Facing rising living costs, stagnant wages, and proposed reforms meant to liberalize labor and cut public spending, an estimated 1.4 million marchers came out in France on January 29th to state that they should not take the fall for a crisis that many blame on greedy bankers. Black Thursday Protesters
The Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on November 28, 2008 was the beginning of the end for self-proclaimed General Laurent Nkunda and his Congress for the Defense of the People (CNPD).Laurent Nkunda
Five years ago, when Evo Morales was a rising political star as a congressman and coca farmer, I met him in his office in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was drinking orange juice and sifting through the morning newspapers when I asked him about a meeting he just had with Brazilian President Lula. "The main issue that we spoke about was how we can construct a political instrument of liberation and unity for Latin America," Morales told me.UNASUR Meeting in Chile (Photo: ABI)
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