Chile
World Notes: Chile, UK, Gilbraltar, UN, Afghanistan, Cuba
October 23, 2009Chile and indigenous rights; UK and privatization; United Nations and food aid; Gibraltar and worker rights; Afghanistan and stress; Cuba and children.
Read moreWORLDNOTES – Iraq, Canada, Italy, Chile, China, and Cuba
August 27, 2009On Aug. 17, the Nouri al-Maliki government expressed backing for a national referendum next January on the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) reached late last year. U.S. officials were caught unawares, according to the Washington...
Read moreChilean general speaks of dirty deeds
December 14, 2007Like a terrible figure from a recurring nightmare, former Chilean Gen. Juan Manuel Contreras has once again thrust himself into the limelight of U.S.-South America relations.
Read moreVilla Grimaldi: Chiles memorial to victims of torture
June 8, 2007Despite the restoration of many democratic freedoms in Chile over the past decade, the country is still saddled with the “Pinochet constitution,” a document that is skewed in favor of the interests of foreign corporations, big...
Read moreWith Gladys, We’ll win a thousand times
April 22, 2005It was with a heavy heart that I arrived in Chile. Compañera Gladys Marin, president of the Communist Party of Chile (CPC), had died March 6 of a brain tumor. She was 63. Communist and workers...
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