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Victory for Chávez is a victory for Latin America
October 9, 2012
With 54.42 percent of a record-turnout vote, Hugo Chávez has won a fourth term as president of Venezuela, in a race widely recognized as a crucial struggle between the progressive forces of the “Bolivarian Revolution” and the right-wing opposition of U.S.-backed Henrique Capriles.
Haiti from the front lines: Genocide by omission
February 9, 2010
In many of the areas there is desperate need for food and relief. AID agencies MUST find a more humane way to reach out to the women and children who are most vulnerable and desperate. Caribbean citizens have offered help yet many have even been denied entry.
Death toll in Haiti now stands at over 200,000
February 3, 2010
Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive confirmed on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince that the number of deaths as a consequence of the earthquake on Jan. 12 has increased to over 200,000. He pointed out that the figure doesn’t include the corpses that are still under the rubble or the victims buried by their own families.