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Since falling ill in 2006 and ceding the presidency to his brother, Fidel Castro has given up all official positions except as a deputy of the National Assembly, to which…
February 26, 2013Read More
by Lady Michelle-Jennifer Santos, Founder & Publisher February 23, 2013 (TSR) - Intimate partner and sexual violence against women is widespread in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, according…
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February 21, 2013 (TSR) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said his party likely won three-quarters of the seats in Congress in last weekend’s election and vowed on Wednesday to “steamroll”…
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February 21, 2013 (TSR) - While Brazil has made efforts to entice foreign highly skilled workers to the country, it has a natural interest in keeping well-paid professional jobs for…
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February 18, 2013 (TSR) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa vowed on Monday to press ahead with laws to control the media and redistribute land to the poor as he looks…
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February 18, 2013 (TSR) - On the morning of Friday, February 15, a new official statement was released by the Venezuelan government regarding the health of President Hugo Chávez, who…
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February 1, 2013 (TSR) - Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman summoned on Wednesday Israeli ambassador to Argentina Dorit Shavit, and expressed the “surprise and irritation” of President Cristina Fernandez government…
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by Mark Weisbrot, Economist and Author January 11, 2013 (TSR) - Imagine that you went to see the Steven Spielberg movie, “Lincoln,” and all you got was the viewpoint of…
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October 28, 2012 (TSR) - For years the Mayans have been fighting against the doomsday myth surrounding the incorrect reading of their ancient calendar. As the date of December 21,…
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October 26, 2012 (TSR) - Brazil increased its gold reserves for the first time since December 2008 at a time when investors raised holdings in exchange-traded products to a record. Brazil’s holdings…
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by Glenn Greenwald, Former U.S. Constitutional, Civil Rights Litigator and Best-Selling Author October 19, 2012 (TSR) - In October 2003, the intensely pro-US president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada,…
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has once again voiced opposition to any military attack on Iran's nuclear energy facilities, warning it would have serious repercussions for the region. …
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