Global South

USAID is shutting down operations in Ecuador after 53 years of activity in that country. President Rafael Correa said that his country would be "nobody's colony" and stated that Ecuador…
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A CEPR study shows how a sharp increase in economic growth, combined with increased social spending, increases in the real minimum wage, and increased bargaining power for labor allowed…
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The Ecuadorean president said that the new Obama-sponsored leadership centers are an obvious plan to intervene in democratic Latin America countries.
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Theodor Friedrich, representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to Cuba, informed on Monday in this capital that Latin America and the Caribbean is the…
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced that her administration will seek to revoke -- "with urgency" -- an amnesty law that shields military personnel from trial for the crimes…
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The Uruguayan president defended the social-solidarity economic model, where "the poor and the employees can be their own bosses."
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With the backing of the G77 + China, Argentina will propose an initiative which establishes a new legal framework for sovereign debt restructurings at the UN General Assembly in New…
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Panamanian Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado confirmed Sunday that Panama invited the presidents of the United States and Cuba, Barack Obama and Raúl…
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Statement to the media made by Panama's Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo on Tuesday (Sept. 2) before her meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
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The secretary general of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, said on Thursday (Sept. 4) that "there is no legal reason" why Cuba should be prevented from attending…
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