Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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“Hasta Siempre, Comandante”: On the anniversary of the murder of Che
October 11, 2013On October 9, 1967, hirelings in the employ of Bolivian dictator Rene Barrientos, supported and instigated by the United States government via C.I.A. operative Felix Rodriguez, carried out the cold blooded murder of comandante Ernesto "Che"...
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Cuba: U.S. cows firms on embargo, harms economy
October 11, 2013For more than half a century the U.S. has severely impeded Cuba's economy, costing the island nation $1,157,327,000, and millions to the U.S. economy, according to a United Nations resolution on the trade embargo.
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Cuba airline bombing anniversary shows U.S. double standard on terrorism
October 8, 2013Last Saturday, U.S. military operatives carried out raids in Libya and Somalia. Coincidentally, the raids took place one day before the 37th anniversary of a major terrorist act for which the United States has never held...
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Vietnamese leader Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102
October 7, 2013He passed away from old age on Friday October 4 at Military Hospital 108, where he had been living for several years.
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Lampedusa horror part of worldwide migration tragedy
October 7, 2013More and more people in the U.S. realize that U.S. trade and economic policies are directly linked to the conditions that impel people to migrate in such numbers.
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Conservatives lose, communists advance in Portugal elections
October 2, 2013The people of Portugal had a chance to respond to the austerity policies carried out by the right-wing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
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Sudanese rise up against massive price hikes, repression
September 27, 2013Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and neighboring Omdurman, as well as Port Sudan and other parts of the country, are being rocked by mass protests and government repression, with the loss of at least 70 lives so far...
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House Republicans quit bipartisan immigration group
September 24, 2013A blow was dealt against a possible bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House of Representatives when two more Republican members withdrew. However, immigrant rights activists vow that they will not be deterred.
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