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Cutting cane in Colombia, workers win sweet victory
November 26, 2008Colombian sugar cane production is confined to 500,000 acres in Valle de Cauca and Cauca, departments situated in the country’s southwest. From legalized slavery on, Afro-Colombians have done most of the cutting. Recently they’ve worked 12-14...
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By bus, canoe and burro, Communists gather for Bogota meet
November 26, 2008“From the four cardinal points of the country, some by bus, others in canoes, on burros, and by airplane they came to Bogota,” Juan Cendales wrote on rebellion.org. “They got their bags ready, went over their...
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A preliminary look at Venezuelas elections
November 26, 2008While many of both the foreign and domestic opposition to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez were working overtime to give him and the Bolivarian Revolution that he leads a death blow, the president's political party, the United...
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Art exhibit illustrates the role of religion in the struggle for survival among African Americans
November 25, 2008HOUSTON – The renowned University Museum of the Texas Southern University just opened an exhibit of faculty members’ art on Nov. 21. The opening was just preceded by a timely visit from newly-appointed Cardinal Daniel DiNardo...
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The Election of Our Lifetime Where from Here? Annual Amistad Award presentation to be held Dec. 7
November 25, 2008Three labor and community leaders will be honored with the Amistad Award on Sunday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m. at the New Haven Peoples Center at 37 Howe Street, New Haven. The annual award, presented by...
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