Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s strange return to Haiti
January 20, 2011The return of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to Haiti has further unsettled an already chaotic situation.
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World
Trial of Posada Carriles starts in Texas
January 18, 2011On Monday January 10, the trial of Luis Posada Carriles began in the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. Posada is seen in most of Latin America as a terrorist, responsible for many deaths. Yet he...
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U.S.
Battle looms on immigration and citizenship
January 10, 2011The Republican ultra right is launching a multi-pronged attack on immigrants and their families.
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World
Student strike in Puerto Rico met with repression
January 10, 2011College students in Puerto Rico are on strike against the neoliberal education policies implenmented by the country's conservative and right-wing governor.
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World
Mexican kidnappings reveal ongoing abuse of migrant workers
January 5, 2011Numerous kidnappings in Mexico have sparked an international incident and have stimulated the efforts of Mexican human rights activists in favor of Central American migrants in their country.
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World
U.S. ousts Venezuelan ambassador
January 3, 2011WASHINGTON - In what seems to be a growing diplomatic spat, the United States State Department announced it was cancelling the diplomatic visa of Bernardo Alvarez, the Venezuelan ambassador here in Washington, Dec. 29.
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World
Haiti cholera may have originated with UN peacekeepers
December 21, 2010New investigations reveal that the cholera epidemic in ravaged Haiti may have started out in a camp for Nepalese UN peacekeepers.
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World
Honduras ex-prez Zelaya voices anger re Wikileaks revelations
December 20, 2010Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya angrily blasted the U.S. State Department comments revealed in a secret diplomatic cable.
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