Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Portugal government falls after losing austerity vote
March 25, 2011Portuguese president José Socrates, of the Socialist Party, turned in his resignation on Wednesday after losing a crucial vote on government austerity.
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Communist Party of Egypt resumes open political activities
March 24, 2011The Communist Party of Egypt has once again become an important voice in the secular opposition.
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Aristide returns to Haiti, calls for inclusion of poor and disenfranchised
March 18, 2011Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti this morning after a seven-year period of exile in South Africa.
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Rights groups ask U.S. to suspend deportations to Haiti
March 17, 2011Many are urging authorities to stop deportations until after the Haitian cholera epidemic has subsided.
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U.S.-Mexico relations still irritable
March 14, 2011U.S.-Mexico relations remain irritable after undiplomatic comments about Mexico by U.S. officials, and now because of a U.S. government program that ended up putting even more high powered weapons into the hands of drug cartels.
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Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law
March 7, 2011On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.
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Argentina: Prosecution for child-thefts during dictatorship begins
March 7, 2011Two former Argentinian dictators and some of their henchmen are on trial for charges charges of concocting a scheme to kidnap the babies of political opponents they murdered.
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Will Wikileaks flap impact Peruvian elections?
February 25, 2011Wikileaks is the gift that keeps on giving, a cornucopia of surprises for politicians and statespersons worldwide. Now it is Peru's turn.
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