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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian In the film "Guantanamera," the last by renowned Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, the Yoruba creation myth is presented as a metaphor for the…
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By Peter Constantini From the Inter Press Service (IPS) Haitian farmers are worried that giant transnational corporations like Monsanto are attempting to gain a larger foothold in…
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By Raúl Zibecchi From Questiondigital The reaction of the White House, as voiced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who scorned the Teheran accord and attempts to go ahead…
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By Beverly Bell From Truthout.org "A new earthquake" is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA, May 17 – Private farmers, who generate 70 percent of the food produced in Cuba, asked for more freedom to sell their…
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Travel agencies expect the Obama administration will intervene in the case By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA, May 9 – Following an explosive growth…
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By Manuel Pérez-Rocha Workers in the Mexican Electricity Workers Union (Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas – SME) have begun a hunger strike for social justice, peace and dignified…
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By Norman Girvan From Trinidad and Tobago Express (Progreso Weekly Note: The following piece is further proof of the selective coverage that the mainstream media offer on the Cuba…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada Disenchantment with the government and politicians has recently grown to unprecedented levels, surveys say. There is an…
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Venezuela and Cuba have signed a treaty for exploration of crude oil and natural gas in two Venezuelan states, the state-owned oil authority has said. The joint venture, named Petrolera…
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