Latin America
U.S. apologizes to Guatemala
October 4, 2010Sixty-four years after it used the people of Guatemala as guinea pigs in a study of venereal diseases, the U.S. government last week issued an official apology.
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Ecuador coup fails, president rescued
October 1, 2010A coup attempt against Ecuador's left-wing president, Rafael Correa, failed when elite troops rescued the president from rioting policemen.
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Colombian senator under investigation for relations with FARC
September 30, 2010Senator Piedad Cordoba Ruiz has been declared guilty of "relations with the FARC," threatening national unity and treason.
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Looking at Cuba in a regional context
September 21, 2010The corporate media and especially the right in the U.S. are trying to "prove" that socialism has only brought poverty to Cuba, but a look at the region shows this is not remotely true.
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World Notes: Colombia, Iraq, South Africa, Cambodia, Romania, Cuba
September 20, 2010Labor killings in Colombia, orphans in Iraq, agribusiness in South Africa, garment workers in Cambodia, health care in Romania and Cuba.
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