Pedro Conceicao
LATEST ARTICLES BY Pedro Conceicao
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World
Brazil probes dictatorship’s human rights abuses
May 29, 2012Brazil's government will now investigate human rights violations committed by the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985.
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Venezuela’s new labor law “first in transition to socialism”
May 2, 2012The legislation reduces the work week to 40 hours and seeks to abolish private sub-contracted labor in the country.
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Hemispheric leaders divided on drug policy, Cuba
April 16, 2012President Obama attended the sixth Summit of the Americas over the weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, where he and regional leaders wrestled over a range of politically sensitive issues.
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Obama calls for end to oil subsidies as gas prices rise
March 19, 2012Republican presidential candidates have shifted the general election debate to rising gas prices amid an improving economy and 24 consecutive months of job growth in the private sector.
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World
U.S. and Korea implement free trade agreement
March 19, 2012A long-awaited and controversial trade pact between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea came into effect on March 15.
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U.S. and Korea implement free trade agreement
March 16, 2012The United States and South Korea mark the beginning of their free trade pact; labor and farmers remain opposed to deal as too procorporate.
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French presidential front-runner proposes sharp tax hike for the rich
March 6, 2012French voters responded positively to the proposal, with recent polls showing a slight uptick in support for Hollande. The prospects of passing such tax-the-rich legislation will depend on parliamentary elections,.
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Sandinista landslide in Nicaragua elections
November 22, 2011Nicaraguans lined up last weekend to cast their ballot in the nation's first presidential election since the Supreme Court abolished term limits in 2009.
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