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Chilean politician applauds young parliamentarians, criticizes Bachelet
By Brittany Peterson for The Voice of Russia Chileans took to the polls Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but only came away with the latter. Brittany: Michelle Bachelet is a former president to Chile and for the last…
Chile: Closing event for the campaign Todos a la Moneda
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De-Americanizing the World
Noam Chomsky Truthout, November 5, 2013 During the latest episode of the Washington farce that has astonished a bemused world, a Chinese commentator wrote that if the United States cannot be a responsible member of the world system, perhaps…
China – steady ahead at the Central Committee Third Plenum
Many China watchers are expressing disappointment at the lack of concrete detail in the communique issued following the four-day policy meeting of about 400 top mainland officials. That document resulted in the local Hang Seng Index leading Asian markets into…
Why Politics Fails
Nothing will change until we confront the real sources of power. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th November 2013 It’s the reason for the collapse of democratic choice. It’s the source of our growing disillusionment with politics. It’s…
Hundreds of New York Immigrants Take to The Polls in Mock Election
While hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers took to the polls to cast their votes for various city offices and ballot measures, in one corner of Queens a different sort of election unfolded. Organizers from the New York Coalition to…
Bill de Blasio and Immigrant Political and Civic Engagement, Part II
By Arturo Ignacio Sánchez. Published in the hardcopy edition of QueensLatino.com In a previous column, I suggested that the incoming de Blasio administration would be well served to include immigrant New Yorkers as full members in the post-electoral governing coalition.…
Iran and Turkey Look Forward to Mending Ties: Ankara Back to Start Point
Relations between Turkey and Iran are on a new path, which is directed toward elimination of certain tensions and political differences between the two countries. Officials both in Iran and Turkey have indicated their interest in further expansion of bilateral…
What is at stake is the life and death of thousands of people
“FortressEurope” is Gabriele Del Grande’s blog. Gabriele’s blog subheading writes: “For six years I have been travelling around the Mediterranean sea, along the European borders, in search for the stories that make History. The History that will be studied by…
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