Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
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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World
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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World
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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World
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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World
Video: World support for Mexican miners
February 23, 2011Workers of the world united in solidarity against the Mexican government's fierce attack on unions, especially the miners' union.
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World
Ecuadorian judge says Chevron must pay $8 billion
February 16, 2011The legal battle brings to light the tug of war between the sovereignty of an independent nation and the infringement of that right under corporate globalization.
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Opinion
Reagan celebration: No mugs on Mount Rushmore, please
February 14, 2011We are now celebrating the anniversary of Ronald Reagan, who, if the corporate press is anything to go by, came down from heaven exactly 100 years ago to save us all.
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World
Puerto Rico: police violence against striking students
February 11, 2011Pepper spray and clubs were the methods used by police in Puerto Rico against protesting students.
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