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Mexico’s upcoming elections: The candidates, the issues
May 29, 2012On July 1, Mexico will hold elections for president and for the 128 seat Senate and 500 seat Chamber of Deputies.
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Brazil probes dictatorship’s human rights abuses
May 29, 2012Brazil's government will now investigate human rights violations committed by the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985.
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Support grows for striking Quebec students
May 29, 2012Police repression coupled with draconian measures to limit peaceful protest have failed to stop a student strike in Quebec.
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Steelworkers remember martyrs, fight for living
May 29, 2012The Republic Steel mill in south Chicago is sacred ground for the American labor movement.
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NYC public workers battle Bloomberg, with video
May 29, 2012Even as Mayor Michael Bloomberg ladles out billions of dollars to contractors in questionable deals, the multimillionaire former businessman is trying to cut pay of 10,000 of the city's municipal trades workers.
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