Congratulations to Paraguay’s new president and former bishop Fernando Lugo and the and Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC), a coalition of center and center-left opposition parties, grassroots political movements, farmers groups and other social organizations, for ending the country’s 61 years of rule by the right-leaning party, Colorado Party - the longest in office [...]
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Last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States because the intention of ExxonMobil to freeze assets of state-owned Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), as part of a US government backed “economic war” against his government.
On his weekly TV show ‘Alo Presidente,’ President Chávez described ExxonMobil:
“Más [...]
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Today, Americans celebrate this day with certain kinds of food are served. For my family, we had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberry sauce, corn, rolls, lemon pie and pumpkin pie. I know, some readers might have problems because we are giving into the dominate culture’s attempts to rewrite history and come together on [...]
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Congress is expected to vote on the Peru Free Trade Agreement, also known as the Peru-United States Free Trade Agreement (PTPA) on Wednesday. The Peru FTA moved rapidly through Congress with the support of the Democratic Party leadership. Like the broken promise to end the war during last years congressional elections, key Democrats including Representatives [...]
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Congratulations to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who has become the first woman to be elected president in Argentina’s history. Kirchner, 54, is the wife of current President of Argentina, Néstor Kirchner and a former senator for Buenos Aires Province. In the Oct, 2007 general election, Mrs. Kirchner, she ran for president of Argentina, representing [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
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