Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice By Cyril Mychalejko February 07, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- Elliott Abrams, a former high level State Department official during the 1980s, testified last week that the Reagan administration knew that Argentina's military junta was systematically stealing babies from murdered and jailed democracy activists and … Continue reading Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice
Calls to free the ‘Cuban Five’
"In Havana, appeals for release of Alan Gross are drowned out by calls to free the ‘Cuban Five’" By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Blog -Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 09/14/2011 Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson failed this week in his efforts to persuade the Cuban government to release a U.S. subcontractor serving 15 years … Continue reading Calls to free the ‘Cuban Five’
“Chile Awakes – Eyewitness Report from Santiago, Chile’
"Chile Awakes - Eyewitness Report from Santiago, Chile'by Dan Morgan Published by Portside Santiago, Chile 24 August 2011. Chile has really woken from its long, anesthetized, 'centre- left' induced slumber. Dozens of university faculties and secondary schools have been on strike now for 3 months, often combined with sit-in occupations. The market model of education … Continue reading “Chile Awakes – Eyewitness Report from Santiago, Chile’
“Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests”
"Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests"August 30, 2011 By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Gruesome details of American-run venereal disease experiments on Guatemalan prisoners, soldiers and mental patients in the years after World War II were revealed this week during hearings before a White House bioethics panel investigating the study’s sordid history. From 1946 to 1948, American … Continue reading “Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests”
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