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Cuba: Fullest possible social inclusion for the disabled
August 7, 2009SANTIAGO DE CUBA (IPS) - Arnoldo Ramón Virgilio’s legs are of little use to him, but he has a way with words that more than makes up for any physical limitations. He’s one of the outpatients...
Read moreUribe seeks to halt growing isolation
August 7, 2009Original source: Isolated Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has embarked off on a south American tour to defend his unpopular plans to expand the US military's presence in his country. Mr Uribe's decision to allow the Pentagon...
Read moreThe big lie about Canada’s health care system
August 6, 2009COMMENTARY Recently Canadian Shona Holmes, 45, has become the poster woman for privately administered health care in the US. She has appeared in TV advertising, media interviews and Republican Party press conferences urging Americans to reject...
Read moreObama and Latin America: Will policy go beyond small changes?
August 6, 2009The Obama administration has reached, but has not yet taken advantage of, a “teachable moment” (to use one of Obama’s own favorite phrases) in U.S. relations with Latin America. On the positive side, it pointedly refrained...
Read moreReasons for an economic bright spot in China
August 5, 2009Translated by Nikita Shah (l'Humanite) At the height of the international crisis, the Canton trade fair [1], the traditional barometer of Chinese foreign trade, has this year reflected China’s important new economic trends. For the first...
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