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Jamaica government ousted in election; Austerity policies blamed
March 2, 2016Jamaica has been experiencing economic decline, sky-high unemployment, and a seemingly intractable crime rate for years.
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Iran elections: disqualifying candidates, arresting unionists
March 1, 2016In the Iran parliamentary election held February 26, progressive Iranians and trade unionists got little reprieve from the repressive theocratic state in the run-up to the vote.
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Bacardi and the defense of Cuban sovereignty
February 29, 2016Bacardi is a multi-national entity, not a U. S. corporation. Its headquarters are in Bermuda, a tax-free haven for corporate profits.
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India’s right-wing government targets student activist
February 29, 2016The charges against Kanhaiya Kumar must be understood against the backdrop of the elections to be held in several Indian states.
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Colombian professor, jailed for his ideas, begins hunger strike
February 24, 2016Miguel Ángel Beltrán, a sociology professor at Colombia's National University, is being held in maximum security at a prison in Bogota.
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