Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Berta Caceres: The struggle for justice continues
April 5, 2016A month after indigenous rights and environmental activist Berta Caceres was murdered, the crime is no nearer being solved; but the movement that was sparked by her death is growing.
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World
Republicans plan Detroit-style emergency manager for Puerto Rico
April 4, 2016Last year, Puerto Rico's governor announced that the island now has an unpayable debt of about $72 billion.
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World
Amid political storm, will Brazil drift into oligarchy?
March 28, 2016Supporters of the center-left government of President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party marched in a score of Brazilian cities to oppose a coup.
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World
Action demanded as another environmental activist murdered in Honduras
March 24, 2016Another indigenous environmental activist, Nelson Garcia, was killed in Honduras on March 15.
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Opinion
Cuba solidarity movement calls for intensive Congressional lobbying while Obama is in Cuba
March 22, 2016President Obama has called for the elimination of the economic blockade of Cuba, but to completely eliminate the blockade will require congressional action.
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U.S.
Studies reveal importance of Latino vote in 2016
March 17, 2016More people are realizing that the priority for November has to be not merely stopping Trump, but stopping the Republican candidate whoever he may be.
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World
Berta Cáceres, Indigenous environmental leader, murdered in Honduras
March 8, 2016At least two men in ski masks fractured her arm and leg, and then shot her at least eight times, killing her.
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U.S.
Shifting U.S. immigration policy helps some families, but it’s not enough
March 7, 2016Efforts to bring some sanity and humanity into U.S. immigration policy are stalled in Congress and the courts.
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