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Brazilian prosecutor finds no crime committed by Dilma: Will the law count for anything in Brazil?
The current attempt to remove President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil bears many resemblances to the Clinton impeachment episode. It is led by a group of politicians who seek to overturn the…
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Puerto Rico: The hour of truth
Having acknowledged that it deceived the world and that Puerto Rico remains the world's main colony, the United States has an inescapable obligation to put an end to a situation that…
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OAS needs new leadership
Luis Almagro, the current Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) has abused his position and authority more flagrantly and outrageously than any predecessor in…
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A policy of non-intervention in Venezuela would be a welcome change
Washington has caused enormous damage to Venezuela in its relentless pursuit of “regime change” for the last 15 years. The best thing that they could do there, regardless of political…
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Peace is in sight in Colombia
A negotiation that lasted almost 6 years came to its most important moment this week. The accord between the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
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It’s time to call what happened in Brazil a coup; and there are transcripts that prove it
Brazil's largest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, has published transcripts of a conversation that shines a light on the fact that what is being avoided and smashed in Brazil is…
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A complicitous silence
Never has the United States been so isolated in the continent as in this century. While Obama tries to appear as a defender of democracy facing regimes such as Venezuela and Cuba, we're…
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Washington’s dog-whistle diplomacy supports attempted coup in Brazil
Thomas Shannon’s willingness to meet with Brazilian Senator Aloysio Nunes just days after the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff sends a powerful signal that Washington is on board…
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Brazilian coup threatens democracy and national sovereignty
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment campaign — which the government has correctly labelled a coup — is an effort by Brazil’s traditional elite to obtain by other means what…
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Mexican film on migrants is a rebuke to Trump
A movie showing the plight of Mexicans who enter the United States in search of work is expected to become an indictment of Republican candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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