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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Four years ago, when the government of Evo Morales re-nationalized its hydrocarbon industry, the Brazilian media was spoiling for a fight. After…
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By Bill Press For the last two months, commenting on the BP oil spill, pundits have been on steroids. The environmental and economic catastrophe in the Gulf has been variously…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com When voters go to the polls this November for Congressional elections, one thing will be foremost in their minds: the state of the economy. The…
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By Saul Landau Almost two months after the spill President Obama addressed the nation (June 15). He said he would “fight this spill with everything we’ve got for as long as it takes.”…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Spend now, while the economy remains depressed; save later, once it has recovered. How hard is that to understand? Very hard, if the current…
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By Marc A. Thiessen From The Washington Post Can Charlie Crist accomplish in Florida what Arlen Specter failed to do in Pennsylvania -- woo Democrats to his cause after bolting the GOP…
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Lawmakers who want to put an end to embargo tout HR 4645 as pro-democracy, anti-Castro legislation By Jerry Hagstrom For the Capital Press WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A bill that would end the…
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By Bill Press In the end, Helen Thomas got the last laugh. Before anybody could throw her out of the White House Briefing Room, she denied her critics the pleasure by walking out on…
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By Saul Landau Three Jews in Tel Aviv talked for hours. One leaves. Another says to the remaining Jew: “God, that man was stupid. He must be a general.” After Israeli commandos…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com A June 9th letter addressed to the U.S. Congress by 74 members of Cuban civil society, dissident, and human rights groups has struck one of the…
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