CIA
Chilean police told to find Neruda murderer
June 3, 2013Forty years after the death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, a judge ordered police to find the man that prosecutors allege may have been instrumental in poisoning him.
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Media and power
February 7, 2012Canadian sociologist Jeffery Klaehn has put together a penetrating collection of essays dealing with the political economy of the mass media spanning a broad range of topics.
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CIA presence provokes fear in Mexico
August 12, 2011A controversy has arisen over U.S. agents operating in Mexico, with the full cooperation of the right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon.
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Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections
July 22, 2011Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans,...
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Should Cuba send SEAL team to Florida?
May 16, 2011Was the killing of Osama bin Laden justified? The questions remain: What is terrorism? Who are terrorists? And how does one best oppose them?
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