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Workers Struggles: The Americas
August 25, 2009
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Coup regime steps up repression in Honduras
By Rafael Azul, August 6, 2009
Demonstrations in Honduras against the government of de facto President Roberto Micheletti and the military forces that seized power on June 28, expelling President José Manuel Zelaya, have continued...
US military base plan fuels Latin American tensions
By Bill Van Auken, August 5, 2009
The Pentagon’s plan to deploy US forces at seven new military bases in Colombia has fueled mounting tensions in Latin America.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
August 4, 2009
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Honduran coup regime launches brutal crackdown
By Bill Van Auken, August 1, 2009
The Honduran coup regime launched a brutal crackdown against demonstrations in Tegucigalpa Thursday, as deposed President Manuel Zelaya met with US officials in neighboring Nicaragua.
Honduran coup enters second month
By Bill Van Auken, July 29, 2009
With the coup in Honduras now entering its second month, the Obama administration’s policy is directed at consolidating the changes wrought by Zelaya’s overthrow, while formally condemning the act...
Honduran military appears to back plan to restore Zelaya to office—not to power
By Rafael Azul, July 27, 2009
At Washington’s instigation, the military of Honduras has weighed in independently in support of the San José accord for restoring the country’s ousted President José Manuel Zelaya to office—t...
As Zelaya accepts amnesty for coup leaders
Human Rights report reveals brutal repression in Honduras
By Rafael Azul, July 20, 2009
A preliminary report issued by the Committee of the Families of the Disappeared and Detained in Honduras (COFADEH) provides a devastating exposure of the actions carried out by the coup’s organizers...
Thousands of Peruvian workers join protests against Garcia’s policies
By our correspondent in Lima, July 15, 2009
Thousands of workers marched in Lima, Peru on July 8 in opposition to the free-market economic policies of President Alan Garcia.
Peruvian President Garcia swears in new cabinet to “restore order”
By Luis Arce, July 15, 2009
Peru’s President Garcia is moving towards a confrontation with the working class in the wake of nationwide protests over the recent massacre in the Amazon basin.
Ex-Clinton aides advising Honduran coup regime
By Bill Van Auken, July 15, 2009
The role of key ex-Clinton aides as advisers to the dictatorship in Honduras has cast light on Washington’s real attitude towards the military coup in that country.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
July 14, 2009
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