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Victims of Colombia’s civil conflict exceeds 7 million: media yawns
For a country of under 50 million citizens, these numbers are staggering, and certainly newsworthy, but apparently not for our mainstream media.
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Guns don’t kill people, cops do
It’s not surprising that police unions everywhere are fighting the move to place cameras on officers’ uniforms. Every action taken by that officer on the street would be recorded for…
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Chileans want to ban Pinochet’s name from public places
A project has been started in Chile to prohibit the naming of streets or public places after the late President Augusto Pinochet or any of his aides.
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For the record
The project "Marks of memory," by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, has arrived in Havana. The initiative reviews what happened in that country beginning with the military coup that in…
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When giving thanks, don’t forget the missing
There is euphoria in the immigrant community and with good reason. But there's also the danger that, in the midst of jubilation, we might forget that more than half of the undocumented…
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Curbelo’s $93,000 error and other red flags
I’m not sure whether to be alarmed by this guy, or just say he’ll fit right in with so many other members of congress.
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Poisoning the well
The idea that Obama's action somehow poisoned the well is preposterous. The fact is that the GOP-run House has turned down every immigration reform proposal brought before it.
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It’s incredibly rare for a grand jury to do what Ferguson’s just did
A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The decision wasn’t a…
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Spain to relay “very concrete messages” from U.S. to Cuba, reports El País
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will travel from Bogota to Havana on Sunday bearing "very concrete messages" for the Cuban government from the U.S. administration.
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Charlie Crist adviser Steve Schale pressed about Cuba trip that didn’t happen
Schale said the campaign had committed that if Crist had won the election, and he was working for Crist in the Governor’s office, “We would take a trade mission to Cuba.
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