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  • International notes

    International notes

    April 2, 2004

    Haiti: Lavalas describes repression In a March 25 press conference, spokespersons for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s party, Fanmi Lavalas (FL), cited the killing or kidnapping of many FL supporters, the Haitian press agency AHP reported. They said...

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  • Intimidation, fraud mar El Salvador vote

    Intimidation, fraud mar El Salvador vote

    April 2, 2004

    SAN SALVADOR – Far from being a victory for democracy, El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election made a mockery of free and democratic elections. Antonio Saca, the U.S.-backed candidate of the National Republican Alliance (ARENA), won...

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  • An interview with Father Bourgeois: School of Americas wall of secrecy crumbles

    An interview with Father Bourgeois: School of Americas wall of secrecy crumbles

    April 2, 2004

    “Hundreds of graduates from the School of the Americas have been involved in the massacre, torture, rape, and disappearance of many thousands of people throughout Latin America,” Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch, recently told...

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  • U.S. vetoes criticism of Yassins killing

    U.S. vetoes criticism of Yassins killing

    April 2, 2004

    A resolution at the United Nations condemning the Israeli government’s extrajudicial assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was defeated in the Security Council on March 25 as a result of a U.S. veto, prompting many Palestinians to...

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  • GOP blocks vote to preserve overtime pay

    GOP blocks vote to preserve overtime pay

    April 2, 2004

    WASHINGTON (PAI) – The average worker affected by the Bush administration’s new overtime regulations earns $51,000-$55,000 yearly, including overtime, or around $1,000 a week, according to the Economic Policy Institute. With overtime pay at a little...

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