Latin America
Colombia: Violence in a time of peace
June 2, 2017220,000 dead. 92,000 disappeared. Seven million displaced. Numbers are unable to communicate the hopes, fears, and tragedies shaping life in Colombia.
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Cuba calls for universal health coverage at WHO meeting
May 26, 2017Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, Cuba's minister of Public Health, calls on world to strive toward universal health coverage for every person.
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Price-fixing and policy failure: Other factors in Venezuela’s crisis
May 25, 2017"I strongly agree with the conclusions of Jesse Jackson’s recent PW article on the crisis in Venezuela, but I think he leaves out a lot of information."
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Violent destabilization in Venezuela: Prologue for U.S. intervention?
May 25, 2017Political crisis in Venezuela may be reaching a tipping point. Mob rule in the streets has claimed dozens of lives, and some are predicting U.S. intervention.
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Venezuela needs a helping hand, not a hammer blow
May 23, 2017As Venezuela descends toward chaos, many in Latin America fear the U.S. will reach for its covert hammer to get rid of a regime it doesn’t like.
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