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A year after failed coup: Venezuelas people gain new hope

April 11, 2003

One year ago, the Venezuelan people defeated a U.S.-supported right-wing coup against popularly-elected President Hugo Chavez Frias. As the anniversary of the coup attempt approaches, a very different picture is emerging for the country’s workers and...

March unemployment report: More bad news

April 11, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

None of the numbers in the March unemployment report are good: * Official unemployment stuck in the 5.8 percent range.

U.S. policies in Latin America protested

April 11, 2003

Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Washington, D.C., April 10-15 for the “Mobilization against military and economic intervention in Latin America and across the globe.”

Child advocates to Bush: Stop war on kids

April 11, 2003

WASHINGTON – More than 2,500 Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) delegates gathered here April 8-11 to fight Bush administration cutbacks in food stamps, Medicaid, and education and to demand that Congress enact the Dodd-Miller “Leave No Child...

Death and destruction haunt Iraqi landscape

April 11, 2003 By Susan Webb

As the U.S.-led assault stormed through Iraq this week, it left a trail of death, destruction and chaos – wrecked cities, villages and farms; water systems destroyed; families decimated. It also left a trail of bitterness...