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A salute to Fidel Castro on his 87th birthday
August 14, 2013It is very hard to think of a more important world leader than Fidel.
Read moreProgressive Latin American integration advances
August 13, 2013In spite of the death of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and other reverses, the "Bolivarian" process of integration in Latin America is advancing.
Read moreBerlin still hopes for an end to all war
August 12, 2013The hot, seemingly untroubled vacation days in Germany have been disturbed by two abbreviations, NSU and NSA.
Read moreMandela – schmaltzy icon or revolutionary leader?
August 9, 2013Sooner or later the news will break that Nelson Mandela has died, and the frenzy whipped up by the media about 'what will happen next' will resume.
Read moreCommunist peasant organizers murdered in Mexico
August 9, 2013An important peasant leader in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero, Raymundo Velazquez Flores, was murdered along with two companions.
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