Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Guatemalan president arrested, trouble looms as election goes to runoff
September 8, 2015Otto Perez Molina resigned and was arrested on charges of corruption and accepting bribes; the elections that followed sent a confused message.
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World
Guatemalan president accused of massive corruption by UN agency, prosecutor
August 24, 2015The Sept. 6 elections cannot be seen as legitimate because of the multiple scandals concerning violations of campaign laws and the constitution.
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Amid scandal, U.S. lawmakers oppose funding Honduran government
August 24, 2015A group of Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the suspension of projected U.S. aid to Honduran police.
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Immigration: Trump trumps the truth
August 18, 2015Trump's purpose is demagogic, to toss red meat to the most extreme reactionary sections of the Republican Party base while spreading the poison of xenophobic racism around.
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U.S.
Dominicans speak out for Dominicans of Haitian descent
August 14, 2015The friction between Dominicans and Haitians is rooted in a complicated mutual history, in which the U.S. has been a factor.
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World
Dissident journalists persecuted in Mexico
August 10, 2015Ruben Espinosa was evidently on a special list because of his photojournalism activities, including the investigation of a previous murder of a journalist.
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U.S.
“Black Lives Matter” dealing with police abuse that is anything but new
August 3, 2015"When I lived in Delaware and Maryland in the 1960s, societal racism was ugly and obvious to all who had eyes to see."
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World
Fears mount in Guatemala as elections approach
August 3, 2015Voters will elect a new president to succeed Otto Perez Molina of the Patriotic Party, who is not allowed a second term.
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