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• Young Workers--Hit Hard, Hitting Back

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 665
  As the newly elected secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, I traveled the country this fall, talking with workers and hearing their concerns. The economic crisis is causing a lot of pain. So many people have no jobs, no health care—and many are losing their homes. And as I looked into the faces of young workers, the ...
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• Young Workers: Hit Hard, Hitting Back

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 651
    As the newly elected secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, I traveled the country this fall, talking with workers and hearing their concerns. The economic crisis is causing a lot of pain. So many people have no jobs, no health care—and many are losing their homes. And as I looked into the faces of young ...
  1 day ago

• Chávez targets bank corruption

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  A corruption scandal has shaken Venezuelas financial system and triggered the arrest of tycoons who are linked to President Hugo Chávezs government. Authorities have closed seven banks and detained eight bankers in a widening crackdown which has toppled Jesse Chacón, a cabinet minister and senior Chávez ally. ...
  3 days ago

• Chomsky as Chávez’s Clown / Chomsky en bufón de Chávez

  
  slackbastard — Authority: 135
  A rather odd article by Octavio Alberola , calling Chomsky a clown… Chávez’s clown. There are two direct criticisms in the text. First, on the occasion of his visit to Venezuela in August, Chomsky apparently remarked that “it moved him to meet the men who have inspired this situation”; the second is that, ...
  5 days ago

• December 6 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 535
  On December 6: 1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador was founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar .                                                          1648 Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purged the Long ...
  5 days ago

• Anti-Chávez protesters on hunger strike

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Venezuelan university students continue hunger strike to protest against what they say are human rights violations by the Chávez government
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• El Salvador’s Funes moves his chips to the dark side

  
  Machetera — Authority: 416
  Torn between two Models – Funes follows Obama By Diana Barahona – http://dianabarahona.blogspot.com [ Español abajo ] Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, who was carried to power by the FMLN this past March but quickly jettisoned the party from his government, has obliquely recognized the results of ...
  1 week ago

• Chávez the new Manuel Noriega

  
  Internet Anthropologist Think Tank — Authority: 478
  747 one ton coke two tons of coke three tons of coke. Chávez the new Manuel Noriega , drug kingpin. By Gerald Internet Anth ropologist Think Tank At least Paradigm Intel points to that direction. Lets look at just OSINT, news headlines. ...
  1 week ago

• Quality is Ahmadinejad 1

  
  dustbury.com — Authority: 577
  This Economist piece is tapped by Fausta to explain “socialist production principles” in the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez: Venirauto’s cars are rehashes of clapped-out 1980s models from the imperialist West. The Turpial, a five-door hatchback, is based on the Ford Festiva, while the Centauro saloon is a ...
  1 week ago

• Honduras votes as Zelaya urges boycott

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  • US criticised for softening opposition to coup • Ousted president pins hopes on abstentions Hondurans voted for a new president today in a controversial election that coup leaders hope will draw a line under the overthrow of Manuel Zelaya. The de facto government pushed for a high turnout to try to legitimise ...
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• Hugo Chávez plans to bomb clouds to end drought

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is to "bomb" clouds after Cuba provided cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. Venezuelas reservoirs are at their lowest levels in decades and water restrictions are in place. The lack of water in hydroelectric dams that supply ...
  1 week ago

• To All the Terrorists I’ve Loved Before

  
  Bloodthirsty Liberal — Authority: 151
  This is a few days old, but he’s part of our beat, so…:President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a “revolutionary fighter” and not a terrorist.The Venezuelan president ...
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• Colombia Trade Deal Enters Fourth Year of Limbo

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 743
  Sunday marked the third anniversary of the signing of a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia. It is an embarrassment to our great nation that this agreement with an important Latin American ally still sits on the shelf three years later, a victim of congressional trade politics. As my Cato ...
  2 weeks ago

• maoism meets chavismo? a review of badiou’s workshop ‘subject and appearance’

  
  the commune — Authority: 134
  by Nathan Coombs Nowadays it is hard to find many examples of academic leftism crossing paths with real left wing politics. One could even argue that the former might have a negative effect on the latter – the UK is, after all, home to one of the strongest left wing publishing empires and conference circuits in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rory Carroll on Hugo Chávez praising Carlos, Amin & Mugabe

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Rory Carroll on Hugo Chávez praising Carlos, Amin & Mugabe Rory Carroll
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• Hugo Chávez defends Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Venezuelan president defends Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter at gathering of leftist political parties Hugo Chávez has defended the jailed Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter and said his life sentence for murder was an injustice. Venezuelas president said Carlos, whose real name is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Venezuela blows up border bridges with Colombia

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wardrobes Done: Quick - Start Filming

  
  ? The Macho Response ? — Authority: 137
  "Someone asked a great question the other day: Why is leftist Hollywood so enamored with dictators and socialism? You would think they would fear having their artistic expression stifled under a Castro or having all their wealth confiscated under Hugo’s socialist or communist regime. It seems counter-intuitive, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Right Message for Hugo Chávez: Let’s Dance

  
  SCHotline Blog — Authority: 122
  As the flame said to the pouring rain: Let’s Dance In South America there is a path forward for team Obama By Michael S. Smith II “Few believe that Mr. Chávez will start a war with Colombia. But then, as a couple of seasoned Latin American observers have pointed out, no one believed Argentina’s similarly ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chávez calls for dieting in Caracas

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Fat is a socialist issue, says president as Venezuelans pile on the pounds American imperialism remains an issue but Hugo Chávez has identified a new threat to Venezuelas socialist revolution: obesity. The president has sounded the alarm about his compatriots expanding waistlines and called on them to wage battle ...
  3 weeks ago

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