Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Costa Ricans protest military pact with U.S
July 15, 2010The Costa Rican opposition is protesting an announced agreement that would allow 7,000 U.S. troops to operate on Costa Rican soil, coordinated with 46 U.S. ships in territorial waters.
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Two killed in clashes between workers and police in Panama
July 9, 2010Clashes between police and workers' groups in Panama have been suppressed with tear gas, leaving at least two workers dead.
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Of lynch mobs and lawsuits, immigration reform today
July 9, 2010As the summer marches on, the possibility that a comprehensive immigration reform law be passed before the November elections is more and more problematic.
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Venezuela extradites Salvadoran terrorist to Cuba
July 8, 2010The Venezuelan government and news media have announced the arrest, and extradition to Cuba, of accused Salvadoran terrorist Francisco Chavez Abarca.
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Moderate wins Poland’s presidential elections
July 7, 2010Runoff presidential elections took place in Poland on Sunday, July 4.
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Mixed results from Mexican elections
July 7, 2010Mexico carried out gubernatorial elections in 12 of its 31 states on Sunday July 4.
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On anniversary of the Honduras coup, Clinton receives letter
July 5, 2010Twenty-seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to ask that she send a special investigator to Honduras to investigate and report on rights abuses.
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Immigration: The legislative picture
June 28, 2010With as many as 14 other states consider legislation like Arizona's noxious SB 1070, the prospect of a comprehensive immigration reform to provide legalization for the 10.8 million undocumented immigrants gets harder.
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