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Latin American unionists tell their stories
May 6, 2005NEW YORK — Ricardo Monge, head of the health care workers union in El Salvador, described struggles against privatization of health and medical facilities in his country. Claudia Lopez from Bolivia’s Union of Factory Workers told...
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Calif. gov stirs up hornets nest over Minutemen comment
May 6, 2005Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is learning the hard way that trying to deflect political difficulties by using immigrants as a scapegoat will only get him in deeper trouble. Beset by falling poll numbers and forced to postpone...
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National Clips
May 6, 2005HONOLULU: Sit-in to halt war research Students and community residents continue to occupy Bachman Hall, the administrative building, protesting the University of Hawaii Board of Regents’ decision to open college doors to military research by University...
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LA mayors race: Hahn moves to the right
May 6, 2005Antonio Villaraigosa’s campaign to become Los Angeles’ first Latino mayor in 133 years is picking up steam. Now the incumbent, Mayor James Hahn, is trying to appeal to Republican voters by attacking his Mexican American opponent’s...
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Coalition pushes for change in Cuba policy
May 6, 2005WASHINGTON — More than 700 people gathered here April 27 in opposition to the U.S. government’s political and economic blockade against Cuba under the slogan, “Join the majority, change the policy!” Cuba Action Day was organized...
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