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Haiti: Real development or cheap labor haven?

February 3, 2010 By Emile Schepers

Haiti is forced to think about how reconstruction is to be approached with another disaster looming: Economists.

Debt conflict riles Argentina

January 28, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Argentina's massive default on international debt repayments in 2002 has cut off foreign loan possibilities. The Fernandez government seeks once more to be able to borrow in order to fund social programs.

Banking on consumer debt

November 25, 2009 By Tony Pecinovsky

As the economic crisis continues to worsen and the official national unemployment rate inches well over 10 percent, more and more Americans are faced with more and more debt.

Cinco de Mayo has many lessons

May 7, 2003 By Emile Schepers

Cinco de Mayo is an important national holiday for the Mexican people.It is a celebration of the victory of freedom and national sovereignty. Often, commemorations focus on the military victory by a Mexican people’s army over...