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Repression in Latin America

The Rural Population is the Third Face of Honduras in this Crisis

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Rural Communities, Honduras Crisis, Repression in Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Political Patronage, Roberto Micheletti Honduras, World News
Daniel Altschuler

The third, rural face of Honduras virtually never protests and maintains little contact with political institutions except when handouts arrive at peasants' doorsteps, sometimes in exchange for votes.

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McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico

Roberto Lovato | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS, McCain and Latin America, U.S. Latin America Policy, McCain and Colombia, John McCain, Immigration, Global Migration, Elections, Colombia Hostages and McCain, Obama, Mccain, Central America, Latino Vote, Obama and Latin America, Barack Obama, Economics, National Security, Obama and Colombia, Latino Politics, Posted in BORDER ISSUES, Repression in Latin America, Obama and Mexico, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

McCain and Obama's failure to denounce the atrocities committed by the governments of Colombia and Mexico may signal that neither will be the "change" candidate when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America.

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