Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Massive anti-austerity march as Portugal prepares for national elections
June 8, 2015The red hammer-and-sickle banners of the Portuguese Communist Party and the green flags of the Green Ecological Party filled the streets of Lisbon.
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World
Venezuela: two in custody in murder of Bolivarian legislator
June 5, 2015Last year, Robert Serra was murdered in his apartment in Caracas, along with Maria Herrera, his companion and political helper.
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World
TPP’s evil twin advances in European Parliament
June 4, 2015The legislative arm of the European Union approved a position statement backing, with modifications, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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U.S.
Partisan ruling by Appeals Court blocks Obama immigration program
June 1, 2015Immigrants' rights activists and their supporters, more organized and united than ever, vow not to be intimidated and to fight on.
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World
Corruption scandals roil Guatemala and Honduras
May 26, 2015Massive corruption scandals in two key allies of the U.S. in Central America are producing large demonstrations calling for the resignations of their presidents.
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Labor
U.S. call to support striking farmworkers in Baja California, Mexico
May 22, 2015The UFW is calling for putting pressure on the giant Driscoll Company in solidarity with the striking workers.
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U.S.
Cuba travel bill advances in the Senate
May 20, 2015Of progressive bills, the one that appears to be moving forward most quickly is the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015.
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World
Bolivarian Latin America promises help in worldwide refugee crisis
May 20, 2015As the Rohingyas have fled Burma in often unseaworthy boats, they have found themselves barred from landing in other countries.
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