Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Spanish miners’ protest draws massive support
July 17, 2012Madrid saw a massive show of support for miners who are protesting austerity moves by Spain's conservative government, which they say will completely destroy their hardscrabble livelihoods.
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World
Mexican elections: fraud again?
July 3, 2012It appears that the candidate of the formerly dominant Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), former Mexico state governor Enrique Peña Nieto, has won, but not by as much as he hoped.
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Opinion
Sudan protesters call for replacement of Al Bashir regime
June 25, 2012Protests are growing in the Sudan in response to the announcement that fuel subsidies will be discontinued.
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World
Paraguay President overthrown in “express coup” by Congress
June 25, 2012Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was deposed in a 39 to 4 impeachment vote by the country's Senate. Vice President Federico Franco was sworn in as the new president.
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World
French elections increase European crisis drama
June 21, 2012The French elections June 17 produced a decisive victory for President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party.
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World
Greek left misses winning by a hair
June 20, 2012Greece held a new election to correct the fact that in the last one, voters split their votes in such a way as to make the formation of a governing majority impossible.
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U.S.
GOP tries to defund Obama immigration plan
June 18, 2012The GOP shows its true face on immigration affairs, and undercuts its own efforts to give itself a more "immigrant friendly" visage.
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World
Higher credit rating no help to the people of Honduras
June 11, 2012Ever wonder about the purpose of those international "credit rating agencies" such as Moody's, Standard and Poor's and Fitch?
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