Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Whither Virginia in the 2016 national elections?
January 29, 2016Election outcomes in Virginia have swung back and forth between Republicans and Democrats, largely depending on election turnout.
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U.S. vultures circle Argentina, demand repayment of odious debt
January 19, 2016The vulture funds bought up distressed debts from the past for pennies on the dollar; now they are demanding repayment of the whole original value, thus making a killing.
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Right and left face off in Venezuelan legislature
January 15, 2016Since Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela lost its majority in the Dec. 6 legislative election, its battle with right forces has entered a new stage.
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New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey
January 15, 2016A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
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Heirs to notorious gangster seek to be compensated by Cuba
January 11, 2016A close examination of the books of many former U.S. enterprises in Cuba would show a whole lot of questionable activity.
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Courageous prosecutor indicts 18 high-ranking military officers for Guatemala genocide
January 11, 2016Up to now very few of the direct perpetrators have ever been brought to account.
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Activists denounce new wave of deportations of Central American refugees
January 7, 2016People of conscience should immediately demand that these raids be stopped.
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Spain’s elections: Establishment parties punished, road ahead uncertain
January 4, 2016On Dec. 20, Spaniards went to the polls for elections to the Cortes, the bicameral parliament.
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