Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Struggle over privatization of San Juan airport continues
February 28, 2013The centrist government of Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla is going ahead with a privatization scheme involving the Luis Muñoz Marin airport.
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Opinion
Things coming together for a change in U.S. Cuba policy?
February 27, 2013There may be an improved chance to get the U.S. to back off some of its anti-Cuba policies, due to a series of new developments.
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World
Demand for inquiry into France’s role in assassination of African leader
February 26, 2013On Feb. 13, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies tabled a motion to begin a parliamentary investigation of the assassination of Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, in 1987.
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World
Mali situation far from resolved
February 22, 2013The situation in the West African country of Mali continues to get more difficult and complex.
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World
Opportunity for a peaceful end to Syria crisis must not be lost
February 22, 2013There is a small opening toward a possible peaceful solution. This is an opportunity that must not be lost.
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Love and revolution: Marx family biography has lessons
February 20, 2013A frequently heard quote from Argentine-Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is: "Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love."
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U.S.
Va. election season underway
February 14, 2013All 100 seats in the 100-member House of Delegates, lower house of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) and some local offices are up for grabs.
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World
Murder of Tunisian leftist causes uproar
February 12, 2013Tunisia was the site of the first blooming of the "Arab Spring." The assassination of Tunisian leftist politician Chokri Belaid by unknown gunmen has thrown this North African country into turmoil.
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