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Threats mount against populist Paraguay president

November 5, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Former bishop Fernando Lugo gained Paraguay's presidency in 2008 supported by a multifaceted coalition of popular forces.

What’s a downloadable print edition?

November 5, 2009 By Teresa Albano

CHICAGO - As the People's World pushes forward as a daily online website, people have asked, "What about print?"

Labor Department says worker productivity soaring

November 5, 2009 By John Wojcik

Not surprising at all to millions of U.S. workers were the results of a report by the Labor Department that said worker productivity soared in the last quarter by 6.6 percent, more than it has in...

Cuba, Russia sign promising oil agreement

November 5, 2009 By Arthur Shaw

Cuba and Russia signed an agreement Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, to allow Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft to explore for and produce oil in Cuba in their first post-Soviet oil pact.

Panel tackles unsolved murder of U.S. unionist in Mexico

November 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (PAI)— Amid indications the Mexican government "would like to sweep the whole thing under the rug," as his union president says, a special Inter-American panel on Nov. 4 tackled the unsolved 2007 murder of U.S....