South and Central America
Washington pushes through deal with Honduran coup regime
By Bill Van Auken, October 31, 2009
With the intervention of the US State Department, the Honduran coup regime and ousted President Manuel Zelaya signed a deal Friday that legitimizes last June’s coup while betraying the demands of Ho...
Honduras: Is US moving to back ‘state of siege’ election?
By Bill Van Auken, October 19, 2009
Reports from Washington indicate that the Obama administration may back a presidential election in Honduras under state of siege conditions and without the restitution of ousted President Manuel Zelay...
Puerto Rico: General strike against mass layoffs
By Bill Van Auken, October 17, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of workers joined a day-long general strike Thursday in opposition to the layoffs of tens of thousands of public employees ordered by the island territory’s Governor Luis Fortu...
Puerto Rico: Mass layoffs provoke protests, strikes
By Bill Van Auken, October 5, 2009
The Puerto Rican government’s announced layoff of 17,000 public employees has provoked protests and strikes.
Three months after coup:
Honduran regime imposes state of siege
By Bill Van Auken, September 29, 2009
In a bid to crush popular resistance, the Honduran coup regime imposed a state of siege, suspending basic democratic rights for 45 days. On Monday it put the decree into effect, repressing demonstrati...
Revolt and “dialogue” in Honduras
By Bill Van Auken, September 26, 2009
The turn to “dialogue” by ousted President Zelaya and those who overthrew him is aimed at quelling a mounting popular revolt against the coup regime that is calling into question the governability...
Honduran regime meets Zelaya’s return with “state of siege”
By Bill Van Auken, September 23, 2009
The return to Honduras of deposed President Zelaya, who has called for “dialogue” from his refuge in the Brazilian embassy, has been met with violence and repression from the coup regime.
Venezuela, Russia in $2.2 billion arms deal
By Bill Van Auken, September 15, 2009
Sunday’s announcement by President Hugo Chávez that Venezuela has reached a $2.2 billion deal to purchase Russian tanks and missiles is symptomatic of the growing international tensions in Latin Am...
Workers struggles: The Americas
September 15, 2009
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Brazil: Evangelical leader tied to Lula government charged with wholesale fraud
By Ali Ismail, September 15, 2009
Last month, prosecutors in Brazil charged the founder of one of the country’s largest evangelical churches with committing fraud against its followers, many of them poverty-stricken, as well as the ...
Workers struggles: The Americas
September 1, 2009
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
August 25, 2009
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