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TPP threatens health of millions
May 26, 2015TPP would make many drug prices unaffordable and block availability of generic drugs, pricing millions of people out of much-needed medical care.
Read moreToday in history: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty is signed in 1972
May 26, 2015The U.S. and USSR agreed not to build defensive missile systems and thus to limit escalation of the nuclear arms race.
Read moreTomorrow in history: Beatification day for El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero
May 22, 2015He was an outspoken advocate for the poor who was martyred in 1980.
Read moreThe Vietnam War: a visit after 40 years
May 20, 2015Forty years after the American war in Vietnam ended in ignominious defeat, the traces of that terrible conflict are disappearing.
Read moreToday in history: Forward-looking Uruguayan President José Mujica turns 80
May 20, 2015On this date in 1935, José Alberto Mujica Cordano was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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