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Venezuela Constituent Assembly elections held despite warnings from Trump
July 31, 2017In spite of threats from the Trump administration, the scheduled elections for Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly were held Sunday, July 30.
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The tortured politics behind the Persian Gulf crisis
July 27, 2017The splintering of the powerful Gulf Cooperation Council into warring camps has less to do with disagreements over foreign policy and religion than with internal political and economic developments in the Middle East.
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Venezuela: Right-wing opposition supporters launch bosses’ strike
July 21, 2017The country's Labor Minister Nestor says businesses that join the lockout will be punished for violating "the working class’s right to work.”
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Teddy Roosevelt vs. Nicolás Maduro: U.S.-backed regime change in Venezuela
July 20, 2017The effort to overthrow the current government in Venezuela is nothing new; the U.S. has long intervened against governments it doesn't like in its "back yard."
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South African Communist Party to run candidates, forge new popular front
July 17, 2017The 14th national congress of the South African Communist Party put the party on a new path to contesting state power by committing it to fight elections in its own name.
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