All 167 seats of the Venezuelan National Assembly will be in play this coming September, and the current 141-seat controlling stake of ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) appears to be at risk. Amid growing internal economic upheaval and violent street protests, Hugo Chávez, Venezu[...]
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The Mapuche Struggle for Autonomy
Mapuches fight for Land Rights On August 17, dozens of Mapuche communities in southern Chile united to form the Mapuche Territorial Alliance to continue their struggle for political autonomy. Many of them had carried on angry protests, most recently on August 12, when a police operation to evict th[...]
Evaluating Structural Adjustment: A Dissenting Opinion
!Necesitamos un Acuerdo Humanitario! - The Need for a Humanitarian Agreement in Colombia
A humanitarian agreement to exchange or liberate hostages held by the FARC, as well as involving FARC members imprisoned by the Colombian government, is demonstrably the most [...]
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