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Uncle Sam's UN blues: Washington's anti-Cuba policy isolated -- again

Voting board for the 2012 General Assembly 2012 on resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and
Venezuela: Maduro, workers act to end big business' 'economic war'

Trade unionists marched against Venezuela’s main b
Venezuela: Revolution brings substantial improvements to working-class neighbourhoods

Hillside barrios in Caracas.
Bolivia: Workers to take over closed or abandoned firms; The working class and the political process

By Richard Fidler, La Paz, Bolivia
Venezuela: A day with Nicolas Maduro

Nicolas Maduro interviewed by Spain's El Viejo Topo's Víctor Ríos and Miguel Riera, translated by by Tamara Pearson for Venezuelanalysis.com
September 26, 2013 -- Very little is known about Nicolas Maduro, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in Spain. [There’s] scarcely four lines, mainly contributed by the mass media which is hostile to the revolutionary process. Spain's El Viejo Topo wanted to get to know him, and the Venezuelan president accepted the interview without any hassles.
Ecuador: Some observations on the controversy over oil development in Yasuní-ITT

An aerial view of part of the Ya