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World Notes: Cuba, Spain and more

January 12, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba: Infant Mortality rate hits new low, Spain: An end to armed conflict by Basque separatists? Palestine: Civilians under siege, Afghanistan: Grim death toll statistics, Tunisia: Protests continue, spread to neighboring Algeria, South Africa: Zuma speech...

Student strike in Puerto Rico met with repression

January 10, 2011 By Emile Schepers

College students in Puerto Rico are on strike against the neoliberal education policies implenmented by the country's conservative and right-wing governor.

Governor’s murder is crime against Pakistani people, too

January 7, 2011 By Special to People’s World

The following is a statement issued by the Communist Party of Pakistan on the day of the murder of Governor Salmaan Taseer.

Cuba retools its socialism

January 7, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba is charting a new socialist course, asking "What is socialism, if not to give well-being to the people and redistribute the resources in the best way possible?"

Southern Sudan begins vote on separation

January 6, 2011 By Dennis Laumann

Voters in southern Sudan, over a one-week period beginning this Sunday as scheduled, will be choosing between unity and separation.