Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Ruling party ousted in Panama elections
May 5, 2014On Sunday, voters in Panama upset the predictions of pollsters by electing dissident Vice President Juan Carlos Varela, of the Panameñista Party, as their new president.
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Dreamers in Virginia can pay instate tuition
April 30, 2014Immigrants' rights advocates are hailing a ruling that means students who are accepted by the federal DACA program can pay instate tuition to attend state colleges and universities.
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Tensions high in Ukraine in spite of agreement
April 22, 2014The problem is that there was no involvement of disaffected elements from primarily Russian-speaking communities in Eastern Ukraine in the talks that led to the announcement.
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As crisis builds, Ukrainians face May 25 election
April 21, 2014This election is largely a contest of powerful business tycoons who made their fortunes out of the breakup of the old Soviet Union and the privatization of state enterprises that followed.
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French municipal elections: Voters stay home, socialists trounced, right surges
April 2, 2014The right wing Union for a Popular Movement declared victory and the far right National Front surged.
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Melba Hernandez, 93; leader of the Cuban Revolution
March 20, 2014On Mar. 9, Cuba and the world lost a remarkable revolutionary figure, Melba Hernandez Rey, age 93. The cause of death was complications of diabetes.
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Revival of fascism a growing concern in Europe
March 17, 2014Commenting on Ukrainian developments, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius pooh-poohed the idea that there is a fascist danger.
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Left candidate wins in El Salvador elections
March 12, 2014The candidate of the left wing FMLN, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, appears to have won the Mar. 9 presidential runoff elections.
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