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Sanders foresaw Panama Papers fiasco

While Clinton backed 2011 Trade Deal, Sanders foresaw Panama Papers fiasco ‘Panama is a world leader when it comes to allowing wealthy Americans and large corporations to evade US taxes,’ Sanders told Congress in 2011. by Lauren McCauley, staff writer…

Daughter follows father to pacify Jammu Kashmir

A grassroot’s champion with high popularity, Mehbooba Mufti turned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into a regional force to follow on from her illustrious father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to head Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), as the first woman Chief Minister…

“It’s a Revolution”: Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Sanders for President Over Clinton

As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders campaign in New York ahead of the state’s primary later this month, more than 16,000 people gathered in St. Mary’s Park in the South Bronx for a Sanders…

Sanders and Clinton Campaign in New York Ahead of Primary

Both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders campaigned in New York state Thursday, ahead of the New York primary later this month. During a speech at the State University of New York at Purchase, Clinton…

Colombia: New Peace Process with ELN

Agreement between the National Government and the National Liberation Army to establish peace talks in Colombia The government of the Republic of Colombia (National Government) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), hereby known as “the delegations,” as a result of…

Myanmar: now what!

The people of Myanmar (Burma) March 30, 2016, were witness to the swearing in of its first democratically-elected leader after more than 50 years of military rule. Htin Kyaw, 70, took the oath of office in the country’s parliament, and…

Refugee crisis 2016: Awaiting Greek legislation to implement the EU-Turkey refugee deal

The deal between the European Union and Turkey agreed on the 18th of March is based on a cloudy European and international legal framework. The text uses a fairly vague way of describing people who come into European territory, playing…

It’s not anti-Dilma, or anti-Lula, it’s anti the progress of the Brazilian people

By Ilka Oliva Corado. The word “people” frightens the business elite, the bourgeoisie and the Latin American middle class, they become uneasy when they hear about the working class, let alone when the impassioned cry of rebellious peasants resounds like…

The U.S. allocates 800 thousand dollars to program against Cuba

Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) In a new attempt to interfere in Cuban internal affairs, the United States announced a program of orientation to supposed emergent leaders of Cuban civil society, with a budget amounting to almost 800 thousand dollars.…

A Federal Syria: Kurdish Initiatives

On 17 March, 2016, the “federal democratic system of Rojava” (a Kurdish term for northern Syria) was proclaimed officially.  Some 150 representatives of Kurdish, Arab, and Assyrian (largely Christian) groups met in the city of Rmelan in north-east Syria and…

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