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Coup Attempt in Ecuador?

FROM ABC Unrest has erupted in Ecuador with troops taking control of the main airport and police protesting in streets as president Rafael Correa accused rivals of seeking a coup and considered...

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Ecuador: Popular Support Growing to Defend President Correa

Initial reports today indicate that sections of the Ecuadorean Police are staging street demonstrations, ostensibly for economic demands but in reality trying to subvert the legal order, including...

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Global Support Grows for Ecuador’s President Correa Following Coup Attempt

World leaders have pledged their support for Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, after police seized control of the capital’s airport and congress. Correa himself sought refuge in hospital in the...

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Ecuador: Army Chiefs Say They Are Loyal to Government

Supporters of Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa shout slogans in support of the government of Correa on the outskirts of the Carondelet Palace in Quito, following what seemed to be an attempted coup...

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Ecuadorian Coup Suppressed: Democracy Survives

Troops loyal to Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa have freed him from the military hospital where he was previously held hostage by right-wing coup police. Five troops were injured during the rescue...

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President Correa Addresses Ecuador After Failed Coup Attempt

President Correa of Ecuador confirms that the actions against him by rebel police officers was a coup attempt, and the perpetrators will be prosecuted: A triumphant Correa addresses the people from the...

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Ecuador: Was the Usa Involved in the Coup?

Interesting discussion with RT correspondent, Jihan Hafiz, with some more details of the recent attempted coup in Ecuador; for example she reveals that the rebels seized control on Ecuador’s main TV...

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Brazil: Green Party Hold the Balance?

Brazil will hold a runoff between presidential candidates Dilma Rousseff and Jose Serra as neither of them won an absolute majority in Sunday’s presidential election. Rouseff gained 46.88% of votes,...

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Economist Interviews President Lula Da Silva

Fascinating interview, on Lula’s legacy, read it in full here. The following is an interesting extract on how Lula sees the role of the state in the economy. The relevance of this is that Brazil is one...

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Workers Party Set to Win Brazil Election

SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–A strong economic comeback for Brazil this year has trumped social issues and corruption as the country’s presidential race enters the final stretch, with progovernment candidate...

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Workers Party Election Victory in Brazil

from BBC Dilma Rousseff has been elected president of Brazil to succeed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, electoral officials have confirmed. Ms Rousseff, 62, who has never before held elected office,...

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Chilean Miners: the Truth the Tv Extravaganza Did Not Expose

By Michel Collon Deeply moved, nearly a billion of us looked on. A whole nation—managers and workers, rich and poor—united in a common effort to save 33 Chilean miners, with their President leading...

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Latin American Workers

from Prisma Working for over eight years since its revival in 2002, the Latin American Workers Association (Lawas) has led numerous campaigns towards helping Latin American workers maintain their...

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Support Union Rights in Mexico

Please support the demonstration at the Mexican Embassy – 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD at 13hrs on Thursday 17th February. The demonstration is called as part of the Global Union Federations’...

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Left Gains in Peru

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SOCIALISM IN 21st CENTURY

By Stephen MacAvoy The most advanced political struggles in the world today are taking place in Latin America, specifically in Cuba and Venezuela where forces representing the working class have...

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Ecuador Grants Asylum to Julian Assange

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Salvador Allende’s Last Speech

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Venezuelans Have Spoken

By John Haylett Morning Star VENEZUELA’S people have spoken out. They want the Bolivarian revolution to continue. They don’t want a return to rule by big business. Brazilian former president Luiz...

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A Tribute to ‘che’ on the Anniversary of His Death

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