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  • Cuba stars at Brazil integration summit

    Cuba stars at Brazil integration summit

    January 13, 2009

    News analysis Two recent happenings are of signal importance for the future of Latin American politics. They are the 50th anniversary of Cuba’s socialist revolution on Jan. 1, 2009 and a gathering in Brazil on Dec....

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  • Gaza Crisis: Analysis and a Way Forward

    Gaza Crisis: Analysis and a Way Forward

    January 11, 2009

    Gaza Crisis: Analysis and a Way ForwardThank you for joining us for this special interview with Susan Webb of the People's Weekly World. Webb has covered the Middle East for the People's Weekly World, www.pww.org, for...

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  • Gaza crisis: Time to break with Cold War policies

    Gaza crisis: Time to break with Cold War policies

    January 9, 2009 By Susan Webb

    The tiny Gaza Strip, with its 1.5 million people crowded into 139 square miles, has been a tinderbox since Israel’s unilateral pullout in 2005. Israel has maintained a punitive military and economic grip on Gaza, keeping...

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  • WORLD NOTES: January 17

    WORLD NOTES: January 17

    January 9, 2009

    Peru: Witchhunt builds Late last month Judge Omar Pimentel ruled that 13 labor and leftist political leaders would be confined to their homes during a 15-day investigation period. They included Renan Raffo Munoz, head of the...

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  • Why do they hate Cuba?

    Why do they hate Cuba?

    January 8, 2009

    The U.S. government assumes that regular rules don’t apply to Cuba. Take for example the arms shipments proceeding from Honduras to Florida. Neither the U.S. military nor a military contractor is involved. Instead, Sanco Global Arms...

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