Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Changeover in Colombia brings hope for peace
August 10, 2010Statements by Colombia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos, open a slender possibility for peace in a country which has been racked by civil war for over 50 years.
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GOP goes after kids and Constitution
August 4, 2010A key amendment to the U.S. Constitution is in the cross hairs of a frightening Republican campaign.
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Undocumented immigration: paying the price of NAFTA
August 2, 2010It is unconscionable to blame and persecute Mexican and other immigrants who are forced to migrate because of trade policies that our own government has so forcefully promoted.
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Brazil approves racial equality law, but “much yet to do”
July 30, 2010Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva signed the "Statute of Racial Equality."
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In wake of judge’s ruling, immigrant rights protests continue
July 29, 2010Though the ruling was widely hailed as a victory by the immigrants' rights movement, protests and lobbying continue toward the goal of a comprehensive immigration reform.
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Mexican electrical workers continue hunger strike
July 22, 2010A long running hunger strike by laid-off electrical workers in Mexico City has reached a point of high drama.
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What’s at stake in Brazil’s election
July 22, 2010Brazil will soon elect a new president, to replace current President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva who is constitutionally forbidden from succeeding himself, all 513 members of the lower house of Congress plus two thirds of...
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Cuba releases prisoners, will U.S. reciprocate?
July 16, 2010It remains to be seen whether, or how, the United States might respond with a reciprocal gesture that could begin to thaw the long-frozen relations between the two governments.
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