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By Karen Freifeld From Reuters NEW YORK - ING Bank NV (ING.AS) agreed to pay $619 million to settle U.S. government allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Iran and…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Oh, wow — another bank bailout, this time in Spain. Who could have predicted that? The answer, of course, is everybody. In fact, the whole story…
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By the Progreso Weekly staff Cuban ex prisoners that left to live in Spain two years ago find themselves unemployed and about to lose the subsidies they receive from the government of…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity.” So declared John Maynard Keynes 75 years ago, and he was right. Even if you have a…
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By Richard Gott From the British newspaper The Guardian Some years ago, travelling on the presidential plane of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela with a French friend from Le Monde…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Enough austerity! That was the clear message that Greek and French voters sent their leaders at the ballot box last weekend. Greeks for…
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By Peter McKenna From The Chronicle Herald (Canada) In the wake of the recent Summit of the Americas in Colombia and his official visit to Chile, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to…
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By John Parisella From Americas Quarterly Last weekend’s Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, ended on a discordant note with no final communiqué outlining a joint…
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By Harry Sterling From TheStar.com Once again Prime Minister Stephen Harper is odd man out with other political leaders, angering fellow hemispheric politicians by his veto blocking…
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Art by Antonio Guerrero being exhibited in Britain By Duncan Campbell From The Guardian Two of the artists featured in a new exhibition will definitely not be present on the opening…
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