News
Harken v. Costa Rica: U.S. companies employ blackmail in free trade with Central America
May 28, 2004When most people think of Costa Rica, they don’t imagine oil rigs stationed off the pristine beaches. Nor do they envision pit mines cutting into the cloud-forested mountains.
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Travel groups defy Bushs Cuba policies
May 28, 2004Cuba has survived 45 years of U.S.-inspired military incursions, terrorist attacks, internal subversion, economic blockade, biological warfare, and diplomatic isolation, but Cuban leaders say worse is yet to come. In a May 14 interview with the...
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Puerto Ricans chart progressive agenda
May 28, 2004BRONX, N.Y. – More than 250 Puerto Rican activists and leaders met here “to discuss the state of our communities” and to begin the development of a “progressive political agenda” for Puerto Ricans in 2004. The...
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100,000 strikers force SBC to pick up phone
May 28, 2004CHICAGO – Phone giant SBC Communications got the message when 100,000 workers in 13 states put down their headsets and tool belts to hit the streets, transmitting their own powerful message. After a four-day strike, May...
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Letters
May 21, 2004India’s election results Congratulations to Sonia Gandhi and the Congress Party in their electoral victory over Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his conservative Bharatiya Janata Party. Vajpayee and the BJP should be lauded for their unwillingness to...
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