Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
CIA presence provokes fear in Mexico
August 12, 2011A controversy has arisen over U.S. agents operating in Mexico, with the full cooperation of the right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon.
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Opinion
CIA use of immunization program has troubling history
August 8, 2011In search of Bin Laden the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency offered immunization shots against Hepatitis B to the poor people of Abbottabad, in Pakistan, as a CIA front program.
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World
Castro reports progress, criticizes religious discrimination
August 5, 2011Raul Castro gave a generally upbeat report on economic and other progress, but sharply criticized the tendency of some officials to allow old habits to become obstacles to change.
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World
Norway terror exposes Europe’s far right
July 28, 2011Breivik blames multicultural policies and "Marxists," as well as feminism and women in general for this coming catastrophe.
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World
GOP-dominated House votes to defund Organization of American States
July 25, 2011In another fit of lunacy, the Republican House Committee on Foreign Relations voted to cancel the payment of dues to the Organization of American States.
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World
Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections
July 22, 2011Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans,...
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World
Planned gas pipeline in Puerto Rico brings criticism
July 21, 2011The project would cut diagonally through sensitive mountain forest regions, the largest on the island, home to much of Puerto Rico's biodiversity.
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World
Chile’s right-wing president on the ropes
July 20, 2011Right-wing President Sebastian Piñera's popularity rate is at 31 percent, down from 63 percent approval months earlier.
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