Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Right and left face off in Venezuelan legislature
January 15, 2016Since Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela lost its majority in the Dec. 6 legislative election, its battle with right forces has entered a new stage.
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World
New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey
January 15, 2016A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
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World
Heirs to notorious gangster seek to be compensated by Cuba
January 11, 2016A close examination of the books of many former U.S. enterprises in Cuba would show a whole lot of questionable activity.
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World
Courageous prosecutor indicts 18 high-ranking military officers for Guatemala genocide
January 11, 2016Up to now very few of the direct perpetrators have ever been brought to account.
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U.S.
Activists denounce new wave of deportations of Central American refugees
January 7, 2016People of conscience should immediately demand that these raids be stopped.
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World
Spain’s elections: Establishment parties punished, road ahead uncertain
January 4, 2016On Dec. 20, Spaniards went to the polls for elections to the Cortes, the bicameral parliament.
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World
South America: The Bolivarians strike back
January 4, 2016As 2015 wound down, the left wing Bolivarian "pink tide" in Latin America suffered two serious setbacks, both of which are sobering results that have it reassessing political tactics.
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World
Ukraine moves ahead with plan to abolish Communist Party
December 29, 2015This creates a deplorable situation in Ukraine, and a horrible precedent for the rest of Europe and beyond.
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