Elena Mora
LATEST ARTICLES BY Elena Mora
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World
Billionaire wins Chile election
January 20, 2010Sebastian Pinera defeated Eduardo Frei, the candidate of the governing coalition (Concertacion), becoming the first candidate from the right wing to win Chile's presidency since 1958.
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World
Chilean communists win seats for first time since Allende
January 12, 2010Seven of eight million registered voters (88%) turned out for Chile's December general elections, and the results made news worldwide.
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U.S.
Demonstration calls on Schumer to stand firm on health care
December 17, 2009More than 75 people gathered in midtown Manhattan outside the office of NY Senator Charles Schumer on December 15 as the Senate debated the health care reform legislation.
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U.S.
Calling on Congress: health care reform now
October 18, 2009On Tuesday, October 20th, hundreds of events will take place across the country, in a "National Day of Action for Health Care."
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Opinion
People’s World: following in a great tradition
October 17, 2009I've been thinking about the people who started the Daily Worker, way back when (1924).
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World
Spanish women demand abortion rights
October 16, 2009Ten years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, the Spanish government passed a law allowing for abortions in cases of rape, fetal malformation and when a pregnant woman's mental or physical health is deemed to...
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Opinion
Union was in her soul
September 20, 2009Crystal Lee Sutton, the North Carolina textile worker played by Sally Fields in the 1975 movie "Norma Rae," has died of cancer. Many have pointed to her death as another tragic example of the impact of...
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U.S.
Economic crisis in New York grows
September 18, 2009A report released today by the Fiscal Policy Institute contains dire news about the economic state of the Empire State. (The State of Working New York 2009)
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