Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Ecuador proposes moderate tax increase on rich, right wing runs amok
June 16, 2015In most Latin American countries, including those with relatively progressive governments, huge wealth disparities are an obstacle to the pursuit of social justice and greater democracy.
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Suit alleges U.S. violates rights of immigrant detainees
June 15, 2015Immigrants cannot be "punished," except by a court via due process of law.
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Massive anti-austerity march as Portugal prepares for national elections
June 8, 2015The red hammer-and-sickle banners of the Portuguese Communist Party and the green flags of the Green Ecological Party filled the streets of Lisbon.
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Venezuela: two in custody in murder of Bolivarian legislator
June 5, 2015Last year, Robert Serra was murdered in his apartment in Caracas, along with Maria Herrera, his companion and political helper.
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TPP’s evil twin advances in European Parliament
June 4, 2015The legislative arm of the European Union approved a position statement backing, with modifications, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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Partisan ruling by Appeals Court blocks Obama immigration program
June 1, 2015Immigrants' rights activists and their supporters, more organized and united than ever, vow not to be intimidated and to fight on.
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Corruption scandals roil Guatemala and Honduras
May 26, 2015Massive corruption scandals in two key allies of the U.S. in Central America are producing large demonstrations calling for the resignations of their presidents.
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U.S. call to support striking farmworkers in Baja California, Mexico
May 22, 2015The UFW is calling for putting pressure on the giant Driscoll Company in solidarity with the striking workers.
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