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  • On a mission for justice: School of the Americas Watch travels to Colombia and Panama

    On a mission for justice: School of the Americas Watch travels to Colombia and Panama

    March 9, 2007

    On return from our SOA Watch delegation to Colombia and Panama, I traveled by bus to Caracas with my son, Pachi. I took advantage of the long ride to sift through my notes from the trip....

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  • Reflections on returning to Vietnam

    Reflections on returning to Vietnam

    March 2, 2007

    I recently came back from a remarkable return visit to Vietnam. My first trip to Vietnam was in 1972 during the war, when Nixon decided to bomb Hanoi during the Christmas holidays. The contrast with today’s...

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  • Score one for diplomacy

    Score one for diplomacy

    February 16, 2007

    In a new and promising development, the United States and North Korea have reached tentative agreement on a far-reaching pact that could ultimately result in North Korea ending its nuclear program. In return, it is to...

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  • Ethanol: Worlds grain for food or profit?

    Ethanol: Worlds grain for food or profit?

    February 16, 2007

    The grain to fill a 25-gallon SUV tank with ethanol could feed a person for a year. The diversion of grains for the world’s 800 million cars will increase the price and decrease the production of...

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  • Exxon, Bush fiddle while planet burns

    Exxon, Bush fiddle while planet burns

    February 9, 2007 By Susan Webb

    On Feb. 1 Exxon Mobil announced the largest profits ever earned by a U.S. company — $40 billion in 2006. A day later, the UK Guardian reported that the Exxon-funded Bush-connected American Enterprise Institute sent letters...

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