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LATIN AMERICA: ALBA GROWS, WORLD BANK SHRINKS
from Weekly News Update on the Americas
Bolivian president Evo Morales, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and Cuban vice president Carlos Lage joined Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in Barquisimeto, in the Venezuelan state of Lara, on the weekend of April 28 for a summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). Haitian president Rene Preval and Ecuadoran foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa attended as observers; delegations from Uruguay, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Dominica were also present.
LATIN AMERICA: ALBA GROWS, WORLD BANK SHRINKS
from Weekly News Update on the Americas
Bolivian president Evo Morales, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and Cuban vice president Carlos Lage joined Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in Barquisimeto, in the Venezuelan state of Lara, on the weekend of April 28 for a summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). Haitian president Rene Preval and Ecuadoran foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa attended as observers; delegations from Uruguay, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Dominica were also present.
HYDRO-COLONIALISM ADVANCES IN CANADA'S FAR NORTH
Cree Nation Divided Over James Bay Mega-Project
by Bill Weinberg, Indian Country Today
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The Fight for Inclusion
by Gumisai Mutume, Africa Renewal
ALGERIA: DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING?
Islamist Violence and State Legitimacy
by Kanishk Tharoor, Madrid11.net
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Czech Dissidents Stand Up Again—This Time to the Pentagon!
by Gwendolyn Albert, WW4 REPORT
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by Suhas Chakma, Madrid11.net
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by Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus
It was unexpected.
At the Seventh World Social Forum (WSF), held in Nairobi, Kenya, in late January, the most controversial topic was not HIV-AIDS, the U.S. occupation of Iraq, or neoliberalism. The topic that generated the most heat was China's relations with Africa.
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