writer is a long-time progressive Cuban activist in Miami. He is the editor of the on-line journal Areíto Digital…
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Colombian military behind terrorist bombings
On Sept. 7, Colombian army head Gen. Mario Montoya was forced to announce that high-level government troops, including a captain…
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Students in Chile mobilize to win education reforms
On Aug. 22 and Aug. 25, thousands of Chilean high school students and their supporters took to the streets to…
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Social movements decisive in Ecuador’s political landscape
On Oct. 15, over nine million Ecuadorans, including Ecuadorans living abroad, will vote for the eighth president in the last…
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Chevron-Texaco’s chemical genocide in Ecuador
The writer is a journalist who reports for Free Speech Radio News and is currently working on the case against…
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Is Venezuela the Real Target of Bush’s New Cuba Plan?
Reprinted from Counterpunch Cuba calls the shots; and Venezuela pays the bills. That is the major premise underlying the Report…
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