Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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U.S.
What the election bodes for immigration reform
November 9, 2010The elections were a blow against comprehensive immigration reform.
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World
Former guerrilla becomes Brazil’s first woman president
November 1, 2010Dilma Rousseff, a former fighter against Brazil's U.S. supported military dictatorship, won a runoff election on Sunday October 31 and will become the first woman president in the huge South American nation's history.
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World
Former president of Argentina Nestor Kirchner dies
October 28, 2010The sudden death of Nestor Kirchner, the Secretary General of UNASUR, former president of Argentina and husband of the current president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has saddened and shaken Latin America.
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World
Mexican union leader jailed in Puebla
October 28, 2010An official of the Mexican Electricians Union was thrown in jail after delivering a petition to the Puebla state government for public control of electrical utilities.
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U.S.
Supporting immigrants’ rights is not political suicide
October 27, 2010The Republican Party is spouting vile hatred for immigrants, especially those who have dark skins but don't have papers.
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World
U.S. lawmakers call for halt to Honduras military aid
October 25, 2010Thirty members of the United States House of Representatives have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asking her to cut off U.S. aid to the armed forces and police in Honduras, until...
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World
Dangerous cholera outbreak in Haiti
October 25, 2010More than 200 people have died in Haiti so far as the result of a cholera outbreak, and at least 1,500 to 2,000 have become ill. Haitian and international health and aid authorities are scrambling to...
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Opinion
A lot at stake for immigrant rights on Nov. 2
October 22, 2010The Republican Party is spouting vile hatred for immigrants, especially those who have dark skin but don't have papers. The punditry would have us believe that supporting rights for immigrants is "political suicide" in this election...
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