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Celebrating Compromises in Uruguay: Mujica Inaugurated as President Print E-mail
Written by Benjamin Dangl   
Thursday, 04 March 2010
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José Mujica
The smell of fried food and sausage sandwiches filled the
Montevideo air as José “Pepe” Mujica assumed the presidency of Uruguay on Monday, March 1st. Street vendors lined the inauguration parade route selling Uruguayan flags to a boisterous crowd which cheered, “Olé, olé, olé, Pepe, Pepe.” Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla who was imprisoned and tortured under the country’s dictatorship, stood in front of the multitude with his wife and vice president as he led the crowd in singing folksongs that were outlawed during military rule.
DoD Releases Records of Illegal Surveillance Print E-mail
Written by William Fisher   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Honduras After the Coup: Fear and Defiance Print E-mail
Written by Peter Lackowski   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Image"Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo." ("They are afraid of us because we are not afraid of them.")  This slogan was chanted by the thousands of demonstrators who defied the illegitimate de facto government imposed by the Honduran military in the protests that erupted throughout the country immediately after the after the coup of June 28, 2009.  On a recent human rights delegation to Honduras, I was introduced to the role that fear plays in the political life of the country, and to the importance of the fact that so many people are ready to defy that fear. 

Chinua Achebe: The Oracle of Africa Print E-mail
Written by G. Pascal Zachary   
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
Challenging History: Why the Oppressed Must Tell Their Own Story Print E-mail
Written by Ramzy Baroud   
Tuesday, 02 March 2010

ImageWhen American historian Howard Zinn passed away recently, he left behind a legacy that redefined our relationship to history altogether. Professor Zinn dared to challenge the way history was told and written. In fact he went as far as to defy the conventional construction of historical discourses through the pen of victor or of elites who earned the right of narration though their might, power and affluence.

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