Latin America
Guatemala once more under “hard hand” after election runoff?
November 10, 2011The Patriotic Party's General Otto Perez Molina, the one with the hard hand, won with 53.7 percent over the execution-happy businessman.
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Big win for the center-left forces in Argentine elections
October 28, 2011Argentine voters rewarded President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for a booming economy with a big reelection victory.
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Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz, presente!
October 21, 2011The Guatemalan government officially apologized to the family of ex-president Jacobo Arbenz, who was ousted by the military 57 years ago in a CIA-backed coup.
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October 12: Columbus Day, or Day of Tragedy?
October 5, 2011If we look to both past and present and take an objective balance of history, the figure of Columbus cannot help but be associated with an extremely tragic toll.
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Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries
September 5, 2011U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".
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