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Mexico poised to move left in July election
February 10, 2006NewsAnalysis Mexican voters will elect a new president July 2. The constitution gives presidents one six-year term and forbids re-election, so the current president, Vicente Fox Quezada of the right-wing National Action Party (PAN), must go....
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Venezuelans speak their minds
February 10, 2006CARACAS, Venezuela — As this city filled up with delegates from 160 countries attending the sixth World Social Forum last month, one thing seemed to be on their minds: learning more about the revolutionary process taking...
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Cubas energy: revolution within a revolution
February 10, 2006Cuba’s struggle goes beyond overcoming a state of siege and surviving the fall of the Soviet bloc. It ends neither with health care, schools, and food for all, nor with the battle of ideas. There’s more...
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Texans protest Bush school visit
February 10, 2006When George W. and Laura Bush visited Townview Magnet School in Dallas, Feb. 3, local media gushed over Bush’s no-funding, test-emphasizing No Child Left Behind education flim-flam and his pretense that he favors science education, but...
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N.Y. transit dispute still unresolved
February 10, 2006NEW YORK — The dispute between Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority following transit workers’ rejection of a proposed contract continues. While the union is seeking to return to good faith bargaining,...
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