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Ruling party ousted in Panama elections
May 5, 2014On Sunday, voters in Panama upset the predictions of pollsters by electing dissident Vice President Juan Carlos Varela, of the Panameñista Party, as their new president.
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U.S. says Cuba still a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”
May 5, 2014Beginning in 1982 the list has included Cuba as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism." Others this year are Iran, Sudan, and Syria.
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Fair trade “fashionistas” mark Bangladesh disaster with action
April 23, 2014This week marks the one-year anniversary of the worst disaster in clothing industry history.
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“Cesar’s Last Fast”: The last shall be first
April 21, 2014Jesus may have had a Last Supper but Cesar Chavez had a Final Fast.
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As crisis builds, Ukrainians face May 25 election
April 21, 2014This election is largely a contest of powerful business tycoons who made their fortunes out of the breakup of the old Soviet Union and the privatization of state enterprises that followed.
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