Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Opinion
The truth behind the death of a Cuban hunger striker
March 11, 2010Orlando Zapata Tamayo died of respiratory failure in a Cuban hospital on February 23 after an 83 day hunger strike
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World
U.S. lawmakers denounce ongoing Honduras violence
March 8, 2010Nine members of Congress have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to press Honduras to stop violent repression against supporters of overthrown president Manuel Zelaya.
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World
Repression continues under new Honduran government
February 26, 2010Death squads appear to be operating freely in Honduras, in spite of claims by the United States and Honduran leaders that the election of President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the conservative National Party on November 29...
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Opinion
Capitalist hypocrisy and Eastern European anti-communism
February 12, 2010There is a new push in the Czech Republic to bar the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia from running candidates for public office or otherwise functioning like other political parties.
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U.S.
Immigration raises wages of U.S.-born workers, study shows
February 10, 2010A new study by the Economic Policy Institute takes on the idea that immigration is causing a drop in wages of U.S.-born workers.
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World
Haiti: Real development or cheap labor haven?
February 3, 2010Haiti is forced to think about how reconstruction is to be approached with another disaster looming: Economists.
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World
Winners and losers in Honduras as Zelaya goes into exile, Lobo takes power
February 3, 2010Smiling broadly, his chest festooned with medals, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, head of the armed forces of Honduras, stood beside Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo as the latter was sworn in as President of Honduras on January 27.
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World
Venezuela cancels Haiti’s debt
January 27, 2010Hugo Chavez, announced this week that his country is canceling Haiti's debt for the purchase of Venezuelan oil.
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