Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Opinion
Will Obama meetings on immigration reform bear fruit?
May 5, 2011The meetings were apparently a response to pressure on the administration to back off of its aggressive immigration enforcement efforts.
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World
Is the “war on drugs” in Mexico leading to a police state?
April 28, 2011The new National Security Law would give the military and state security the right to use force on the simple declaration that they constitute a national security threat.
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World
Czech Communist Party faces repression
April 25, 2011In the "democratic" Czech Republic, the government argues that communism is a criminal ideology, just like Nazism.
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World
Cuban communists elect new leaders, plan for changes
April 22, 2011Party leaders stressed that even though some of the proposals may seem radical, their purpose is not to dismantle, but to strengthen Cuba's socialist system.
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World
Left advances in Peru’s elections
April 21, 2011The most left-wing presidential candidate came from behind and bested a whole array of right-wing candidates to enter a runoff election.
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World
NATO blocks possible peace deal in Libya
April 18, 2011The two European NATO countries which have spearheaded the intervention in war torn Libya, the United Kingdom and France, are calling for an intensification of the intervention.
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U.S.
Lawmakers back plan to end deportations of children, families
April 11, 2011In a Capitol Hill press conference, Rep. Luis Gutierrez outlined a plan to push for the use of administrative adjustments to stop the deportation and break-up of immigrant families.
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World
Outrage over acquittal of accused terrorist Posada Carriles
April 11, 2011Posada, a Cuban exile, was used by the CIA as a key operative in the United States' long running effort to overturn the Cuban Revolution.
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