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World notes: India, Hungary, Guatemala – and more
April 7, 2011Cuba: Self employment is applied to mines, quarries; Guatemala: transport fuels or food?; United Kingdom: Use profits for debt relief, say international organizations; Hungary: Rightist revival; India: Anti-guerrilla fight jeopardizes civilians, neutrals.
Read moreMartelly, friend of Duvalier, named winner in Haiti vote
April 6, 2011In spite of possible fraud Haiti's Provisional Elections Council recently announced Michel Martelly has apparently won the runoff elections by a landslide over former First Lady Mirlande Manigat.
Read moreMexico: Anti-union labor law “reform” pushed by the right
April 6, 2011The two right-wing parties in the Mexican congress have come together to promote a labor law "reform" that unions see as an effort to crush organized labor.
Read moreParamilitaries alive and well in Colombia
April 5, 2011Paramilitary forces have displaced over four million rural people from 16 million acres of land.
Read moreIraqis wage grassroots fight for democracy
April 5, 2011Eight years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, the Iraqi people are building a grassroots movement for democracy and an economy that works for them.
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